The Recall Desk
Our severity:SevereCPSC·16219·Announced 2016-07-07

Pacific Cycle Recalls Swivel Wheel Jogging Strollers Due to Crash and Fall Hazards

Pacific Cycle is recalling approximately 217,600 Instep and Schwinn jogging strollers because the front wheel can detach, posing crash and fall hazards.

What this means for you

Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 4/5 (Severe).

The hazard poses a serious risk of illness, injury, or structural failure. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.

Our severity reasoning: The recall involves a structural defect in a vehicle-like product (stroller) with significant injury reports, including head injuries, which aligns with the rubric criteria for a Severe rating.

Plain-English summary

Pacific Cycle Inc. is recalling approximately 217,600 single and double occupant swivel wheel jogging strollers. The affected models include Instep Safari, Instep Grand Safari, Instep Flight, Schwinn Turismo, and Schwinn Discover. These strollers feature a quick release mechanism for removing and re-attaching the front wheel.

The recall is due to a hazard where the front wheel can become loose and detach, posing crash and fall hazards. The firm has received 132 reports of the front wheel becoming loose or unstable, resulting in 215 injuries, including head injuries, sprains, lacerations, bumps, bruises, and abrasions.

The strollers were sold at small retailers nationwide and online at Amazon.com, Target.com, Toys-R-Us.com, Walmart.com, and other online retailers from January 2010 through June 2016 for between $130 and $350. Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled jogging strollers and contact Pacific Cycle to obtain a repair kit to secure the front wheel. The repair kit includes a replacement mechanism that uses a traditional screw on/off method instead of the quick release lever, as well as new warning labels. Consumers should not return the strollers to retailers.

The recalled product

Product
Instep and Schwinn swivel wheel jogging strollers
Manufacturer
Lerado (Zhongshan) Industrial Co. Ltd., of China
Category
Consumer Product — Strollers
Hazard
Affected units
217,600

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

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