woom Bikes USA · Recalled
woom Bikes USA Recalls Children's OFF, OFF AIR and ORIGINAL 6 Bicycles Due to Fall and Crash Hazards
The crank can break, due to fatigue fractures, causing the rider to lose control, posing fall and crash hazards.
- Units
- About 2,500
- Reports
- 5
- Injuries
- 1
- Deaths
- —
- Price
- $500–$900
- Remedy
- Replace
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 involves the ORIGINAL 6 bicycles from model years 2016 to 2020 and OFF 5 & OFF AIR 5 and OFF 6 & OFF AIR 6 bicycles from model years 2019 to 2020. The bikes are designed for children between 10 and 14 years old. "woom" is displayed on the sides of the downtube in white letters. It is also visible on the front of the headtube. The ORIGINAL 6 bikes were sold in red, green, blue, purple, and yellow colors. The OFF mountain bikes were available in black frames with silver forks.
The file
- Sold at
- Online exclusively at http://www.woom.com U.S. from September 2016 through October 2020 for between $500 and $900.
- Product type
- Not stated
- Made in
- Cambodia
- Recalled by
- woom Bike USA LLC, of Austin, Texas
Incident log
The firm has received five reports of the crank breaking, including one report of an injury to a child.
What the notice says to do
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled bicycles and contact woom bikes USA for instructions on how to get a free replacement crankset. Consumers can use the online crank checker tool found at woom.com to determine if their bicycle is affected by the recall. Consumers with affected cranksets will be sent a free replacement that must be installed by a bike repair technician at their preferred bike shop. Reimbursement in the way of a check will be issued for the consumer's crank replacement expense upon submission of the repair receipt. All known purchasers are being contacted directly by woom.
woom Bikes USA toll-free at 855-966-6872 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. CT, Monday through Friday, or email at productsafetyUS@woom.com, or online at https://faq.us.woombikes.com/category/88-recall-notice or www.woom.com/en_US/ and click on "Safety and Recalls" at the bottom of the page and to register for the recall using the online crank checker tool.
Recall notice published by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. This site is independent: always confirm on the official notice before acting.
