Top 10 Products So Bad It Forced Recalls

These infamous recalls cost companies millions. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down the products that failed so hard they required recalls. Our countdown of products so bad it forced recalls includes the Ace Bayou Bean Bag Chair, Ford Pinto, Samsung Galaxy Note 7, and more! Did you have any experience with these products? Let us know in the comments below!
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[@eddiejoewalt7746]

fight club IS A POINTLESS OVERRATED FILM IT TRASH. IT TOXIC, IT FAKE NEWS!

[@infamouswickedjokestar]

Hopefully I dont

[@underland1983]

And the Darwin award goes to ....

[@allisonthomas995]

Nope

[@leesashriber5097]

My daughter had 2 of those Galaxy phones catch fire. We returned the first one and they replaced it with a new one. Week later same thing. Melted the case and burned her carpet. About a week after, there was a recall on the phones. Unbelievable.

[@woundedsanity]

i remember when the note7s started combusting, someone made a mod for GTA that replaced sticky bombs with Note7s xD

[@victoriabardsley8097]

I had an Easy Bake oven as a kid. How many of the injuries from those ovens could have been prevented if parents actually supervised their kids so they didn't stick their hands in the oven?

[@DizzyDez613]

Yup. You’re buying a literal over for a child, and then you’re getting mad at a company cuz your stupid kid is sticking its hands in the oven.

[@melissagrant4178]

My mom used to have one

[@infamouswickedjokestar]

Damage is done & nothing can be done to repair it

[@SPAnComCat]

The Sheer Audacity of the Parents is Immeasurable!

[@PumpinggainzNartistic]

Yeah, why put your hand in it 😏

[@Treysor101]

To this day, I still feel sad that I never got the chance to be an "easy-bake" kid. But videos like this do help soften the blow.

[@whitewolf3051]

Maybe an age restriction could’ve prevented most of these. Children up age six would be the most likely to stick their hands inside, so maybe age requirement of “children under 10 must be supervised at all times” could’ve worked.

[@Adrian-om9vn]

I remember the first day I met my step sister and she had one. I made myself an “easy bake” cake right away because I always would see the ads for it😂 I had to be an “easy bake” kid

[@rainymaddox5800]

I never go a chance to cook on my 1st Easy Bake Oven.

[@lauratreasures3816]

Get one now.

[@aidanhever3369]

My sister had an Easy Bake oven when we were kids. And thankfully, none of us had any accidents with it.

[@jaclynsanture6643]

My older sister and I had an Easy Bake Oven also, she and did Not get hurt from it.

[@GamerGal30]

Same, my parents never let me use it without supervision, and honestly the baked goods weren’t that great lol so I didn’t use it often.

[@whitewolf3051]

ANGELVALO, exactly this. Maybe an age restriction could’ve prevented most of these. Children up age six would be the most likely to stick their hands inside, so maybe age requirement of “children under 10 must be supervised at all times” could’ve worked.

[@sasamichan]

Some of these are genuinely dangerous and some are just kids knowingly being dangerous

[@donnahaynes138]

@8:48 "Sorry about your child(ren)'s burnt missing finger, here's a coupon for you to buy another toy."

[@whitewolf3051]

Maybe an age restriction could’ve prevented most of these. Children up age six would be the most likely to stick their hands inside, so maybe age requirement of “children under 10 must be supervised at all times” could’ve worked.

[@voidy2077]

You guys forgot about Takata airbags, I think that's probably been one of the biggest recalls in the history of automotive.

[@ItsJustLisa]

There was man here in Minnesota who spent almost 4 years in prison for criminal vehicular homicide because his Toyota accelerated out of control killing a man, a 10yo boy and 6yo girl in 2006, right about the time that these incidents were beginning to be reported. Even the families of the victims believed him when these incidents started coming to light and tried to get him out of prison. The families of the victims and the family of the man who eventually got his conviction vacated ended up suing Toyota. I don’t remember if drivers in other states got wrongfully convicted of vehicular crimes when their Toyotas caused accidents, but Mr. Lee’s case made national news when he was freed from prison.

[@ingamingpc1634]

Damn that sucks can you imagine being blamed for killing someone when in reality it wasn't you it was your brakes something that you should be able to trust but failed in doing their job

[@matthewcaughey8898]

I’m sorry but if your car starts to run away you either put it in neutral or turn the key off. They’re ignoring the fact that some late 1990s/ early 2000s ford crown Vics did the same thing. Supposedly the us government was suing ford for an incident where a CVPI ran away from the secret service and an agent had to put it into a tree. Throttle by wire if it runs away can always be stopped or control regained by engaging neutral and taking the engine out of the equation

[@_DeepRest]

The galaxy note 7 era was truly a time to remember

[@Crimetvuk]

What happened?

[@_DeepRest]

@@Crimetvuk there were so many cases of the phone going up in flames 😂 literally

[@Crimetvuk]

@@_DeepRestI’ve literally just seen that bit, if I remember it happened to a few different phone manufacturers as well?

[@_DeepRest]

@@CrimetvukI’m honestly not sure But I guess Samsung wasn’t the only one facing that problem

[@thedoomslayer108_YT]

​@@Crimetvuk The manufacturing defect in the phones' batteries had caused some of them to generate excessive heat, resulting in fires and explosions. The Note 7 lasted for nearly 2 months until it was discontinued on October 10th, 2016 after some incidents and two recalls of the device.

[@tommunyon2874]

My older sister had a toy iron that actually plugged in and heated up. It was around 1954 that I plugged it in and left it sitting on the linoleum bedroom floor. It actually left a mark on the linoleum in the shape of the soleplate and my dad took it out of service. My grandson suffered serious head injuries in the rollover of a Ford Explorer equipped with Firestone tires. Later in that same week while he was hospitalized in Spokane the news about the defects started to break. We contacted our son-in-law, who hadn't yet heard, as he was holding vigil at the hospital.

[@melissagrant4178]

I hope your grandson is doing better

[@MeganKoumori]

Jane: Well, it's no Pinto. Daria: Yeah, you have to hit those before they'll burst into flames.

[@dearyvettetn4489]

I drove a ‘78 Ford Pinto for 4 years in college and took a ton of ribbing about the potential for explosion, but after some research I learned that the problem had been fixed in the ‘78 model year. It was a good car overall that finally died from exhaust system failure 6 months after graduation. Northern winters are unkind to vehicle undercarriages 😔

[@brandirogers4326]

I had an easy bake oven as a child. I enjoyed putting chocolate frosting on the cake. I had a grandmother and parents would watch me using the easy bake oven.

[@SevereWeatherCenter]

Awesome channel! I also remember the Toyota Camry had to be recalled in 2007 because of issues with an acceleration related to cruise control

[@aniseeubanks9686]

I still own one of the easy bake ovens new in the box. I never got around to returning it and when my daughter grew up and moved out we found it still on the top shelf of her closet.

[@NHNVrhythmguitarist]

4:47 are those babies eating straight nacho cheese 😂

[@JohnyComeLately]

Probably, the first news clip they used for that segment was from Green bay Wisconsin based television station

[@richardbeckenbaugh1805]

I had a pinto wagon as my first car. The hatchback was the one that had the fire problem. I drove that car from 1978 to 1989 all over the eastern Washington desert repairing fruit sorting and box stamping machines. I put 380k miles on it, had the engine and transmission rebuilt and it ran fine. It was really stable in snow with studs. My mother finally put her foot down and made me get rid of it. I’ve regretted that ever since. It was a gem of a car.

[@AaronC143]

The McDonald's Shrek Forever After drinking glasses from 2010 should've been on this list. They were recalled over cadmium in the paint design.

[@melissagrant4178]

I think I used to have it, what did it look like

[@AaronC143]

Search "McDonald's Shrek recall," you'll see them.

[@iso-didact789]

@AaronC143 And what does cadmium do?

[@RedRaven95]

​​@@iso-didact789Cadmium is a toxic metal that can damage the liver, kidneys, lungs, and nervous system.

[@MegaRazorback]

@@iso-didact789 Key uses are batteries, control rods for nuclear power plants, electroplating, QLED TV's, semiconductors and due to it having no known function in higher organisms (anything that isn't a single cell organism basically) it's considered toxic and thus is banned from use in things we eat, drink or eat off and drink from like those glasses. As for what it does? excessive amounts in the body can potentially lead to elevated risk of cancer, cardiovascular diseases and osteoporosis.

[@mystictulip5304]

Back when I was a kid, I really wanted an easy bake oven. Mostly because I have always wanted to be a baker and my parents refused to let me have one. But now when I heard the news about the easy bake oven, it makes sense. I think my parents were saving me from being burn.

[@brigiddailey5674]

Mine too

[@Kim.Garian]

I actually had the 2006 Easy Bake Oven. I was one of the lucky ones for not burning myself on it and only used the oven a couple times. 😂

[@whitewolf3051]

Maybe an age restriction could’ve prevented most of these. Children up age six would be the most likely to stick their hands inside, so maybe age requirement of “children under 10 must be supervised at all times” could’ve worked.

[@downundarob]

The Takata airbag recall, some places refused to allow you to register your vehicle if you couldn't prove that you had cleared the defect.

[@AliciaGuitar]

My daughter was flipped and dumped from her baby swing in 2005. She hit the metal bar and landed on her head even tho i had her strapped in properly. That swing got recalled. I had used it with her brother and never had a problem. Always check recalls before using old baby furniture!

[@laurenregnier3710]

As much as there are medicine ads , there's also ads for lawyers . Be careful .

[@davinp]

Ford knew the Pinto could explode when rear-ended, but didn't want spend money to fix the problem

[@matthewcaughey8898]

That was because of Lee Iacocca specifically. He ordered the car couldn’t weigh an ounce over 2000 pounds. This decision left the rear woefully fragile. The actual truth was the pinto had to be going or hit at over 70 mph to actually rupture the fuel tank. However if the tail lights or brake lights were on it would start a short circuit that could ignite fuel vapor leaking from a low fill level gas tank.

[@Holylightt99]

I don’t blame them you must not know how much it costs to make a car

[@scarsdale7186]

In 1979, I bought a '71 Pinto for a whole $15. It needed brakes, the alternator was wired wrong, and a piece of floor under a seat mount had rotted out. took me about a week to work it all out and I had a cheap car to drive. Then I got the recall notice... the next day I was driving to work and I seen in my mirror a semi was having trouble stopping at a traffic light I was sitting at... needless to say I blew the light and got rid of the car shortly afterwards!

[@bluetarantulaproductions6179]

My aunt actually burnt the tip of her left index finger as a kid while playing with an easy bake oven.

[@whitewolf3051]

Maybe an age restriction could’ve prevented most of these. Children up age six would be the most likely to stick their hands inside, so maybe age requirement of “children under 10 must be supervised at all times” could’ve worked.

[@bradr.865]

How many different words can the narrator mispronounce? Make a drinking game out of it!

[@DizzyDez613]

Who woulda thought giving children an oven was a bad idea.

[@TheMoonlight2887]

No, the bad idea is to let a child use a functional oven without supervision.

[@whitewolf3051]

Maybe an age restriction could’ve prevented most of these. Children up age six would be the most likely to stick their hands inside, so maybe age requirement of “children under 10 must be supervised at all times” could’ve worked.

[@earlleary]

My Grandmom had a Pinto car. She babysat me and my cousin when we were around 3 & 5 years old sometimes and took us to McDonald's in that Pinto. Untill, it was announced on the news what was happening with those cars , lol, then untill she got a new car she couldn't babysit us anymore , lol!

[@pooky-changaming4089]

Did she ever get a new car?

[@earlleary]

@@pooky-changaming4089 oh yes, lol. I just don't remember what it was , lol

[@jayschoenhaaar5369]

My oldest brother had three pintos was almost killed by two. If he hadn’t welded a plate over the gas tank containing it in a rear end crash he would have been killed once. The second time is when his second pinto flipped over on black ice and the fuel tank spilled everywhere in the cabin. The last one he ran into the ground.

[@joannewilson1162]

I’m surprised you guys didn’t talk about the lead paint on toys from china. That was a huge recall. I thought that was gonna be number 1.

[@kittylynndale5264]

I had an easy bake when I was young (sometime around 1991-93). I was so excited to make my first cake. My parents were there with me, and we all got so tired of waiting for such a tiny cake. Eventually my dad unplugged it and said “screw it, you’re going to learn how to use a real oven and bake a real cake. He took me to the kitchen and baked my first pound cake that day.

[@ZeroSOFInfinity]

Lol, now I finally understood fully the Pinto joke in Top Secret! 😂

[@AZjo19]

I owned a 1972 Ford Pinto and got it repaired. I loved driving it back in the day!

[@TwoGuns1891]

“You know Recall’ Recall Recall!” - Total Recall 😂👍🏽

[@rexerexer66]

I think the Samsung Galaxy 7 should be number 1

[@25scigirl]

Good video! Yes I'm sure that I did have some products that were not safe or something like that. Another video that I would like to see is one where people have ordered an outfit from somewhere and then it wasn't what they ordered because it looked different. You could also include other items such as pet products that were not the right size and other things like that.

[@bradleyvandivier5601]

I've had experience with two of these items. I had a Easy Bake oven in the early 90s. Mine came with a plastic push rod so my fingers never got close to the opening going in. And, I have experience with two of Toyota's vehicles. I work at one of the Toyota Motors Manufacturing plants. I will attest first hand that Toyota does pride itself in the quality of not only their vehicles, but also the work place. Auto parts used in Toyota's vehicles that are made by other companies can be a problem. I know of two instances in factory where the entire stock of a single part was rejected, twice, for two different problems with 400+ cars having to be retrofitted with good parts before they left the plant. They checked every car made for 2 days to make sure they got all of the bad parts. Unfortunately, bad designs that sometimes cause problems, such as "the gas pedal can become stuck" do happen. Something that happens only sometimes is difficult to catch during vehicle tests, even under rigorous testing, and only show up within months of real world driving.

[@elizabethpeterson1644]

My mother had a Ford Pinto that was my grandfather’s car. With my father they bought it from my grandmother. Even my parents had a 1998 Ford Explorer. I don’t know about the tires were replaced shortly after the recall. They had that vehicle for 5 years. I even drove it a couple times.

[@ReynaReactsandReviews]

Love the background music

[@samanthajohnston1942]

I had an easy bake oven when I was a kid but I was never burned by it. Through the little pan would get stuck, so I would tilt it a little to the pan out

[@julianstreet8675]

growing up my sister had an easy bake oven and my mother was extremely vigilant when ever my sister was playing with it. I however was not into baking as a kid I was more into legos but I was trusted enough to not need adult supervision when i was playing with those toys.

[@MannyFresh405]

I was 6 years old playing with cars on the kitchen floor when my mom got a call on the house phone that her brother was in the hospital. He died later that day from internal bleeding from a wreck. His tired unexpectedly exploded on the highway. My cousins lost their only parent because Firestone cut corners when manufacturing tires……

[@dvongrad]

In 1987, I travelled from Maine to North Dakota in a Ford Pinto with no issues. If any are still running, I doubt I'd do it again!

[@RobertoDiAguiar]

Very good

[@kenterminateddq5311]

9:21 That has to be scary for Toyota owners (it's sad cause I'm a Toyota fan).

[@dantecoal7584]

That thumbnail clickbait is so bad that you just got the entire Vatican subscribing.

[@user-ut3uo7lp7r]

I actually got seriously sick from peanut butter back when they were calling all peanut products. It was the worst food poisoning I had ever had in my life

[@joermnyc]

The Note 7 wasn’t faulty batteries, it was poor design. The original Note 7 design made it far enough along that they made battery packs for them, but then someone wanted the phones to be smaller. So they shaved space out of the battery compartment without redesigning the battery pack. While charging or running power hungry tasks the battery pack heats up and expands. Without the extra space the hot battery would experience thermal runaway and 💥

[@pauljordan0203]

my sister used to have an easy bake oven, I didn't know they recalled those.

[@buzzsawgr81]

kinda surprised at no mention of the cabbage patch dolls that could eat food. I remember the recalls for that thing being all over the news cause kids would get their fingers and hair caught in the doll's mouth mechanism.

[@matthewcaughey8898]

The doll that tried to scalp you

[@Jeremiah_Rivers76]

I don’t ever remember having a Note 7, but how did the fixed phones have problems?

[@ladyweasellou3367]

It wasn't Firestone or the explorer itself. It was the Engineers at Ford who decided to put car tires on SUV's because it was cheaper and when they produced a lot of noise and some wobbling... Their solution (rather than recalling or owning up to it) they just under-inflated the tires, it caused instability at high speeds and the temperature to heavily increase and blow-out.

[@dennyj8650]

I actually drive a 98 Explorer, and it has the stickers stating "26 PSI" for tire inflation! Never drove it with less than 32 psi. Goodyear tires also.

[@morganrussman]

With the Toyota vehicles with the unintended acceleration, I actually remember that a bit. I'll actuallt remember that from time to time.

[@Animeguy300]

7:04 That's why I'm switching to iPhone

[@brendan5065]

Good time to be allergic to peanuts

[@Di...747]

I knew a family that died in a Pinto from a rear end collision coming home from church.

[@paulettemoore47]

I had other issues with my Toyota around the same time. Replaced it with another make. Couldn’t risk it after the car almost left me without a way to pick up my infant son from daycare.

[@lauratreasures3816]

I got a post card from Honda, warning me about a recall due to airbags not deploying. The issue? The recall postcard came well over a year after my rollover accident in my Honda Pilot where NONE of the airbags deployed.

[@estebangutierrez160]

I've heard that Chevy Equinoxes were recalled because they had transmission issues.

[@brookelynnenewcomer943]

Don't forget a out ford car. They knew about it and decided that 15 per car was to much money to the company. And it was cheaper to pay settlements.

[@JewelWildmoon]

I remember when the Note 7 thing happened and I thought my family was going on a conspiracy rant again about phones being dangerous to your health. Until I actually started seeing the destroyed phones 😅

[@jeffstack7013]

How did takata airbags not make the list?

[@LawlerNichole]

I wonder what happened to the easy bake oven.

[@ZeldaLilly330]

My Samsung phone never exploded, but I did have to switch to a new one. I tried a couple iPhones after that, but each one I had was broken in some way (glitchy screen or noise background during calls). I've been using Motorola ever since with no issues.

[@anthonysimsjr6651]

Can I blame Shazam for exploding Galaxy 7 note cellphones?

[@dennyj8650]

Had the Easy Bake oven in '66 as a kid. The heating was provided by an ordinary full size light bulb. Never had a problem with it. The 2006 model this video mentioned had "an actual heating element" maybe making it more hazardous perhaps?

[@QueenSunstar]

My CPAP was part of a mass recall. I’m not entirely sure why. I sent mine back and was sent a new machine.

[@dreamguardian8320]

3. I remember watching an episode of 1000 Ways to Die, where a woman was talking on an Iphone and it exploded, killing her. 10. I guess this means we won't be getting anymore free peanuts at Five Guys.

[@JillianJr]

It’s an oven…how did kids not feel the heat? Lesson learned 😂 natural selection at its finest, but also, teach your children that hot means danger! Like???

[@whitewolf3051]

Maybe an age restriction could’ve prevented most of these. Children up age six would be the most likely to stick their hands inside, so maybe age requirement of “children under 10 must be supervised at all times” could’ve worked.

[@JillianJr]

@@whitewolf3051 at six, I could tell if something was too hot to touch…just saying

[@whitewolf3051]

@@JillianJr Comparedly among the smarter ones, unlike the kids who stuck their hands in. Pretty sure most kids that age needs to be supervised.

[@Bethsenri15-bk6bc]

I had an Easy Bake oven, but it was one of those new designs. I was a fan of Lalaloopsy, so I got the Lalaloopsy oven. IDK where it is now 😅

[@metalcactuarjumpman7605]

Wtf to the the beam bag chair!!? My work place has those and the kids constantly unzip it! My God the people that run it are terrible.

[@Gor85]

Extremely dangerous products. I'm glad they were recalled. Ford Pinto,Firestone Tires,Ace Bayou bean bags,Graco high chairs.It's amazing cell phone can explode! Samsung Galaxy Note 7. Easy Baker. They should really think when making products. Especially for children.It's terrible what Toyota allowed themselves. Happens to the best. Luckily I don't have experience with this products.

[@ladyweasellou3367]

I miss my easy bake oven lol it was so fun. I do recall getting a cookie stuck under the little platform so that smelled fantastic until my Dad finally took it apart and fixed it. Oh, btw, yeah teach your kids not to stick their hands in it ffs! No different than a regular oven or stove.

[@Albert8044]

Vietnam war, the M16 Assault Rifle was brought into service for the USMC and Army when at the time the rifle didn't go through any testing phase or lack thereof and the rifle constantly jammed, therefore many troops didn't like the M16. Until a less than few years later then came the revision called the M16A1 which added a forward assist to resolve all the jamming issues.

[@SarafinaSummers]

That's not why it jammed.. It was developed in a lab, and labs don't have mud/dust/sand.

[@cassaundrarose9493]

The only recall I had to deal with was the wiper motor on my Chevy equinox I got a letter in mail so I was aware of the issue but the wipers stopped working one day in the rain luckily I was pretty close to home 🏠

[@donovandelaney3171]

Do top ten Pirate Sea Shanty songs.

[@ishbalangirl]

I recalled the bake oven and none of us got hurt by it.

[@kaylakain6039]

I had an I phone 7 and the battery got so hot it almost exploded the battery actually blew and it was destroyed I had to turn it to get a new phone it was awful

[@KimiLynn]

I never knew that about Toyota 😮

[@txlady1049]

I was rear-ended, in a 1972 Ford Pinto, the person who hit me was doing about 35 MPH. Nothing happened, except a small dent in the back of my car, and the whole front end of his fiberglass car being destroyed.

[@Herowebcomics]

Some of these I can understand,but a BEANBAG CHAIR?! Don't go inside those things and you'll be fine!😮

[@nowayhome5944]

My mother is a mechanic and she was dealing with cars and knows that the Firestone incident isn’t Firestone it’s just ford didn’t want another recall and they have more money. Firestone told ford that the explorers could NOT handle a low psi but ford pushed it out and manufactured them anyway which led to the deaths of many

[@MikeJr9284]

I still wanted an Easy Bake Oven growing up even though I'm a guy.

[@PumpinggainzNartistic]

Yeah a guy?? Don't have to be a typical one hmm

[@jamiethal1319]

Easy bake ovens aren’t just for girls. If you love to bake just do it.

[@matthewsinclair507]

same haha

[@whitewolf3051]

Too bad it was marketed to girls by featuring girls in ads and commercials, using girly colors. Didn’t they know that out of households, it’s either gender that are bakers? They cut the potential customers by half. That said they should’ve age restricted the Easy Bake Ovens. Maybe “children under age 10 (maybe 12) must be supervised” would’ve prevented most kids getting their small hands stuck and burnt.

[@fangchick93]

Didn't have any of those products, but the iPhone 5s left permanent burn scars on my hands from it overheating.

[@wisteela]

I had a feeling the Pinto would be on here. I looked into it a while ago, and it seems it was massively exaggerated. Heh, Joyce's in Stranger Things has been fine so far.

[@gagefarmer9615]

They really should put warning labels on most stuff.

[@whitewolf3051]

Or age requirement with children under the age of ten - twelve being supervised.

[@gagefarmer9615]

Scratch this they should make toy ovens without the heating element. Or toy food made of plastic.

[@whitewolf3051]

@@gagefarmer9615 There were "ovens" with fake "food" just like that. No heating, plastic or foam food just to play with. It's just one company that made the ovens that can actually bake. Again, age restriction as well as supervision for really young children.

[@matthewcaughey8898]

There’s a few things I need to say regarding those vehicle recalls notably the explorer and the Toyota issue. The ford explorer issues were partially user inflicted. People didn’t check their tire pressures as often as they should have. As a higher sitting truck based SUV the explorer had a higher center of gravity which made checking tires a more important factor. People didn’t bother and frequently the explorer would have under inflated tires. The combination of under inflation lead to higher temperatures in the tire which increased the risk for a blowout. Secondly people didn’t know how to handle a sudden blowout and their first reaction is to hit the brakes. In a high sitting SUV that’s a great way to flip over. What you actually do is if it’s in the front you hit the gas to transfer weight to the rear and you slowly pull over and coast to a halt. In a rear blowout slowly move to the shoulder while coasting. This was skills most drivers didn’t have despite the vehicle being festooned with warning labels. The Toyota accelerator problem stems from 1 incident in Southern California. A Prius driver claimed he couldn’t slow down after the CHP attempted a traffic stop. CHP used a cruiser rot slow him and stop the car. Post incident inspection was unable to produce the unintended acceleration in the car. I used non standard floor mats in my Tacoma for years with no issues aside from the occasional pull it if it looked too high up. Toyota even claimed they had to shave my pedal down after one recall. ( and they made a mess of my interior with plastic shavings to boot, I did replace that pedal assembly with a non shaved OEM part later). I’ve had 3 Toyotas in my lifetime and have never once experienced unintended acceleration.

[@princess2023]

My dad had to bring his note 7 back to the store cuase of the recall and had me hold it. "Just in case it exploded," were his words real nice and loving their father. 😑

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

The Easy Bake Oven has been recalled so many times, you have to wonder why they keep making it?

[@frankieseward8667]

Because cooking is fun

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

But Burning yourself isn't. ​@@frankieseward8667

[@Jeremiah_Rivers76]

That’s a good question.

[@infamouswickedjokestar]

Satisfied customers, more revenue

[@Beth_Alice_Kaplan]

It was just that one model 15 years ago. They changed the design in a way that was flawed. They changed it back after the recall. Some products don’t need updating. @weirdhistoryfood did an episode on the history of The Easy Bake Oven.

[@bernardomello842]

I'm so sad Ford and Firestone broke up. That was a couple made in heaven. Love died.

[@Kansom333]

I had a 2002 corolla that did that once in a while... It would accelerate even when i turn off the cruise control

[@butcheredalive]

How #10 was handled is how all similar cases should be handled

[@DJB0X3R]

Wait, did I just hear that 5 kids were sitting in one of those Graco chairs?

[@TheRManProds]

I REMEMBER THE SAMSUNG GALAXY!

[@blueblousedesigns]

I had an Easy Bake Oven as a kid

[@Rite1010.]

No Takata airbags?

[@andrewlanglois6362]

If people are talking about the Easy-Bake oven, that's human error, not the product! There are distinct instructions telling you that children have to be with an adult present, and that's a product is actually an oven

[@franklynpatterson3265]

Took vioxx for a couple weeks and stopped taking it because I had horrible abdominal pains