Product Recall Number: 15-022
Why was Aqua Lung buoyancy compensators with SureLock II weight pocket handles recalled?
The rubber handles can detach as divers are trying to remove the weight pockets to rise to the surface in an emergency. This poses a drowning hazard.
Product Recall Number: 15-022
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2014-11-12
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: Aqua Lung buoyancy compensators with SureLock II weight pocket handles
Description: The rubber handles can detach as divers are trying to remove the weight pockets to rise to the surface in an emergency.
Hazard Description: The rubber handles can detach as divers are trying to remove the weight pockets to rise to the surface in an emergency. This poses a drowning hazard.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Replace
Units: About 30,000 in the United States and 11,300 in Canada (an additional 110,000 were previously recalled in the U.S. in March 2013)
Incidents: Aqua Lung is aware of an additional 50 reports of the handles detaching from the weight pockets. No injuries have been reported.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled buoyancy compensators and return the two weight pockets to an authorized Aqua Lung dealer to receive a free inspection and free newly-designed replacement weight pocket handles.
Sold At: Sporting goods and scuba diving stores nationwide from September 2008 through October 2014 for between $460 and $700 for the buoyancy compensator with the weight pockets.
Importers: None Listed
Manufacturers: None Listed
Distributors: None Listed
Manufactured In: China and Mexico
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed