Panasonic Recalls 11,480 Toaster Ovens Over a Cord That Can Shock or Ignite
Panasonic is recalling every NB-G200 electric toaster oven sold in the US — about 11,480 of them — because the power cord's insulation may not be adequately covered by its protective fiberglass sleeve, which the Consumer Product Safety Commission says poses a shock and fire risk. There is no repair option and no date-code carve-out. Stop using it and claim a full refund.
The recall was announced on July 16, 2026 (CPSC recall number 26-618). Health Canada issued its counterpart the same day under number RA-82296, covering 2,184 units of the equivalent NB-G205S sold there.
Which ovens are covered
All of them. The recall involves every Panasonic Electric Toaster Oven carrying Model No. NB-G200, with no serial range or manufacturing window narrowing it. If the model number matches, the oven is recalled. CPSC identifies the oven by model number alone; Health Canada's parallel notice files the same product line under the FlashXpress name.
The unit is stainless steel with "Panasonic" on the front and the temperature knob at the bottom. It has six pre-set cooking menus, a digital timer up to 25 minutes, and a temperature range of 250°F to 500°F. The model number is on the nameplate label on the back of the oven.
They sold online at Amazon.com, Costco.com, Panasonic.com and other platforms nationwide from October 2024 through April 2026 for about $170. That end date matters: sales ran until four months ago, so this is a recall on an oven still being bought, not one being cleared out of kitchens. They were made by Panasonic Manufacturing (Xiamen) Co., Ltd of Xiamen, Fujian, China, and imported by Panasonic Corporation of North America of Newark, New Jersey.
What has actually happened so far
CPSC records four consumer reports of tripped circuit breakers or outlets, and one report that the product stopped working. No fires and no injuries have been reported. Health Canada's notice, current to June 15, 2026, records no incidents in Canada.
That is a thin incident file, and it is worth being straight about: this is a recall on a manufacturing defect found in the cord, not a response to a string of house fires. CPSC's wording is that the insulation can be insufficient — it is a defect the cord may carry, not one confirmed in every unit sold. It is still the correct time to act, because a breaker tripping is the failure announcing itself early.
What to do
- Unplug it and stop using it. CPSC's remedy is not a repair — it is a refund, which means there is no fixed version of this oven to wait for.
- Claim the refund at
ToasterOvenRecall.expertinquiry.com, or call Panasonic on 888-943-2391, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday. Panasonic also links the notice fromshop.panasonic.com/toaster-oven-recall.
Why we are running this
Our repair or replace guide tells readers that a short list of cheap, high-success fixes is worth doing at any age — gaskets, fans, fuses, hoses, igniters, drain clogs. A damaged power cord is not on that list, but it has the same shape: cheap part, high success rate. On almost any other appliance, that reasoning holds.
It does not hold here, and the distinction is the whole point. This is not a cord that wore out; it is a cord CPSC says may have left the factory with insulation its fiberglass sleeve does not adequately cover. Replacing it yourself converts a full refund you are entitled to — on an oven that sold for about $170 — into a repair you paid for on a product Panasonic has withdrawn from the market. Do not do that.
We have a direct interest in saying so. Two of the brands we rank at /compare — RepairClinic and Sears PartsDirect — are parts retailers, and we earn a commission when readers buy parts through them. There is no version of this where buying a part beats taking the refund, and we would rather say that than collect on it.
We do not rate Panasonic, so no score of ours moves on this. It is here because a $170 countertop oven sold online through Amazon and Costco for eighteen months is exactly the kind of purchase people never register — so there is no reason to assume the notice reaches its owners directly.