What the Frigidaire Mini Fridge Recall Means, and What to Check on Yours

On July 24, 2025, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced CPSC recall 25395: about 634,000 Frigidaire-brand mini fridges, imported by Curtis International, recalled because internal electrical components can short circuit and ignite the surrounding plastic housing, posing fire and burn hazards. More than $700,000 in property damage had already been reported when the notice went out. This guide explains which units are recalled, exactly how to check the one you own, and what the refund remedy requires. Every fact here comes from the official CPSC notice and the Fridge.com recall record; the full record for this notice lives on the Fridge.com page for CPSC recall 25395.

What Happened

Curtis International Ltd. recalled four models of its Frigidaire-brand mini fridges — small 6-can and 9-can thermoelectric-style units of the kind that sit on a desk or nightstand. The word "Frigidaire" is printed on the front of the units, but the recalling firm is Curtis International, which sells under the Frigidaire name; the CPSC notice lists the manufacturer as ShangYu North Electron Manufacture Co. Ltd. That distinction matters when you seek the remedy: the recall is administered by Curtis International, not by the appliance company whose name is on the door.

The hazard is electrical. According to the notice, internal electrical components can short circuit and ignite the surrounding plastic housing. A mini fridge of this size is mostly plastic, often sits on or near soft furnishings, and runs unattended — which is why the remedy is not a repair but a full stop: cut the cord and claim a refund.

Which Mini Fridges Are Recalled

Four model numbers are included, and within each model only specific serial-number ranges. The model and serial numbers are on a label on the back of the mini fridge. The units were sold in 6- and 9-can sizes and in a variety of colors, including black, blue, green, white, yellow, red, pink, and silver.

In January 2026, CPSC recall 26199 expanded this action to a fifth model, the EFMIS121 sold at Target — that expansion has its own notice and its own record page. If your unit is an EFMIS121, check that notice; if it is one of the four models above, this one applies.

How to Check the Mini Fridge You Own

1. Unplug the unit and turn it around — the identification label is on the back.
2. Read the model number. If it is not EFMIS129, EFMIS137, EFMIS149, or EFMIS175, this recall does not include your unit (but see the EFMIS121 expansion above).
3. If the model matches, read the serial number and compare it against the range in the table. The ranges run from A2001 up to a ceiling that varies by model — A2308, A2310, or A2312.
4. For model EFMIS129 specifically, check for a suffix: units marked EFMIS129-B or EFMIS129-C are not included in the recall.
5. If both model and serial match, stop using the unit and follow the remedy steps below.

Incidents on Record

At the time of the notice, Curtis International had received at least 26 reports of the mini fridges smoking, sparking, burning, melting, overheating, and catching fire, with property damages totaling more than $700,000. Two consumers reported smoke inhalation injuries. Those are the incident facts the notice states; nothing beyond them should be assumed. The pattern they describe — a spread from smoking and sparking through melting to open fire — is the progression of exactly the short-circuit failure the hazard statement names.

What to Do Now

The official remedy is a refund, and the notice attaches specific physical steps to it:

• Immediately stop using the recalled mini fridge.
• Unplug it and cut the power cord.
• Write "Recall" on the front door of the unit using a permanent marker.
• Register for the refund at www.recallrtr.com/minifridge, following the instructions there.
• Dispose of the unit in accordance with local and state regulations.

Cutting the cord is not busywork — it makes the unit unusable, so it cannot quietly return to service in another room or another household while the refund processes. For questions, the notice lists Curtis International toll-free at 888-727-0198 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, and by email at recall@curtiscs.com.

Where the Units Were Sold

According to the CPSC notice, the recalled mini fridges were sold at Walmart and other stores nationwide, and online at Walmart.com and Amazon.com, from January 2020 through December 2023, for between $36 and $40. Four years of nationwide distribution at an impulse-buy price point is how a recall reaches 634,000 units: these were dorm-room, office, and gift purchases, and many owners will not remember where theirs came from. The purchase channel does not matter for the remedy — the model and serial numbers on the back of the unit decide inclusion, and the refund process is the same regardless of retailer.

Why Small Units Deserve the Same Check as Large Ones

A full-size refrigerator that fails announces itself — food warms, compressors rattle, owners call for service. A 6-can mini fridge is different: it is cheap enough to be forgotten, small enough to live in a child's bedroom or a dorm, and its failure mode in this recall is ignition of its own housing rather than a loss of cooling. The reports on record describe smoking, melting, and burning units, not units that merely stopped working. That inversion — the unit fails toward fire rather than toward silence — is what makes checking the label worth the two minutes even if your mini fridge seems fine. A unit that has worked flawlessly for years can still carry the recalled components; the serial range, not the unit's track record, is what determines the risk.

Dorms and Shared Spaces Deserve a Sweep

The 2020-to-2023 sales window and the $36-to-$40 price place these units heavily in dorms, offices, and shared housing — environments where the person nearest the unit did not buy it and has no reason to know its history. Facilities managers and resident advisors are better positioned than any individual owner to act on this notice: a one-pass sweep of communal and room-level mini fridges, checking backs of units for the four model numbers, covers dozens of potential matches in an afternoon. The serial ranges make the sweep decisive rather than approximate, and the refund remedy means a confirmed match costs the household nothing to retire.

How This Recall Fits the Record

The Fridge.com recall record, built on U.S. CPSC filings, lists four Frigidaire recalls between 2022 and 2026, together covering 1,714,740 units — and this notice is the largest of the four by units affected. It is also one of two mini fridge entries under the Frigidaire name, both tied to the same Curtis International product family: this notice and its January 2026 expansion. The record's other Frigidaire entries cover full-size refrigerators with ice-system hazards — a different product class and a different failure mode.

Three useful places to go deeper:

• Every Frigidaire recall on record — each notice with its official hazard, remedy, and source link.
• The EFMIS121 expansion record — CPSC 26199, covering the fifth model sold at Target.
• The full Fridge.com recall record — every CPSC refrigeration recall tracked, newest first, refreshed from CPSC.gov.

Tracking Recalls for the Unit You Own

Each appliance tracked on Fridge.com carries a FIN — Fridge.com Identification Number — the permanent canonical ID that links each appliance across retailers, covering prices, specifications, and recall history. Product pages with a FIN carry a recall-alert signup: subscribe on the page for the model you own, and a new CPSC match against that FIN triggers an alert. Recalls of low-cost units are the ones owners are least likely to hear about through any other channel — a $36 purchase rarely gets registered with the manufacturer, so the notice has no direct path to the buyer.

If a recalled unit leaves a gap on your desk or nightstand, the current compact market is cataloged at mini fridges and compact refrigerators, with specifications and price history per model.

The Short Version

• CPSC recall 25395, announced July 24, 2025 — about 634,000 Frigidaire-brand mini fridges imported by Curtis International, models EFMIS129, EFMIS137, EFMIS149, and EFMIS175 within listed serial ranges.
• The hazard: internal electrical components can short circuit and ignite the plastic housing — fire and burn hazards, with at least 26 incident reports, two smoke-inhalation injuries, and more than $700,000 in property damage on record.
• Check the label on the back of the unit for the model number and serial range; EFMIS129-B and EFMIS129-C units are not included.
• The remedy is a refund: stop using the unit, unplug it, cut the cord, mark "Recall" on the door, register at recallrtr.com/minifridge, and dispose of it per local rules.
• A January 2026 expansion, CPSC 26199, added the EFMIS121 model sold at Target.

Sources: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recall notice 25395 (CPSC.gov) and the Fridge.com recall record.