Beacon stationary bicycles
Check against the official notice below — it lists the full affected range.
Beacon Enterprises is replacing seat-attachment hardware on more than 120,000 stationary exercise bikes due to reports of serious injuries. The recall involves Beacon's Scandia model 462 dual-action cycler built between August 1976 and July 1980, sold through Montgomery Ward, Alden's, retail stores, and under the Sears name as model 2930 for about $20 to $30. The hazard occurs when customers fail to properly secure the seat with a bolt and nut, allowing the metal seat post to puncture the plastic seat. Six injuries were reported between 1979 and 1981, with no injuries occurring when bikes were properly assembled.
Beacon is providing a free replacement kit containing a bolt, lock washer, nut, warning decal, and instructions. The record states that owners of units without the seat bolt and nut in place should stop using them and contact the manufacturer. Owners of units with the bolt and nut already in place should ensure the nut is secured tightly. Beacon established a 24-hour telephone service at 212-683-9288 (collect) to provide information about the recall and to take orders for free replacement kits.
Written by software from the official notice below. Not reviewed by a lawyer.
Fall
Seat Attachment Parts On Exercise Bikes Replaced by Beacon NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 13, 1981 Release # 81-026 Seat Attachment Parts To Be Replaced On 120,000 Exercise Bikes WASHINGTON, D.C. (Oct. 19) -- Beacon Enterprises, Inc., of Yonkers, N.Y., is conducting a program to replace the seat-attachment hardware on more than 120,000 stationary exercise bikes because of reports that some customers failed to follow the assembly instructions properly and were seriously injured when the metal seat post unexpectedly broke through the seat. The manufacturer, in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, announced that the voluntary recall involves units of its Scandia model 462 dual-action cycler built between August 1976 and July 1980. The bikes were sold under the Beacon name through catalogs of major merchandisers including Montgomery Ward and Alden's, and at a number of retail stores nationwide, Some units also were sold through catalogs of Sears, Roebuck and Co, under the Sears name as model 2930. Retail prices ranged from about $20 to $30. No exercise bikes other than Beacon's Scandia model 462 or the Sears model 2930 are involved in the recall. Beacon and the CPSC warn that if customers ignore the products assembly instructions and neglect to secure the seat with a bolt and nut supplied in the parts bag accompanying each bike, the unit's plastic seat may be punctured by the seat post. The CPSC said that no reports of injury were received when the bikes were properly assembled. According to the CPSC, six injuries were reported between 1979 and 1981. No injuries were reported from bikes sold by Alden's or Sears. As part of its voluntary program, the manufacturer is providing a free replacement kit consisting of a bolt, lock washer, nut, warning decal, and instructions for attaching the seat. The kit also tells customers how to look for signs of possible seat failure, The CPSC said that design changes for the seat mount which the company made starting in August 1980 limit the recall to units manufactured before that date. Exercise bikes built after August 1980 bear orange-red decals on the seat tops. The agency said that owners of units without the seat bolt and nut in place should stop using them and contact the manufacturer. Owners of units with the bolt and nut in place should make sure that the nut is secured tightly. Beacon has established a 24-hour telephone service to provide full information about the product and to take orders for the free replacement kits. Consumers are urged to call 212-683-9288 collect for further details about the recall.
Official record: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission ↗
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