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Product Recall Number: 18-074

Why was Folding Brompton bicycles recalled?

The bicycle’s bottom bracket can break during use, posing a fall hazard.

Folding Brompton bicycles
Here's product recall specific data for Folding Brompton bicycles.

  • Product Recall Number: 18-074

  • Product Safety Warning Number:

  • Date: 2017-12-21

  • Product Safety Warning Date:

  • Name Of Product: Folding Brompton bicycles

  • Description:

  • Hazard Description: The bicycle’s bottom bracket can break during use, posing a fall hazard.

  • Consumer Action: None Listed

  • Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed

  • Remedy Type: Replace

  • Units: About 8,400 (In addition, about 1,300 were sold in Canada)

  • Incidents: None reported

  • Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled bicycles and contact an authorized Brompton dealer for free installation of a new bottom bracket cartridge.

  • Sold At: Specialty bicycle stores and Brompton dealers nationwide from April 2014 through September 2017 for between $1,200 and $3,000

  • Importers: Brompton Bicyle Inc., of Brooklyn, New York

  • Manufacturers: None Listed

  • Distributors: None Listed

  • Manufactured In: Great Britain

  • Custom Label: None Listed

  • Custom Field: None Listed

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