BoB Stroller Recall

dwilcoxson — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 18:01:18 +0000

NEWS from CPSC and HC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission www.cpsc.gov
Health Canada www.hc-sc.gc.ca
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 23, 2011Release #11-143
Firm’s Recall Hotline: (855) 242-2245
CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908
HC Media Contact: (613) 957-2983
-Jogging Strollers Recalled by B.O.B. Trailers Due to Strangulation Hazard
-WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
Name of Product: B.O.B.(r) single and double strollers
-Units: About 337,000 in the United States and 20,000 in Canada
-Importer: B.O.B. Trailers Inc., of Boise, Idaho
-Hazard: A drawstring on the stroller can get wrapped around a child’s neck, posing a strangulation hazard.
-Injuries/Incidents: The firm has received one report of an 11-month-old girl who got entangled at the neck by the stroller’s drawstring. The child was freed by her mother.
-Description: This recall involves the following 11 models of B.O.B.(r) single and double strollers. The name “B.O.B” appears on the cargo basket under the stroller and on the front of the stroller. All of the recalled strollers have a yellow/orange drawstring at the rear of the canopy which is used to gather loose fabric when the canopy is pulled back. Strollers have the serial number either stamped in the frame or on a white label located on the stroller’s rear right leg.
-Model | Serial # ranges
Sport Utility Stroller | 12362 – 35107, AA00001 – AA025490
Sport Utility Stroller D’Lux | 12362 – 35107, AB000001 – AB007940
Ironman(r) | 800000 – 803700, AC000001- AC027923
Sport Utility Duallie | 002001 – 008068, AD000001 – AD011252
Ironman(r) Duallie | AE000001 – AE008909
Revolution | AF000001 – AF189112
Revolution 12″ | AK000001 – AK024149
Stroller Strides(r) | AG000001 – AG011163
Revolution Duallie | AH000001 – AH072921
Revolution Duallie 12″ | AL000001 – AL012657
Stroller Strides(r) Duallie | AM000001 – AM003229
-Sold at: REI, buy buy Baby and other stores nationwide and on the Web at Babiesrus.com, Target.com and Amazon.com between April 2002 and February 2011 for between $300 and $600.
-Manufactured in: Taiwan and China
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled strollers and remove the drawstring. If using a separately purchased Weather Shield or Sun Shield accessory with the recalled stroller, contact B.O.B. Trailers for a free canopy retrofit kit.
-Configuration and Remedy:
Use Stroller Only: Remove Drawstring; Instructions on removing drawstrings at www.bobcanopy.com
Use Stroller With Optional Weather Shield Accessory: Remove Drawstring, Install Canopy retrofit Kit; Order retrofit kits at www.bobcanopy.com
Use Stroller With Optional Sun Shield Accessory: Remove Drawstring, Install Canopy retrofit Kit; Order retrofit kits at www.bobcanopy.com
-Consumer Contact: For additional information, or to order a canopy retrofit kit, contact B.O.B. Trailers at (855) 242-2245 between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. MT Monday through Friday, or visit the firm’s website at www.bobcanopy.com
-Note: Health Canada’s press release is available at http://cpsr-rspc.hc-sc.gc.ca/PR-RP/recall-retrait-eng.jsp?re_id=1279
-To see this recall on CPSC’s web site, including pictures of the recalled products, please go to:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml11/11143.html

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