Product Recall Number: 22-779
Why was E-Z-GO RXV Personal Transportation Vehicles (PTV) recalled?
The PTV’s steering knuckles and A-arms can break during or after an impact and cause loss of steering control, posing crash and injury hazards.
Product Recall Number: 22-779
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2022-09-29
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: E-Z-GO RXV Personal Transportation Vehicles (PTV)
Description: This recall involves Model Year 2022 and 2023 Freedom and Valor E-Z-GO RXV personal transportation vehicles. Recalled units have serial numbers within the range of 5656874 through 5656886 and 5659215 through 5700741. The vehicle’s serial number is printed near the base of the steering column. These vehicles are commonly referred to as golf carts or golf cars and are used primarily to transport people.
Hazard Description: The PTV’s steering knuckles and A-arms can break during or after an impact and cause loss of steering control, posing crash and injury hazards.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Repair
Units: About 34,000
Incidents: Textron has received 335 reports of incidents of the steering knuckles and A-arms on the PTVs breaking, including one incident that resulted in two reports of abrasion injuries.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled PTVs and contact Textron Specialized Vehicles for a free repair. Textron Specialized Vehicles is contacting all purchasers directly.
Sold At: E-Z-GO dealerships nationwide and online via E-Z-GO’s Dealer to Driveway program from January 2022 through September 2022 for between $10,000 and $17,000.
Importers: None Listed
Manufacturers: Textron Specialized Vehicles, of Augusta, Georgia
Distributors: None Listed
Manufactured In: United States
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed