Product Recall Number: 19-091
Why was Home elevators recalled?
The landing door on the elevators can unlock without the elevator present, posing a fall hazard.
Product Recall Number: 19-091
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2019-03-27
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: Home elevators
Description: This recall involves Cambridge Elevating Elmira, Heritage & Hybrid model home elevators using the first and second generation micro-controller systems (BES 1 & BES 2). “Cambridge Elevating” is printed on the label inside the elevators. The elevators have an operating panel inside the cab with a digital display, a stop button, the elevator capacity and a phone box. Only elevators with production date codes 1/2/2009 through 29/11/17 printed on the manufacture label inside the elevator wall are included in the recall.
Hazard Description: The landing door on the elevators can unlock without the elevator present, posing a fall hazard.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Repair
Units: About 680 (in addition, about 1700 were sold in Canada)
Incidents: The firm has received one report of the elevator landing door opening without the elevator present. No injuries have been reported.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled elevators and contact the firm to be directed to a local certified technician for a free repair.
Sold At: Cambridge Elevating, Western Elevator, Seaside Elevator and Canwest Elevator & Lifts and other authorized dealers nationwide from January 2009 through November 2017 for between $15,000 and $60,000
Importers: Seaside Elevator LLC, of Little River, S.C., Coastal Carolina Elevators, of Little River, S.C. and All-Island Elevator, of Hampton Bays, N.Y.
Manufacturers: Cambridge Elevating, of Cambridge, Ontario Canada
Distributors: None Listed
Manufactured In: Canada
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed