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.
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