Automax Premium Universal Car Mats: chemicals in plastic pulled from sale
The plastic in these black car floor mats has too much of certain chemicals (PAHs), which may cause cancer and are also mutagenic and toxic for reproduction, and the mats break REACH and product safety rules.
What to do
Measure taken: Withdrawal of the product from the market (economic operator: Importer), in force from 04/12/2025.
Note from Recalled Today: If you own this product, stop using it and contact the seller.
Image: Safety Gate (European Commission)
Notice details
- Product
- Automotive accessories
- Company
- Automax
- Hazard
- The plastic of the product has an excessive concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), notably Benzo (a)pyrene (BaP), Benzo (e)pyrene (BeP), Benz (a)anthracene (BaA), Chrysene (CHR), Benzo (b)fluoranthene (BbFA), Benzo (j)fluoranthene (BjFA, Benzo (k)fluoranthene (BkFA), and Dibenz(a,h)anthracene (DBAhA) (measured values: 16.1 mg/kg, 11 mg/kg, 17.3 mg/kg, 17.3 mg/kg, 4.7 mg/kg, 1.8 mg/kg, 2.5 mg/kg and 7.6 mg/kg, respectively). These PAHs may cause cancer and are also mutagenic and toxic for reproduction. The product does not comply with the REACH Regulation nor with the General Product Safety Regulation.
- Class or risk level
- Serious risk
- Notifying country
- Cyprus
- Countries that reacted
- None listed
- Identifiers
- Alert number: SR/04409/25
- Model or type: 3APUCM3281
- Barcode: 5291721001192
- Measure in force since
- 04/12/2025
- Published on Safety Gate
- December 16, 2025
- Listed on Recalled Today
- December 16, 2025
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Official notice
The notice's own wording from Safety Gate.
Automax Automotive accessories (Premium Universal Car Mats)
- Product
- Product: Automotive accessories Name: Premium Universal Car Mats Brand: Automax Description: Black car floor mats.
- Risk
- Risk type: Chemical The plastic of the product has an excessive concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), notably Benzo (a)pyrene (BaP), Benzo (e)pyrene (BeP), Benz (a)anthracene (BaA), Chrysene (CHR), Benzo (b)fluoranthene (BbFA), Benzo (j)fluoranthene (BjFA, Benzo (k)fluoranthene (BkFA), and Dibenz(a,h)anthracene (DBAhA) (measured values: 16.1 mg/kg, 11 mg/kg, 17.3 mg/kg, 17.3 mg/kg, 4.7 mg/kg, 1.8 mg/kg, 2.5 mg/kg and 7.6 mg/kg, respectively). These PAHs may cause cancer and are also mutagenic and toxic for reproduction. The product does not comply with the REACH Regulation nor with the General Product Safety Regulation.
- Measures taken
- Withdrawal of the product from the market (economic operator: Importer), in force from 04/12/2025
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
Source: European Commission, Safety Gate (CC BY 4.0); summary edited by Recalled Today CC BY 4.0 · Safety Gate
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