Product Recall Number: 12-183
Why was 4ZA Threadless Carbon Bicycle Handlebar Stem recalled?
The bicycle handlebar stems can crack or break, posing a fall hazard.
Product Recall Number: 12-183
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2012-05-21
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: 4ZA Threadless Carbon Bicycle Handlebar Stem
Description: The 4ZA threadless carbon bicycle handlebar stems can crack or break.
Hazard Description: The bicycle handlebar stems can crack or break, posing a fall hazard.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Replace
Units: About 105
Incidents: The firm received one report of a handlebar stem breaking resulting in minor injuries.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using their bicycles and contact the bicycle retailers where the stems were purchased to obtain a free replacement stem. Other bicycle shops can handle the replacement process by contacting the manufacturer's current distributor, Quality Bicycle Products, Inc.
Sold At: The stems were sold at specialty bicycle retailers and via websites from January 2005 through April 2010 for about $59.
Importers: None Listed
Manufacturers: Race Productions NV, Belgium
Distributors: Sinclair Imports, of Reno, Nev., and Quality Bicycle Products, of Bloomington, Minn.
Manufactured In: Taiwan
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed