Graco stroller recall affects Canadian consumers
Posted January 20, 2010 4:46 pm.
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Graco Children’s Products Inc. now confirms Canadian consumers are now included in a massive stroller recall. Certain types of Passage, Alano and Spree strollers have been recalled due to a defect in the hinges of the stroller’s canopy that could cut off children’s fingertips. In Canada, approximately 28,430 were sold.
The strollers are sold at Wal-Mart, Target (in the U.S.) and other major retailers.
The company, based out of Exton, Penns., has received seven reports of children placing their fingers in a stroller’s canopy hinge as the canopy was being opened or closed.
Five children had their fingertips severed and two children received cuts on their fingertips.
The hinges on the stroller’s canopy may pose a fingertip amputation and laceration hazard to the child when the consumer is opening or closing the canopy.
There have been no incidents reported in Canada.
In Canada, the safety advisory affects Graco Passage, Alano and Spree strollers and travel systems with the following model numbers and specific hinge mechanism, manufactured in China from October 2004 through February 2008:
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6F02FOR 6303MYC 6330CAP
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6330THR 6838MYC 7F00LPE
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7F00RSH 7F01FOR 7F08BET
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7G00DLS 7G04KRA 7G09GPK
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7240DNB 7241PPH 7255CSA
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7256SPM 7260BAN 7260CLT
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In Canada, they were sold nationwide by major retailers and independent retailers from October 2004 through January 2010.
Graco manufactured the above stroller models with two different styles of hinge mechanisms. Only strollers or travel systems having the plastic, jointed hinge mechanism with indented canopy positioning notches are affected by the safety advisory.
If you believe you have one of these strollers in your possession, please contact Elfe Juvenile Products for a free protective cover repair kit for the affected stroller by visiting Elfe’s website at www.elfe.net
This is the second major recall in recent months of strollers that led to fingertip amputations and injuries.
In November 2009, about one-million Maclaren strollers were recalled after there were 12 reports of children’s fingertips being amputated by a hinge mechanism.