B.O.B. Trailers Recalls Jogging Strollers
Drawstring creates a strangulation hazard
02/23/2011 | By Truman Lewis
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ConsumerAffairs.com
| RecallsB.O.B. Trailers Inc. is recalling about 357,000 jogging strollers in the United States and Canada. A drawstring on the stroller can get wrapped around a child’s neck, posing a strangulation hazard.
The firm has received one report of an 11-month-old girl who got entangled at the neck by the stroller’s drawstring. The child was freed by her mother.
This recall involves the following 11 models of B.O.B.® single and double strollers. The name “B.O.B” appears on the cargo basket under the stroller and on the front of the stroller. All of the recalled strollers have a yellow/orange drawstring at the rear of the canopy which is used to gather loose fabric when the canopy is pulled back. Strollers have the serial number either stamped in the frame or on a white label located on the stroller’s rear right leg.
Model | Serial # ranges |
|---|---|
Sport Utility Stroller | 12362 - 35107 |
Sport Utility Stroller D’Lux | 12362 – 35107 |
Ironman® | 800000 – 803700 |
Sport Utility Duallie | 002001 - 008068 |
Ironman® Duallie | AE000001 – AE008909 |
Revolution | AF000001 – AF189112 |
Revolution 12” | AK000001 – AK024149 |
Stroller Strides® | AG000001 – AG011163 |
Revolution Duallie | AH000001 – AH072921 |
Revolution Duallie 12” | AL000001 – AL012657 |
Stroller Strides® Duallie | AM000001 – AM003229 |
The strollers were sold by REI, buy buy Baby and other stores nationwide and on the Web at Babiesrus.com, Target.com and Amazon.com between April 2002 and February 2011 for between $300 and $600. They were made in Taiwan and China.
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled strollers and remove the drawstring. If using a separately purchased Weather Shield or Sun Shield accessory with the recalled stroller, contact B.O.B. Trailers for a free canopy retrofit kit.
Configuration | Use Stroller Only | Use Stroller With Optional | Use Stroller With Optional |
|---|---|---|---|
Remedy | Remove Drawstring Instructions on removing drawstrings at: | Remove Drawstring, Install Canopy retrofit Kit Order retrofit kits at www.bobcanopy.com | Remove Drawstring, Install Canopy retrofit Kit Order retrofit kits at www.bobcanopy.com |
For additional information, or to order a canopy retrofit kit, contact B.O.B. Trailers at (855) 242-2245 between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. MT Monday through Friday, or visit the firm’s website at www.bobcanopy.com
