Product Recall Number: 20-104
Why was VP Harrier and Giant Pinner DH bicycle pedals recalled?
The pedal body can separate from the pedal spindle resulting in a loss of balance, posing fall and injury hazards for the rider.
Product Recall Number: 20-104
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2020-04-02
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: VP Harrier and Giant Pinner DH bicycle pedals
Description: This recall involves VP Components Harrier and Giant Pinner DH bicycle pedals. The pedals were sold separately from bicycles. A spindle extends through the pedal body. One end of the spindle is attached to the end of the crank arm of the bicycle. The other end of the spindle is secured to the pedal body with a fastener. The pedals are red, silver or black-colored with Harrier or Giant printed on the pedal body.
Hazard Description: The pedal body can separate from the pedal spindle resulting in a loss of balance, posing fall and injury hazards for the rider.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Replace
Units: About 5,400 (2,700 pairs) Harrier and Giant Pinner DH pedals
Incidents: VP Components has received 79 reports of broken spindles and one report of a rider injured in a fall, after the spindle of a Giant Pinner DH model pedal separated from the body of the pedal.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled bicycle pedals contact the bike shop or online retailer where the pedals were originally purchased to arrange for free replacement pedals.
Sold At: Bicycle stores nationwide and online at various websites from approximately May 2017 through December 2017 for between $113 and $116 each.
Importers: Giant Bicycle Inc., Newbury Park, Calif. (Giant Pinner DH model pedals), Unknown (for Harrier pedals)
Manufacturers: VP Components, of Taiwan
Distributors: None Listed
Manufactured In: Taiwan
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed