Walmart re-announces recall on 165K dressers - because more were sold

Walmart has announced the recall of approximately 165,000 dressers for the second time. The retail giant needed to reissue the recall this week after the discovery that dressers were distributed after the first one and managed to find their way into shoppers’ hands.

Big picture view:

The recall affects Mainstays 9-drawer fabric dressers that were determined to be unstable if they were not anchored to a wall. That created a risk of injury or death if the dressers tipped over or trapped someone, and the dresser was determined to have violated the STURDY Act.

The backstory:

The new announcement does not go too deep into how the dressers became available again. It notes at the top that Walmart distributed the dressers after the initial recall occurred. Shoppers were then able to buy the dressers from liquidators. No injuries have been reported in connection with the use of the dresser, according to the recall notice. 

By the numbers:

The announcement also does not say how many dressers were sold after the initial recall. The number of units listed on the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) website as being affected by the recall increased slightly to "about 165,250," with a note that 165,000 dressers were under the previous recall, possibly indicating that the total was in the hundreds.

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Dig deeper:

According to the CPSC website, the dressers were made between September 2023 and December 2025 and have a black metal frame and nine drawers that are made with brown or black fabric. They are 40 inches long, 13.75 inches wide, and 45 inches tall. 

What you can do:

The recall announcement directs anyone who has the dresser and does not have it anchored to the wall to stop using it and move to somewhere children cannot access it. Customers can then reach out to Walmart for a full refund. The customers will be asked to return the drawers and then dispose of the frame themselves.

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