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Product Recall Number: 16-192

Why was Level III Body Armor recalled?

The body armor can fail to meet performance requirements for Level III body armor, allowing a bullet to penetrate, and pose a risk of gunshot injury or death.

Level III Body Armor
Here's product recall specific data for Level III Body Armor.

  • Product Recall Number: 16-192

  • Product Safety Warning Number:

  • Date: 2016-06-09

  • Product Safety Warning Date:

  • Name Of Product: Level III Body Armor

  • Description: "The body armor can fail to meet performance requirements for Level III body armor, allowing a bullet to penetrate."

  • Hazard Description: The body armor can fail to meet performance requirements for Level III body armor, allowing a bullet to penetrate, and pose a risk of gunshot injury or death.

  • Consumer Action: None Listed

  • Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed

  • Remedy Type: Replace

  • Units: About 10,000

  • Incidents: None reported

  • Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled body armor and contact the firm for instructions to receive replacement body armor. AR500 will contact all known purchasers about the recall.

  • Sold At: AR500 Armor dealers and directly to customers and online at www.ar500armor.com  from February 2016 through March 2016 for between $30 and $110. 

  • Importers: None Listed

  • Manufacturers: "AR500 Armor, of Phoenix, Ariz. "

  • Distributors: None Listed

  • Manufactured In: U.S.

  • Custom Label: None Listed

  • Custom Field: None Listed