Two Class Actions Now Target the Frigidaire Gas Range Recall
Two separate class actions have been filed in Illinois federal courts over the March 2026 recall of about 174,800 Frigidaire gas ranges. Both complaints allege Electrolux sold ovens whose bake burner can ignite late and burn the user — one says the company failed to warn buyers, the other that it knew of the defect before the ranges went on sale. Those are allegations, and none of them change what an owner should do today: check the serial number, stop using the oven if it is covered, and book the free in-home repair.
The recall itself is not in dispute
CPSC published the recall on March 19, 2026 (recall number 26-333). It covers Frigidaire, Frigidaire Gallery and Frigidaire Professional gas ranges — about 174,800 units in the US, with a further 5,300 sold in Canada — sold at Lowe's, The Home Depot, other retail stores nationwide and online at Frigidaire.com from June 2025 through January 2026 for between $630 and $2,700.
The hazard is a delayed ignition of the oven's bake burner. At the time of the recall, Electrolux and CPSC were aware of 62 reports of delayed ignition, including 30 reports of burn injuries.
How to check yours. The affected serial numbers run VF52200000 through VF54399999. CPSC's notice says the model and serial numbers are printed on a nameplate in the drawer beneath the oven — that is where to look, not on the back. Twenty-three model numbers are covered, all beginning FCFG, FCRG, GCFG, GCRG or PCFG.
The remedy. CPSC's notice tells consumers to stop using the oven in a recalled range immediately and contact Electrolux for a free repair: professional in-home installation of a new bake burner at no cost. The cooktop burners on these ranges are not affected and can still be used, which is worth knowing before anyone writes the whole appliance off. Electrolux Group's line is 866-291-7633, 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET, Monday to Friday, and the recall page is GasOvenBurnerRecall.com.
What the two suits allege
Reato v. Electrolux Consumer Products, Inc. was e-filed in the US District Court for the Central District of Illinois on May 14, 2026 (No. 2:26-cv-02142-CSB-EIL). Plaintiff James Reato, of Martinton, Illinois, alleges he bought a recalled model without knowing the oven could ignite late, and that the burn risk renders the ranges "unmerchantable and unfit for their normal intended use." The complaint asserts breach of express and implied warranty, fraudulent concealment, strict liability and negligence, and seeks damages and injunctive relief for a nationwide class and an Illinois subclass of people who bought a range covered by the March 2026 recall. Counsel is Paul J. Doolittle of Poulin Willey Anastopoulo LLC.
Kelly v. Electrolux Consumer Products Inc. was filed two weeks later, on May 29, 2026, in the Northern District of Illinois (No. 1:26-cv-06335). According to Top Class Actions, plaintiff Megan Kelly alleges Electrolux knew of the defect before selling the ranges and, after the recall, offered only a burner replacement rather than refunds.
These are allegations, not findings. Neither report carries a response from Electrolux, no court has ruled on either complaint, and a recall is not an admission of liability.
Why we are running this
We do not rate Frigidaire or Electrolux, and nothing on this site scores them — so there is no review page of ours to correct here. We are running it because the lawsuits are the loud part and the repair is the useful part, and the two are easy to confuse.
The remedy Kelly's complaint calls inadequate is still the best deal available to an owner right now. A litigated refund, if one ever comes, is years away. A new bake burner fitted in your kitchen costs nothing and is bookable this week. Nobody should be paying a technician for this fault, and no part purchase improves on free — so we are not linking one, though we do earn commission from parts retailers and would rather say that than collect on it.
A home warranty is not the route either. None of the warranty plans in our brand comparison get you anything a free manufacturer recall repair does not, and a service-call fee on a covered recall is money burned. Our repair-or-replace guide turns on the cost of the quote against the cost of a new machine; with the quote at zero, on a range that may be a year old, the calculation does not start.
This is the same shape as Cooluli's minifridge recall earlier this month — a free manufacturer remedy that only works if the owner actually picks up the phone. The difference is that a gas range is not something you unplug and forget. If yours is on the list, the oven is the part to stop using, and the cooktop can carry on.