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Product Recall Number: 16-166

Why was SCOTT bicycles with SYNCROS seat posts recalled?

The seat post can break, posing a fall hazard to the rider.

SCOTT bicycles with SYNCROS seat posts
Here's product recall specific data for SCOTT bicycles with SYNCROS seat posts.

  • Product Recall Number: 16-166

  • Product Safety Warning Number:

  • Date: 2016-05-19

  • Product Safety Warning Date:

  • Name Of Product: SCOTT bicycles with SYNCROS seat posts

  • Description: The seat post can break.

  • Hazard Description: The seat post can break, posing a fall hazard to the rider.

  • Consumer Action: None Listed

  • Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed

  • Remedy Type: Replace

  • Units: About 1,400 (in addition, 170 bicycles were sold in Canada)

  • Incidents: The firm has received 11 reports of broken seat posts outside of the U.S. No injuries have been reported.

  • Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop riding the recalled bicycles and return them to an authorized SCOTT dealer to have a free replacement seat post installed.

  • Sold At: "Authorized SCOTT dealers nationwide and online from June 2015 through March 2016 for between $3,300 and $9,700."

  • Importers: SCOTT USA Inc., of Salt Lake City, Utah

  • Manufacturers: None Listed

  • Distributors: "SCOTT USA Inc., of Salt Lake City, Utah"

  • Manufactured In: Taiwan

  • Custom Label: None Listed

  • Custom Field: None Listed

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