Product Recall Number: 11206
Why was Lights and Sounds Children's Scooters recalled?
A child's finger can get caught in the hinge mechanism between the steering column and the platform, posing a laceration hazard.
Product Recall Number: 11206
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2011-04-20
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: Lights and Sounds Children's Scooters
Description: The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
Hazard Description: A child's finger can get caught in the hinge mechanism between the steering column and the platform, posing a laceration hazard.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Repair
Units: About 16,000 in the United States and 700 in Canada
Incidents: CPSC and Kiddieland have received two reports of children whose fingers got caught in the hinge mechanism and required stitches.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately take the recalled scooters away from children and contact Kiddieland for a free repair kit.
Sold At: Toys R Us and JCPenney from January 2009 through February 2011 for about $40
Importers: None Listed
Manufacturers: Kiddieland Toys Limited, of Scituate, Mass.
Distributors: None Listed
Manufactured In: China
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed