Baby Jogger Recalls Car Seat Adaptors for Strollers Due to Fall Hazard
Consumers should stop using this product unless otherwise
instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer
product.
Recall date: August 28, 2013
Recall number:
13-272
Recall Summary
Name of product:
Car Seat Adaptor for Strollers
Hazard:
The car seat adaptor support bars can fail, posing a fall
hazard to children.
Baby Jogger®
toll-free at (877) 506-2213 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. ET Monday through Friday
or online at www.babyjogger.com
and click on Recall Information tab at the bottom of the page for more
information, or email recall@babyjogger.com.
Report an Incident Involving this
Product Recall Details
Units
About 23,700 in the United States and 6,500 in Canada
Description
The car seat adaptors come in three models and are used to
secure a variety of infant car seats onto Baby Jogger strollers. The “Single”
model fits all single strollers, the “Double” works only on double strollers and
the “Select/Versa” fits Select and Versa strollers. The car seat adaptors
consist of two U-shaped, black, aluminum support bars and two black plastic
adaptors that allow the support bars to attach onto the stroller. Black nylon
straps secure the car seat to the adaptor on the stroller. The black support
bars are labeled A and B. The A support bar is the larger of the two U-shaped
bars and has a red plastic tip with 10 holes.
Newer models have only four holes and are not being recalled.
The model number is located on the lower right hand corner of the original
package and the manufacturing date can be found on a sticker on the bottom of
the package.
Item
Description
|
Model
Numbers
|
Manufactured Dates
|
Car Seat Adaptor for
Single Strollers |
BJ90121
|
Manufactured between April 1,
2012 and Sept 20, 2012;
dates appear as year, month day, e.g.: “2012.09.20” |
Car Seat Adaptor for
Double Stroller |
BJ90221
| |
Car Seat Adaptor for
Select/Versa Strollers |
BJ90321
|
Incidents/Injuries
Baby Jogger has received 47
reports of the car seat adaptor supports bars failing and car seats falling to
the floor. Reports include two injured infants with bruises to the head and
toes.
Remedy
Consumers should immediately stop using their car seat adaptor
and contact Baby Jogger for free replacement support bars.
Sold at
Buy Buy Baby and other
juvenile product stores nationwide and at albeebaby.com, amazon.com,
buybuybaby.com, diapers.com and other online retailers from June 2012 through
June 2013 for about $60 for the single adaptor and $100 for the double
adaptor.
Importer
Baby Jogger® LLC, of Richmond, Va.
Manufactured in
China
The U.S. Consumer
Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is still interested in receiving incident or
injury reports that are either directly related to this product recall or
involve a different hazard with the same product. Please tell us about your
experience with the product on SaferProducts.gov
CPSC is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable
risks of injury or death associated with the use of the thousands of consumer
products under the agency's jurisdiction. Deaths, injuries and property damage
from consumer product incidents cost the nation more than $900 billion annually.
CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a
fire, electrical, chemical or mechanical hazard. CPSC's work to ensure the
safety of consumer products - such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette
lighters and household chemicals - contributed to a decline in the rate of
deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 30
years.
Federal law bars any person from selling products subject to a
publicly-announced voluntary recall by a manufacturer or a mandatory recall
ordered by the Commission.
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