Sportcraft · Recalled
CPSC, Sportcraft Announce Recall of Treadmills
The treadmill can unexpectedly accelerate and cause users to fall and sustain injuries.
- Units
- About 12,000
- Reports
- 110
- Injuries
- —
- Deaths
- —
- Price
- $350–$600
- 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
This recall includes Sportcraft Tredex 6.0, TX 440 and TX 550 treadmills. These 155- to 170-pound motorized treadmills are gray in color and can be folded upright for storage. The name "Sportcraft" and product identification of "Tredex 6.0", "TX 440" or "TX 550" are printed on the control console of the treadmill.
The file
- Sold at
- Discount department and other retail stores nationwide, from December 2002 through April 2005, for between $350 and $600.
- Product type
- Exercise Machines/Equipment
- Made in
- China, Taiwan
- Recalled by
- Sportcraft Ltd., of Mt. Olive, N.J.
Incident log
Sportcraft has received 110 reports of unexpected acceleration, 14 of which resulted in minor injuries, including sprains and bruises.
What the notice says to do
Consumers should stop using the recalled treadmills immediately. The firm is out of business and a remedy is no longer available. Please destroy or discard the product.
The company is out of business. Consumers should call the CPSC hotline at 800-638-2772 (TTY 301-595-7054).
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 JUL 28 2005; last revised OCT 28 2024.