Product Recall Number: 14-079
Why was SRAM Hydraulic Road Rim Brakes and Hydraulic Road Disc Brakes for bicycles recalled?
The brake systems can fail, posing a crash and injury hazard.
Product Recall Number: 14-079
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2014-01-14
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: SRAM Hydraulic Road Rim Brakes and Hydraulic Road Disc Brakes for bicycles
Description: The road bike brake systems can fail to work.
Hazard Description: The brake systems can fail, posing a crash and injury hazard.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Replace
Units: About 25,350
Incidents: The firm received 95 reports of brakes failing in the U.S. One minor injury was reported in the U.S. and another in Australia
Remedy: : Consumers should immediately stop using bicycles equipped with the recalled SRAM brake systems and contact any SRAM dealer to arrange for a free replacement product to be installed and to receive a $200 product voucher or cash per customer.
Sold At: Specialty bicycle retailers nationwide from May 2013 to December 2013 for between $285 and $581 for the disc or rim brakes. Bicycles sold with the SRAM disc or rim range from $2,500 to $7,500.
Importers: None Listed
Manufacturers: None Listed
Distributors: None Listed
Manufactured In: Taiwan
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed