RIDGID Nail Gun Lawsuit Claims Recall of ‘Dangerous’ Products Is Inadequate

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TTI Consumer Power Tools faces a proposed class action lawsuit after recalling approximately 64,000 RIDGID 18-volt nail guns over concerns that the products can discharge nails involuntarily by pulling the trigger alone.

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The 13-page complaint explains that TTI recalled the nail guns at issue in late July 2025 because the products’ dual-action engagement system could malfunction, which could allow the tool to fire a nail by pulling the trigger alone, posing a laceration hazard. For a properly working nail gun, the tool should only discharge a nail when the contact element, or nose-piece, is depressed and the trigger is pulled simultaneously, the filing stresses.

“All consumers who purchased the worthless and dangerous Products have suffered losses,” the class action lawsuit says, claiming that TTI sold the nail guns without adequate warnings or safeguards related to the alleged defect.

According to the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the recall involved RIDGID 18-volt Brushless 21-Degree Framing Nailers, bearing the model number R09894, and RIDGID 18-volt Brushless 30-Degree Framing Nailers bearing the model numbers R09895. Per the lawsuit, the nail guns reportedly retail for between $330 and $390, and were sold by retailers such as Home Depot and Direct Tools Factory Outlets between July 2021 and May 2025.

In the recall notice, the CPSC urged consumers to immediately cease using the recalled nail guns and contact TTI to mail in any recalled nail guns for free repairs.

According to the lawsuit, TTI failed to inform consumers at the time of sale that the products were dangerously defective. The case also contends that the defendant’s recall falls short of adequately remedying consumers’ concerns over the nail guns, in part because the initiative does not offer refunds and instead asks consumers to mail the products back to the company for a “software update” before being returned.

The complaint argues that this solution is insufficient because of the lack of reassurances that the remedy will totally fix the issue, the necessity of consumers to obtain boxing and packaging materials when TTI only covers the prepaid shipping label, and that there is no estimated timeline for how long it will take for TTI to ship the repaired nail guns back to consumers.

The plaintiff, a Texas resident, purchased a TTI RIDGID nail gun and experienced the defect firsthand, as he “suffered a laceration,” the case states.

According to the complaint, a “refund is the only adequate remedy,” and consumers would not have bought the nail guns, or would have paid significantly less for them, had they known of the defect and the “limited recourse available.”

The RIDGID nail gun class action lawsuit looks to cover any individual in the United States who purchased the recalled products, bearing the model numbers R09894 or R09895, between July 2021 and May 2025.  

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