Product Recall Number: 12-085
Why was Chariot bicycle trailers and bicycle trailer conversion kits recalled?
The bicycle trailer's hitch mechanisms can crack and break, causing the trailer to detach from the bicycle. This poses an injury hazard to children in the bicycle trailer.
Product Recall Number: 12-085
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2012-01-10
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: Chariot bicycle trailers and bicycle trailer conversion kits
Description: The bicycle trailer's hitch mechanisms can crack and break, causing the trailer to detach from the bicycle.
Hazard Description: The bicycle trailer's hitch mechanisms can crack and break, causing the trailer to detach from the bicycle. This poses an injury hazard to children in the bicycle trailer.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Repair
Units: About 44,000 bicycle trailers and 70,000 bicycle trailer conversion kits
Incidents: The firm has received 24 incident reports worldwide, three of which occurred in the United States, involving the bicycle trailers and the conversion kits. No injuries have been reported.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled bicycle trailers and bicycle trailer conversion kits and contact Chariot Carriers for a free repair kit which the consumer can install.
Sold At: Specialty bicycle stores nationwide and on various websites from December 2005 through August 2010 for between $400 and $925 for Chariot bicycle trailers and from October 2002 through August 2011 for between $40 and $70 for bicycle trailer conversion kits.
Importers: None Listed
Manufacturers: Thule Child Transport Systems Ltd., d/b/a Chariot Carriers, of Calgary, Canada
Distributors: None Listed
Manufactured In: Canada
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed