Product Recall Number: 16-019
Why was Child bicycle trailers recalled?
Trailers with black plastic tow bar receivers can separate from the tow bar when they appear to be connected, posing a crash hazard to the child in the trailer.
Product Recall Number: 16-019
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2015-10-28
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: Child bicycle trailers
Description: Trailers with black plastic tow bar receivers can separate from the tow bar when they appear to be connected, posing a crash hazard.
Hazard Description: Trailers with black plastic tow bar receivers can separate from the tow bar when they appear to be connected, posing a crash hazard to the child in the trailer.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Repair
Units: About 34,000 (in addition about 820 were sold in Canada)
Incidents: Burley Design has received 35 reports of trailers with black plastic tow bar receivers separating from the tow bar, including two incidents that resulted in abrasions to a child.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled bicycle trailers and contact Burley for a free safety strap kit with tools and instructions for installation and a coupon for a 20 percent discount on the purchase of any Burley accessory. Consumers should also inspect the black plastic tow bar receiver. If it appears to be cracked or damaged, consumers should also request a free replacement tow bar receiver.
Sold At: REI, Sport Chalet and other sporting goods stores and bike shops nationwide, and at Amazon.com and other online retailers from January 2009 to October 2015 for between $300 and $700.
Importers: Burley Design LLC, of Eugene, Ore.
Manufacturers: None Listed
Distributors: None Listed
Manufactured In: China
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed