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Product Recall Number: 16-128

Why was Specialized bicycle headlights and taillights recalled?

The headlights and taillights can overheat, posing fire and burn hazards.

Specialized bicycle headlights and taillights
Here's product recall specific data for Specialized bicycle headlights and taillights.

  • Product Recall Number: 16-128

  • Product Safety Warning Number:

  • Date: 2016-03-25

  • Product Safety Warning Date:

  • Name Of Product: Specialized bicycle headlights and taillights

  • Description: The headlights and taillights can overheat, posing fire and burn hazards.

  • Hazard Description: The headlights and taillights can overheat, posing fire and burn hazards.

  • Consumer Action: None Listed

  • Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed

  • Remedy Type: Replace, Repair

  • Units: About 110,000

  • Incidents: The firm has received four reports of Flux headlights or taillights overheating and two reports of Stix headlights expanding and bursting. No injuries have been reported. 

  • Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using these recalled headlights and taillights. Return them an authorized Specialized bicycle retailer for a free repair for Flux model headlights, or a free replacement for Flux model taillights, and Stix model headlights and taillights. Consumers who bought the bicycle lights directly from Specialized should contact Specialized for return instructions.

  • Sold At: Authorized Specialized retailers nationwide and online at www.specialized.com from June 2014 through February 2016 for between $100 and $275 for Flux model headlights and taillights and for between $30 and $50 for Stix model headlights and taillights.

  • Importers: Specialized Bicycle Components Inc. (Specialized), of Morgan Hill, Calif.

  • Manufacturers: None Listed

  • Distributors: None Listed

  • Manufactured In: Taiwan

  • Custom Label: None Listed

  • Custom Field: None Listed