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IKEA dressers and chest recall: How to get a cash refund

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Published  March 27, 2026 7:52am MST
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FILE - Image showing some of the millions of dressers and chests involved in IKEA's recall. (IKEA) 

The Brief

    • Millions of IKEA dressers and chests from a 2016 recall are now eligible for cash refunds or store credit.
    • Customers can check eligibility using a date stamp code and return recalled items for compensation or safety fixes.
    • The recall follows hundreds of tip-over incidents, including injuries and child deaths linked to the furniture.

Millions of IKEA dressers and chests that were part of a massive recall in 2016 are now eligible for a cash refund.

The furniture company sent out an email to newsletter subscribers on Thursday notifying them of its new offer and advised them to check their dressers and chests against images included in their updated recall guide.

What they're saying:

"If you have a recalled IKEA chest or dresser, we want you to take action, today.  Return it to your nearest IKEA store, and we’ll pay you for it. We’re offering you a cash refund, or a IKEA refund card of a higher amount.  You can use the IKEA refund card to help buy a replacement dresser," according to the IKEA recall website. 

FILE - Comparison between recalled IKEA dresser and non-recalled dresser. (IKEA) 

Is your dresser or chest included in the recall? 

Dig deeper:

In order to see if your furniture is included in IKEA’s mass recall, you can check the date stamp code that is usually located under the top panel of the dresser or chest.

The date stamp could also be located on the inside of a side panel.

The number should be lower than "1622." 

FILE - Example of a date stamp code that can be found on recalled dressers and chests. (IKEA) 

IKEA stopped selling most of the dressers included in this massive recall after 2016 or the furniture got redesigned.  

Refunds offered to customers

What you can do:

IKEA is offering several options to customers who purchased any of the dressers or chests in 2016 that have been included in this recall.

For customers who do not wish to receive a free wall-anchoring kit or take advantage of IKEA’s offer to send someone to your house to anchor the furniture free of charge, you can fill out a form and receive a cash refund or an IKEA refund card.

Refund amounts on the IKEA card are more than a regular cash refund. 

For example, the MALM 6-drawer tall dresser cash refund value is $110, but if customers opt for the refund card, they will receive $175.

For more details on how to get a refund, click here. 

IKEA received over 100 reports of child injuries

By the numbers:

Since 2017, IKEA received 186 reports of tip-over incidents involving several of its chests and dressers, and of those incidents, 91 resulted in a child getting injured.

The company also received 113 reports of tip-over incidents with other recalled models of their dressers and chests, which resulted in 53 reports of injuries to children, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission website.

Since 1989, there have been approximately eight child deaths reported due to a dresser tipping over and falling on top of them, according to the CPSC website. 

Timeline:

2016 and beyond: 

  • February 2016: A 22-month-old boy from Apple Valley, Minnesota, died after an unanchored  MALM 6-drawer chest fell on top of him.
  • May 2017: A 2-year-old boy in Buena Park, California, after he became trapped beneath an unanchored MALM 3-drawer chest that tipped over.

Before 2016: 

  • July 1989: A 20-month-old girl from Mt. Vernon, Virginia, died after an unanchored GUTE 4-drawer chest tipped over and pinned her against the foot board of a youth bed.
  • March 2002: A 2½-year-old boy from Cranford, N.J., died after an unanchored RAKKE 5-drawer chest tipped over and fatally pinned him to the floor.
  • October 2007, a 3-year-old girl from Chula Vista, California, died after a KURS 3-drawer chest tipped over and fatally pinned her to the floor.  It is unknown whether the dresser was anchored or not.
  • September 2011: A 2-year-old boy from Woodbridge, Virginia, died after an unanchored MALM 3-drawer chest tipped over and trapped him between the dresser drawers.
  • February 2014: A 2-year-old boy from West Chester, Pennsylvania, died after an unanchored MALM 6-drawer chest tipped over fatally pinning him against his bed.
  • June 2014: A 23-month-old boy from Snohomish, Washington, died after he became trapped beneath an unanchored MALM 3-drawer chest that tipped over.

The Source: Information for this article was taken from the IKEA recall and U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission websites. This story was reported from San Jose. 

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