Product Recall Number: 16-185
Why was X-Maxx Monster Trucks and VXL-6 electronic speed controls recalled?
Vehicle modification or electronic failure can result in a short circuit, posing a fire hazard.
Product Recall Number: 16-185
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2016-06-01
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: X-Maxx Monster Trucks and VXL-6 electronic speed controls
Description: Vehicle modification or electronic failure can result in a short circuit.
Hazard Description: Vehicle modification or electronic failure can result in a short circuit, posing a fire hazard.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Repair
Units: About 4,900 X-Maxx Monster Trucks and 140 VXL-6s electronic speed controls (in addition, 96 trucks were sold in Canada)
Incidents: The company has received 40 reports of fire. One injury to a finger has been reported.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled trucks and return their electronic speed control to their dealer for a free firmware upgrade and installation of a new fusible link, or contact Traxxas customer support to return the electronic speed control and have a firmware upgrade and free fusible link installation.
Sold At: HobbyTown and other hobby stores and Traxxas dealers nationwide from November 2015 through January 2016. The X-Maxx truck sold for about $840. The electronic speed control sold for about $250.
Importers: Traxxas LP, of McKinney, Tex.
Manufacturers: None Listed
Distributors: "Traxxas LP, of McKinney, Tex."
Manufactured In: Taiwan
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed