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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CPSC, Radio Flyer Inc. Announce Recall to Repair Ride-On Push
Cars
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer
Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Radio Flyer Inc. of Chicago, IL., is voluntarily
recalling about 15,000 Little Wooden Push Cars for repair. A child can pull
the horn off the car's steering wheel, and a small part inside poses a choking
hazard.
Radio Flyer Inc. has received three reports of the horns being
pulled off, but no injuries have been reported.
The Little Wooden Push Car is about 24-inches long, 14-inches
wide, and 18-inches high. The car has a natural wood body, a red steering wheel
column, a red metal bar on the back, and a red plastic horn on the steering
wheel. "Radio Flyer" is written on both sides of the car. A child sits in the
push car and moves the car with his or her feet. The car is for use by children
1- to 3- years-old.
Toy stores, catalogues and web retailers sold these cars nationwide
from February 1999 through June 2002 for about $60.
Consumers should take the recalled cars away from young children
immediately and contact Radio Flyer Inc. to receive a replacement steering wheel.
For more information, consumers can call Radio Flyer Inc. at (800) 621-7613
between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. CT Monday through Friday. Consumers also can
contact Radio Flyer Inc. at www.radioflyer.com or by e-mail at 218repair@radioflyer.com.
Some of these push cars do not have horns. Only Wooden Push Cars
with horns are part of this recall. No other Radio Flyer products are involved
in this recall.
Please use this form below to order the replacement steering wheel
for the #218 Little Wooden Push Car. Below are photos to distinquish between
the "Lil' Flyer" which does not
need a replacement steering wheel and the #218 "Little Wooden Push Car",
which does need a replacement part.
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