Trek and Electra bicycles recalled because coaster brakes can fail to engage
About 68,000 Trek and Electra bicycles with coaster brakes, plus replacement rear wheels, are being recalled because the coaster brakes can fail to engage.
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: Scored 3 under the risk-of-harm criterion: a brake that can fail to engage poses a crash hazard, and the notice states no incidents have been reported.
Plain-English summary
Certain Trek and Electra-branded bicycle models with coaster brakes, and replacement rear wheels with coaster brakes, are being recalled. The bikes were sold in colours including red, flamingo pink, dark aquatic, Mulsanne blue, volt yellow, pink frosting, Miami green, lithium gray, viper red, purple abyss, buttercup, pixie blue and blue.
The coaster brakes can fail to engage, resulting in the rider losing control and posing a crash hazard. The CPSC notice states that no injuries or incidents have been reported.
About 68,000 units were sold, with about 6,820 more in Canada, at Trek and Electra authorized retailers nationwide and at Trek.com from August 2023 to September 2025, for between $300 and $660 for the bikes and between $66 and $77 for the replacement wheels.
Consumers should immediately stop using the affected bicycles and wheels and contact an authorized Trek or Electra dealer to schedule a free repair.
The recalled product
- Product
- Trek and Electra-branded Bicycles with Coaster Brakes and Replacement Rear Wheels with Coaster Brakes
- Manufacturer
- Trek Bicycle Corporation, of Waterloo, Wisconsin
- Category
- Consumer Product — Bicycle
- Hazard
- brake-failure
- crash
- loss-of-control
- Affected units
- 68,000
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
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