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Product Recall Number: 13-200

Why was GNU Snowboard Bindings recalled?

The ankle straps can break posing a fall hazard.

GNU Snowboard Bindings
Here's product recall specific data for GNU Snowboard Bindings.

  • Product Recall Number: 13-200

  • Product Safety Warning Number:

  • Date: 2013-05-28

  • Product Safety Warning Date:

  • Name Of Product: GNU Snowboard Bindings

  • Description: The straps on men-, women- and youth-sized snowboard bindings can break.

  • Hazard Description: The ankle straps can break posing a fall hazard.

  • Consumer Action: None Listed

  • Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed

  • Remedy Type: Replace

  • Units: About 6,800 pairs in the U.S. and 1,200 in Canada

  • Incidents: The firm has received 30 reports of the binding straps breaking. No injuries were reported.

  • Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the bindings and contact Mervin Manufacturing for instructions for receiving free replacement straps.

  • Sold At: Specialty Sports Inc., REI and other national, small chain and independent sporting goods stores, and online at www.backcountry.com and www.mervin.com from August 2012 to March 2013 for between $125 and $310.

  • Importers: None Listed

  • Manufacturers: None Listed

  • Distributors: None Listed

  • Manufactured In: Slovakia

  • Custom Label: None Listed

  • Custom Field: None Listed