Product Recalls in 2000

Hazard: These camper stoves could have been shipped with butane already in the fuel compartment, posing a fire and burn hazard. Also, because of a possible problem with the fuel control mechanism, the stoves could flare up or catch fire when operated.

Hazard: The bolts on these bikes' handlebar stems can break, resulting in the handlebars detaching from the bike and causing riders to lose control and crash.

Hazard: The chains can break while children are swinging and cause the swing seats to fall to the ground. Children can suffer injuries from falling to the ground while swinging.

Hazard: These lighters can burn with a high flame and can fail to extinguish, presenting fire and burn hazards.

Hazard: The extinguishers can fail to discharge when the trigger is activated, failing to put out a fire, which puts consumers at risk of fire-related injuries.

Hazard: Because some were not welded properly, the front suspension forks on these bicycles can break apart during use, resulting in serious injury to the rider.

Hazard: One of the toys, a car, can break during use resulting in a small plastic part that poses a choking hazard to young children.

Hazard: The recalled lighters are not equipped with the metal shield over the sparkwheel, whereas the child-resistant lighters have that shield.

Hazard: Without spreader bars to hold the mini-hammock bed open, the mini-hammocks can suddenly twist around children's necks and strangle them. Also, infants sleeping on soft bedding can become wedged in positions in which they cannot breathe.

Hazard: The toy's brightly colored end knobs can detach and allow small geometric-shaped pieces to come loose, posing a choking hazard to infants and young children.

Hazard: The lighters do not have child-resistant mechanisms, as required by federal law. Young children could ignite the lighters, presenting fire and burn hazards.

Hazard: Under certain conditions, the drive belts on these ATVs can break, and pieces of the belt can lock up the transmission, including the wheels, causing the vehicle to stop suddenly. This can cause the operator to lose control of the vehicle, crash, or be ejected off the vehicle, resulting in injury or death.

Hazard: The seat of these devices can collapse, causing the consumer to fall to the ground and suffer injury.

Hazard: The vehicles' battery charger or wires can overheat, presenting fire and injury hazards to children.

Hazard: The vehicles' battery chargers can overheat, presenting fire and injury hazards to children.

Hazard: The foot pedals, which activate the ride-ons, can stick in the "on" position. Children can be injured when the motorcycle ride-ons fail to stop and strike other objects.

Hazard: These cylinders can have missing or damaged internal seals in the cylinder valves. Propane can leak, posing a risk of fire, explosion and burn injuries.

Hazard: When a baby leans his face against the side of the playring, the soft surface covers the baby's nose and mouth, restricting airflow, and posing the risk of suffocation.

Hazard: The bottom of the container can fit over a child's nose and mouth, which could pose a suffocation hazard to children under 3 years of age.

Hazard: The buttons can come off, posing a small parts choking hazard to young children.

Hazard: Because these pens contain an extra spring, the end caps can shoot off with great force, posing a risk of eye and facial injuries.

Hazard: The radio can fail to decode certain signals broadcast by the National Weather Service or can provide incorrect warnings of severe weather that puts lives and property at risk.

Hazard: Life & Lock Swings: Children can maneuver out of the restraints and fall out of the swings, resulting in serious injuries. Get Up & Go Walkers: Young children leaning forward on the front of the toys can tip them over and fall. Also, the windshield wipers on some of the toys, which stick out, can injure young children when they fall.

Hazard: Infants can become entrapped in an opening between the bassinet's side and mattress platform and suffocate. Additionally, fabric can separate from the metal frame. Infants can be injured when they scrape against or become caught in the frame.

Hazard: The base of the chair can crack, causing the person seated in the chair to fall.

Hazard: The nightshirts, which fail to meet federal children's sleepwear flammability standards, could ignite easily and present a serious risk of burn injuries in violation of the Federal Flammable Fabrics Act.

Hazard: The starting fluid is extremely flammable and the leaking fluid poses a fire hazard. Direct contact with the product also can irritate the consumer's eyes and skin.

Hazard: Small springs inside the toy can break loose, posing a choking and laceration hazard to young children.

Hazard: These go-karts have guards designed to help prevent entanglements, but riders' long hair or loose clothing still can become entangled in partially exposed rotating components behind the drivers' seats, causing death or serious injury.

Hazard: The bottom of the container can fit over a child's nose and mouth, which could pose a suffocation hazard to children under three years of age.