Product Recalls in 2000

Hazard: The grills can be difficult or impossible to turn off and the temperature control can malfunction. This poses fire, burn, and explosion hazards to consumers.

Hazard: These stands allow regular bicycles to be used as stationary bicycles. The flywheels, which are red or blue, can fracture in use. Metal pieces of broken flywheels can hit riders or bystanders, causing cuts and bruises.

Hazard: The throttles on these ATVs can stick, preventing the ATV from slowing down when released. This can cause the vehicle to lose control and crash, resulting in severe injury or death.

Hazard: The mask's glass lens can break into sharp pieces, causing lacerations to a child's face, eyes or hands.

Hazard: Babies can lose their lower teeth when the teeth are caught in parts of the three-spoke steering wheels. Also, on some of these walkers, the telephone could break apart, releasing small parts and posing a choking hazard.

Hazard: The juice extractor's filter and lid can break apart, and project metal and plastic into the air, causing injuries to nearby consumers.

Hazard: The metal clip and the small rivet that attaches the clip to a small, stuffed animal on the pacifier holder can break apart easily, exposing babies to small parts. This poses a choking and aspiration hazard to babies.

Hazard: A sharp edge on the metal heat shield below the control panel of the grill can cause lacerations to the hands, wrists or arms.

Hazard: Of these cylinders, about 10 could be overfilled, which can cause them to release flammable propane gas unexpectedly, posing a risk of fires and explosions.

Hazard: Small infants can shift to one side, slip through the leg openings of these carriers and fall.

Hazard: The stuffing of the toys can contain sewing needles and sharp metal pieces. Young children could ingest or be cut by these sharp metal pieces.

Hazard: Due to a manufacturing discrepancy, the two halves of some gun locks can be manually separated without a key, giving children and others unauthorized access to a firearm.

Hazard: The mallet that comes as part of this table set can be lodged into the throats of young children, posing a choking hazard.

Hazard: Young children can choke on the small balls attached to these toys.

Hazard: The spring that suspends the jumper seat from the doorway can break. Babies can fall to the ground and suffer serious injuries. The crane of the construction toy has a bucket that is attached by a 25-inch strap. The bucket can be raised and lowered by using a turning crank on the crane. Children can wrap the 25-inch strap around their necks, posing a strangulation hazard.

Hazard: The glass on these candles can shatter, creating a fire hazard.

Hazard: The teether can pull apart easily and expose small pieces. This poses choking and aspiration hazards to young children.

Hazard: The doll bib in the set has snaps that detach, presenting a choking hazard to young children.

Hazard: The ovens' heating elements can break, causing the glass door to shatter. The toasters could short circuit, causing electrical shocks and fires.

Hazard: The faceplate on these nightlights can be broken off, exposing wiring and posing shock and electrocution hazards.

Hazard: These helmets fail impact testing and labeling required under CPSC's Safety Standard for Bicycle Helmets, violating the Consumer Product Safety Act. Riders wearing these helmets are not adequately protected from falls, and could suffer severe head injuries or death.

Hazard: These bicycle helmets fail impact testing and labeling required under CPSC's Safety Standard for Bicycle Helmets, violating the Consumer Product Safety Act. Riders wearing these helmets are not properly protected from falls, and could suffer severe head injuries.

Hazard: The wheel can separate from these trailers during use, and result in crashes and injuries to children riding inside. Loss of control to the bicycle pulling these trailers also can cause the riders to crash and suffer injuries.

Hazard: The tires can detach from the wheels of these cars, posing a choking hazard for young children.

Hazard: When bent, these teething rings can fit into an infant's mouth and trigger a gagging reflex. This poses a risk of vomiting, which could result in choking and aspiration.

Hazard: The hard plastic Sky Dancers® dolls can fly rapidly in unpredictable directions, and can hit and injure both children and adults.

Hazard: The center column can break, causing a child to suddenly fall backward or be hit in the face by the broken column.

Hazard: The fuel tank vents on these products can leak, posing a fire hazard.

Hazard: The light boxes have loose wires and lack adequate grounding, presenting fire, electrocution and shock hazards to consumers.

Hazard: The toy phones have a ball-shaped antenna, which can detach, presenting a choking hazard to young children.