Electric fat tire trikes recalled after frames broke near a weld
About 400 Pedego Fat Tire Trikes are being recalled because the frame can develop a hairline fracture near a weld. Pedego has received 16 reports of frames breaking, including one leg laceration.
What this means for you
Illness, injury, or structural failure has been reported. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.
Our severity reasoning: Scored 4 under the injury-reports criterion: 16 frame breakages are reported, including one laceration to a rider's leg.
Plain-English summary
The Fat Tire Trike, an aluminum adult three-wheeled electric tricycle sold in matte black, is being recalled. It has a rectangular label on the downtube near the front of the frame with the word "Pedego" printed on it.
The trike frame can develop a hairline fracture near a weld, which can cause the tubes to separate, posing fall and laceration hazards. Pedego has received 16 reports of the trike frame breaking, including one report of a laceration to the leg.
About 400 units were sold at Pedego stores nationwide and online at PedegoElectricBikes.com from March 2024 through March 2025 for between $3,500 and $4,000.
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled trikes and contact Pedego to schedule a repair replacing a section of the frame, installed by a Pedego dealer of their choice at no charge. Consumers should fill out the registration form at https://pedegoelectricbikes.com/pages/product-recalls.
The recalled product
- Product
- Fat Tire Trikes
- Manufacturer
- Pedego, LLC, of Fountain View, California
- Hazard
- frame-fracture
- fall
- laceration
- weld-failure
- Affected units
- 400
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
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