A company is recalling smoke alarms that don't work properly at the end of their life span.
The recall involves the Kidde NightHawk talking combo smoke/CO Alarm with manufacture dates between June 1, 2004 and March 2011.
The model numbers are KN-COSM-IBCA and KN-COSM-ICA. The alarms are hard-wired into a home's electric power. But, according to the recall, they can fail to continue to chirp when reaching the seven year end of life. The first model has a battery back-up and if the battery is replaced the unit will fail to continue it's end of life chirp. The second model doesn't have a battery back-up, but if power is removed then restored it also won't work properly.
This could lead consumers to believe the alarms still work which poses a risk to consumers not being alerted to a fire or carbon monoxide incident in their home.
Neither Health Canada nor Kidde has received any reports of consumer incidents or injuries.
1.5-million units were sold in Canada between 2004 and 2011.
