Chariot Recalls Bicycle Trailers and Conversion Kits Due to Injury Hazard
Chariot Carriers is recalling about 44,000 bicycle trailers and 70,000 conversion kits because hitch mechanisms can crack and break, posing an injury risk to children.
What this means for you
Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 3/5 (High).
Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.
Our severity reasoning: The recall involves a risk-of-harm product (child safety) where the mechanism can break, but the source explicitly states that no injuries have been reported, fitting the criteria for a High severity score.
Plain-English summary
Chariot Carriers is recalling approximately 44,000 Chariot bicycle trailers and 70,000 bicycle trailer conversion kits. The recall involves trailers with serial numbers from 1205-xxxx to 0710-xxxx, representing manufacture dates from December 2005 through July 2010, and conversion kits with model number "20100503" printed on a label or older kits with a release push button where the hitch arm inserts.
The recall is being issued because the bicycle trailer's hitch mechanisms can crack and break, causing the trailer to detach from the bicycle. This poses an injury hazard to children in the bicycle trailer. The firm has received 24 incident reports worldwide, three of which occurred in the United States, but no injuries have been reported.
The recalled products were sold at specialty bicycle stores nationwide and on various websites from December 2005 through August 2010 for between $400 and $925 for trailers, and from October 2002 through August 2011 for between $40 and $70 for conversion kits. Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled products and contact Chariot Carriers for a free repair kit which the consumer can install.
The recalled product
- Product
- Chariot bicycle trailers and bicycle trailer conversion kits
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 44,000
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
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