Check your model
| Product | Remote control unit for Nordic-series motorised window awnings |
|---|---|
| Model | AC136-05Bi-CA (printed on the unit) |
| Brands | Luxaflex, Turnils (supplier: Hunter Douglas Pty Limited) |
| Sold | 1 February 2026 to 17 April 2026, through dealers nationally |
| Recall notice | 24 April 2026, PRA 2026/20895 |
| What to do | Stop using it immediately and keep it away from children. Contact the dealer you bought from; Hunter Douglas will collect the unit and provide a free replacement. Enquiries: Hunter Douglas, (02) 9638 8000, weekdays 8:30am to 4:30pm AEST. |
What the notice says
Two defects, per the ACCC's published notice. First, the remote's button
battery compartment: the battery is not secured and may be released during use
.
Second, the packaging does not carry the required button-battery warning and
emergency information. The risk statement is the regulator's, and we quote rather
than dramatise it: children are at risk of choking, severe internal burn injuries
or death if they swallow or insert a button battery, and serious injury can occur
in as little as 2 hours
. If you suspect a child has swallowed one, the notice's
standing instruction is the Poisons Information Centre on 13 11 26, immediately.
Why the packaging failure matters as much as the latch
The notice's framing is instructive: it treats the missing packaging warnings as a defect in their own right, alongside the loose battery, because the button-battery warning and ingestion-response information are required, not good practice. Australian recalls of battery-powered products routinely cite both limbs, the physical containment and the mandated warnings. For a buyer of motorised window furnishings the practical lesson is transferable: any remote, wand or wall controller in your home is a button-battery product, and the battery stays in under force is a thing you can check yourself with the unit in hand.
The honest wider picture
We watch the ACCC's Home and Garden recalls feed continuously. Across its most recent 25 notices, spanning roughly March to July 2026, this remote is the only window-furnishings item. There is no corded blind or curtain recall currently live, and this recall is a button-battery matter, not a cord matter; the two safety regimes are different laws with different tests, and folding them together would make this story sound bigger than it is. One product, one defect pair, one fix, free. If a corded-covering recall is published, it will be reported here the same way.
The supplier, for context
Hunter Douglas is the largest operator in Australian window-covering manufacturing by market share, according to IBISWorld's industry estimates. That is context, not aggravation: the recall notice records a supplier following the mandatory recall process, and the measure of it that matters to a reader is the model number above.