Product Recall Number: 18-733
Why was Traction elevators recalled?
The elevator cab can rise unexpectedly to the top of the elevator shaft and abruptly stop, posing an impact hazard to consumers in the elevator cab.
Product Recall Number: 18-733
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2018-03-29
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: Traction elevators
Description: This recall involves traction residential elevators with models LLT-952, LLT-953, LLT-954 and LLT-955 shipped and installed between January 2014 and April 2017. The recalled elevators are used in consumers’ homes. “Residential Elevators” is printed on a label on the operating panel inside the elevator cab.
Hazard Description: The elevator cab can rise unexpectedly to the top of the elevator shaft and abruptly stop, posing an impact hazard to consumers in the elevator cab.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Repair
Units: About 5,250
Incidents: The firm has received four reports of the elevator cab rising unexpectedly to the top of the shaft. No injuries have been reported.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled elevators and contact Residential Elevators to schedule a free inspection and, where a replacement part is needed, a free repair. Elevators that have been inspected by the company since May 2017 do not require a new inspection. Residential Elevators is able to determine whether a residential elevator is included in the recall by the consumer’s street address. The firm is contacting all known purchasers directly.
Sold At: Residential Elevators’ dealers and home builders nationwide from January 2014 through April 2017 for between $18,000 and $50,000.
Importers: None Listed
Manufacturers: Residential Elevators Inc., of Crawfordville, Fla.
Distributors: None Listed
Manufactured In: United States
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed