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Product Recall Number: 17-072

Why was Children’s electric scooters recalled?

The knuckle that joins the wheel of the children’s electric scooters to the axle can break, posing a fall hazard to the rider.

Children’s electric scooters
Here's product recall specific data for Children’s electric scooters.

  • Product Recall Number: 17-072

  • Product Safety Warning Number:

  • Date: 2017-01-24

  • Product Safety Warning Date:

  • Name Of Product: Children’s electric scooters

  • Description: This recall involves Pulse Safe Start Transform electric scooters for children with manufacturing date codes between September 10, 2016 and October 11, 2016. The date code is printed on a label located under the platform in format XX(month)/XX(day)/2016 – 066QY. The scooters were sold in blue and have two wheels in front and one in the rear.

  • Hazard Description: The knuckle that joins the wheel of the children’s electric scooters to the axle can break, posing a fall hazard to the rider.

  • Consumer Action: None Listed

  • Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed

  • Remedy Type: Refund

  • Units: About 8,900

  • Incidents: None reported

  • Remedy: Consumers should immediately take the recalled scooters away from children and contact Pulse Performance Products for a full refund.

  • Sold At: Target stores nationwide from October 2016 through November 2016 for about $100.

  • Importers: Target Corp., of Minneapolis, Minn.

  • Manufacturers: Pulse Performance Products, a division of Bravo Sports, of Santa Fe Springs, Calif.

  • Distributors: Target Corp., of Minneapolis, Minn.

  • Manufactured In: China

  • Custom Label: None Listed

  • Custom Field: None Listed