Product Recall Number: 11288
Why was recalled?
"The brake mechanism on the strollers can fail, posing an injury hazard."
Product Recall Number: 11288
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2011-07-27
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: None Listed
Description: The brake mechanism on the strollers can fail.
Hazard Description: "The brake mechanism on the strollers can fail, posing an injury hazard."
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Repair, Replace
Units: "Explorer: 7,400 in the U.S. and 1,900 in Canada; Hammerhead: 160 in the U.S. and 65 in Canada"
Incidents: Eight incidents have been reported globally; none in North America. No injuries were reported.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the product and contact phil&teds to arrange to receive a upgraded brake assembly. Explorer owners will receive a new frame fitted with an upgraded brake assembly. Consumers can perform an in-home swap out of the affected frame. Hammerhead owners will receive a pre-paid return shipping container in order to return the stroller to phil&teds where the brake assembly will be replaced and the stroller returned.
Sold At: "Sold online at philandteds.com, pishposhbaby.com, and albeebaby.com; and at Babies R Us and specialty juvenile retailers in the United States and Canada from August 2010 through June 2011 for between $475 and $500."
Importers: "phil&teds USA Inc, of Fort Collins, Colo."
Manufacturers: None Listed
Distributors: None Listed
Manufactured In: China
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed