Park Tool USA · Recalled
CPSC, Park Tool USA Announce Recall of Bicycle Floor Pump
The bicycle pump can become over-pressurized with air, forcing the handle to quickly and unexpectedly rise upward, possibly injuring the user.
- Units
- 4,000
- Reports
- —
- Injuries
- 3
- Deaths
- —
- Price
- $80
- Remedy
- See notice
Reports, injuries, deaths and price are read out of the notice’s wording by rules, so they can miss unusual phrasing. The official notice is the record.
Affected
The pump is chrome and "Park Tool USA" is written in white letters on the side. Only units manufactured prior to August 2003 with a black indicator on the pressure gauge are included in the recall. Pumps with blue indicators on the pressure gauge that are manufactured after August 2003 are not included.
The file
- Sold at
- Specialty bicycle retailers sold the bicycle pump, from March 2003 through August 2003, for about $80.
- Product type
- Bicycles & Accessories
- Made in
- Taiwan
- Recalled by
- Park Tool USA, of St. Paul, Minn.
Incident log
Park Tool USA has received reports of three injuries. They include a chipped tooth, a small laceration on the chin and bruises.
What the notice says to do
Contact Park Tool to receive a replacement pump and instructions on how to switch the parts from the old pump to the new pump.
Call Park Tool at (888) 568-4959 between 7 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. CT Tuesday through Friday or visit the website at www.parktool.com
Recall notice published by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. This site is independent: always confirm on the official notice before acting.
Notice first dated OCT 02 2003; last revised JAN 03 2025.