Daikin settlement covers AC units with fire-risk compressors

At the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission, Daikin Comfort Technologies Manufacturing, Inc. has reached a proposed settlement that carries an $8.5 million civil penalty. The agreement was published in the Federal Register, but it is still only provisionally accepted, which means it is not final.

If the deal stands, Daikin would also have to keep a formal compliance program in place, carry out annual audits for three years and preserve CPSA-related records for five years.

The products behind the case

The commission’s staff said the case involved about 62,100 Amana-branded packaged terminal air conditioners and heat pumps with DigiAir modules, made and distributed between May 2015 and January 2023. The notice says the module compressor could overheat, creating burn and fire hazards, and that the company did not report the problem quickly enough.

Daikin denied the charges in the settlement, while the agreement says the company already had a compliance program and later helped announce a recall. The public comment window closes July 2, 2026, before the commission decides whether to make the settlement final.