Product Recall Number: 21-779
Why was Ballz QR Skewers recalled?
The skewer, which connects the Coho XC Cargo Trailer to the bicycle, can shear or bend. This can cause instability of the trailer and the towing bicycle and pose a fall hazard for the bicycle rider.
Product Recall Number: 21-779
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2021-09-09
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: Ballz QR Skewers
Description: This recall involves Ballz QR Skewers with model numbers 960219, 960220, and 960222 that were sold as individual components, and Ballz QR Skewers (SKU 960219) that were included with Coho XC Cargo Trailers (SKU 935101). The Skewer is silver, 5mm in diameter, has spherical knobs at both ends, and has a lever on one end.
Hazard Description: The skewer, which connects the Coho XC Cargo Trailer to the bicycle, can shear or bend. This can cause instability of the trailer and the towing bicycle and pose a fall hazard for the bicycle rider.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Replace
Units: About 2,935 (In addition, about 260 in Canada)
Incidents: Burley has received 21 reports of the skewer failing. No injuries have been reported.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled Ballz QR Skewers and contact Burley to receive instructions on how to dispose of the skewer and to receive a free replacement skewer.
Sold At: REI stores nationwide, online at rei.com, burley.com and amazon.com, and through bicycle retailers nationwide from August 2018 through February 2021 for about $30, and the Coho XC Cargo Trailer with skewer for about $450.
Importers: Burley Design LLC, of Eugene, Ore.
Manufacturers: None Listed
Distributors: Burley Design LLC, of Eugene, Ore.
Manufactured In: China
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed