Jogging Strollers Recalled by B.O.B. Trailers Due to Strangulation Hazard

from CPSC

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.

Name of Product: B.O.B.® single and double strollers

Units: About 337,000 in the United States and 20,000 in Canada

Importer: B.O.B. Trailers Inc., of Boise, Idaho

Hazard: A drawstring on the stroller can get wrapped around a child’s neck, posing a strangulation hazard.

Injuries/Incidents: 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.

Description: 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
AA00001 – AA025490
Sport Utility Stroller D’Lux
12362 – 35107
AB000001 – AB007940
Ironman®
800000 – 803700
AC000001- AC027923
Sport Utility Duallie
002001 - 008068
AD000001 – AD011252
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

Sold at: 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.

Manufactured in: Taiwan and China

Remedy: 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
Weather Shield Accessory
Use Stroller With Optional
Sun Shield Accessory

Remedy
Remove Drawstring
Instructions on removing drawstrings at:
www.bobcanopy.com
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

Consumer Contact: 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

Note: Health Canada's press release is available at http://cpsr-rspc.hc-sc.gc.ca/PR-RP/recall-retrait-eng.jsp?re_id=1279