Just as the weather is getting nicer and more moms and dads are pulling out the strollers for jaunts around town, we've got bad news. A major stroller recall from kid product maker Kolcraft has just been released. Three children have actually had a fingertip amputated by the hinge of their carrier!
To protect kids and parents -- reports show adults have also been hurt by the contraptions -- Kolcraft has partnered with the Consumer Product Safety Commission to pull 36,000 of their strollers off the streets. So what does that mean for parents? If you think your child's stroller is involved in the recall, here is what you need to know:
1. The recall does not apply to all Kolcraft strollers. Only the Contours Options three- and four-wheeled strollers are affected.
2. If your stroller is part of the recall, it will have one of the following model numbers starting with ZL002, ZL005, ZL008, ZL015, or ZL018. To find the number, check for a sticker above the left wheel or look for a label sewn into the edge of the back of the stroller seat pad. It will also have the date of manufacture, which was sometime between January 2006 and November 2009.
3. Although the strollers were manufactured several years ago, this recall does affect parents who made recent purchases. The affected strollers were on sale up until this month (prior to the recall) at major retailers including Amazon.com, Target, and ToysRUs.
4. The strollers should be put in the closet immediately rather than risking your child's fingers or your own. Kolcraft is issuing repair kits to parents who own affected strollers.
5. To get a free repair kit to cover the hinge, call the company at 800-453-7673 Monday-Thursday from 8 a.m. (EST) to 6:45 p.m. or Friday 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Does this stroller recall affect your family? What injuries have you sustained from your child's stroller?
Image via Consumer Product Safety Commission
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This is not the first stroller to be recalled for taking fingers. Perhaps instead of yelling at each other we should turn our energies toward the manufacturers of these products and demand better testing and better products. Talking about each other isnt going to change anything, Im pretty sure those parents didnt allow their kids to play with the stroller, kids are sneaky persistant little buggers.
Regardless of watching what you are doing I sometimes get my fingers pinch in the strollers, highchairs, etc. So stop telling parents it's always their fault if they child gets hurt. It's one thing for allowing them to bike ride without a helment (that would be your choice in disregarding safety) but I would think companies would make sure their items are free from safety issuses like cribs, strollers, etc. I used strollers in my home when my children were younger while I cook and clean because I didn't like bouncy chairs or swings.
Now that is ridiculous. "Where are their parents?" Anyone who asked that is an idiot. It is a stroller, not a knife set, not a potato peeler, not a cheese grater but the very thing that our children sit in and have full access to. My son learned to walk pushing his umbrella stroller, and I was there every second he could very well have been one of the children to hurt his finger, any of your children could have been.
You can't tell me that when you walk in the house with the stroller you place your child in another room or behind a baby gate while you close your stroller, so don't be so ridiculous!!