Product Recall Number: 16-113
Why was Pelican flashlights and replacement battery packs recalled?
The battery packs in the flashlights can overheat, posing a fire hazard to consumers.
Product Recall Number: 16-113
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2016-03-03
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: Pelican flashlights and replacement battery packs
Description: The battery packs in the flashlights can overheat, posing a fire hazard to consumers.
Hazard Description: The battery packs in the flashlights can overheat, posing a fire hazard to consumers.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Replace
Units: About 3,800 flashlights and 150 replacement battery packs (in addition, about 800 flashlights and 18 replacement battery packs were sold in Canada).
Incidents: Pelican has received two reports of overheating battery packs. No injuries have been reported.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled flashlights and replacement battery packs and contact Pelican for instructions on returning the flashlights for free installation of a new battery pack or to exchange replacement battery packs that were sold separately for a new replacement battery pack.
Sold At: Sports and specialty stores nationwide, online at Amazon.com and other industrial supply dealers or distributors from May 2014 through January 2016 for between $240 to $280 for the flashlights and between $50 and $70 for the replacement battery packs.
Importers: None Listed
Manufacturers: Pelican Products Inc., of Torrance, Calif., (flashlights) and HYB Battery Co. Ltd., of China (batteries).
Distributors: None Listed
Manufactured In: United States and China
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed