The Recall Desk
HighCPSC·17729·Announced 2017-01-17

RH Baby & Child Recalls Vintage Race Car Mobiles Due to Choking Hazard

RH Baby & Child is recalling vintage race car mobiles because wheels can detach and fall, posing a choking hazard to young children.

What this means for you

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 choking hazard to young children, which is a risk-of-harm product where injury has not yet been reported, meeting the criteria for a High severity score.

Plain-English summary

Restoration Hardware (RH) is recalling RH Baby & Child vintage race car mobiles due to a choking hazard. The recalled mobiles are decorative items that hang from the ceiling and contain six wooden cars in various colors with spinning axles and wooden wheels attached to the axles. The wheels on the mobile's hanging cars can detach and fall, posing a choking hazard to young children.

RH has received one report of a wheel detaching from the mobile. No injuries have been reported. The estimated number of units involved in the recall is about 1,000.

The mobiles were sold at RH Baby & Child stores nationwide and online at RHBabyandChild.com from October 2014 through October 2016 for about $50. Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled mobiles, place them away from children, and contact RH Baby & Child for a full refund. The firm is contacting purchasers of the product directly. For more information, consumers can call RH toll-free at 888-728-8419 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. PT Monday through Friday or visit www.RH.com and click on Safety at the bottom of the page.

The recalled product

Product
Mobiles
Manufacturer
Restoration Hardware (RH), of Corte Madera, Calif.
Category
Consumer Product — Baby & Child
Hazard
Affected units
1,000

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

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