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Product Recall Number: 14-044

Why was Personal Emergency Reporting System (PERS) Transmitters recalled?

The battery clips in the transmitters can corrode causing the transmitters to operate intermittently or not at all, without generating a warning.

Personal Emergency Reporting System (PERS) Transmitters
Here's product recall specific data for Personal Emergency Reporting System (PERS) Transmitters.

  • Product Recall Number: 14-044

  • Product Safety Warning Number:

  • Date: 2013-12-09

  • Product Safety Warning Date:

  • Name Of Product: Personal Emergency Reporting System (PERS) Transmitters

  • Description: The battery clips in the emergency call pendant transmitters can corrode causing the transmitters to operate intermittently or not at all, without generating a warning.

  • Hazard Description: The battery clips in the transmitters can corrode causing the transmitters to operate intermittently or not at all, without generating a warning.

  • Consumer Action: None Listed

  • Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed

  • Remedy Type: Replace

  • Units: About 48,000

  • Incidents: Linear received one report of a transmitter that failed to operate. No injuries have been reported.

  • Remedy: Consumers should immediately contact Linear to receive a free replacement transmitter.

  • Sold At: Independent PERS distributors and dealers nationwide from June 2013 through August 2013 for about $45.

  • Importers: None Listed

  • Manufacturers: None Listed

  • Distributors: None Listed

  • Manufactured In: China

  • Custom Label: None Listed

  • Custom Field: None Listed