Product Recall Number: 12-155
Why was Miflex High Pressure Scuba Diving Hoses recalled?
The diving hose can rupture reducing the available air supply to the diver, posing a drowning hazard.
Product Recall Number: 12-155
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2012-04-18
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: Miflex High Pressure Scuba Diving Hoses
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: The diving hose can rupture reducing the available air supply to the diver, posing a drowning hazard.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Replace
Units: About 17,000
Incidents: XS Scuba has received reports of 189 hose failures. There have been no reports of injuries.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the hoses and contact XS Scuba to receive instructions for obtaining a free replacement hose.
Sold At: Scuba diving retailers and online between May 2009 and April 2012 for between $44 and $60 for individual hoses.
Importers: XS Scuba, Inc., of Santa Ana, Calif.
Manufacturers: Miflex 2, Villasanta, Italy
Distributors: XS Scuba, Inc., of Santa Ana, Calif.
Manufactured In: Italy
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed