Product Recall Number: 16-229
Why was Cannondale commuter bicycles recalled?
The bicycle’s fork axle can crack, posing a fall hazard.
Product Recall Number: 16-229
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2016-07-21
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: Cannondale commuter bicycles
Description: The fork axle on Cannondale Bad Boy and Bad Girl commuter bicycles can crack.
Hazard Description: The bicycle’s fork axle can crack, posing a fall hazard.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Repair
Units: About 3,100 (in addition, about 400 were sold in Canada)
Incidents: The firm has received 30 reports of the bicycle’s fork axle cracking; including an injury report of a fall that resulted in a concussion and bruising.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled bicycles and take them to the nearest authorized Cannondale dealer for a free repair. Cannondale dealers will replace the fork free of charge.
Sold At: "Authorized Cannondale dealers nationwide from June 2010 through December 2014 for between $1,000 and $1,800."
Importers: Cycling Sports Group Inc., of Wilton, Conn.
Manufacturers: "Post Moderne Tech Corp., of Taiwan"
Distributors: None Listed
Manufactured In: Taiwan
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed