Recalls / 2002-02-20

CPSC, Alpha International Announce Recall of Pedal Cars

02104 · Recalled 2002-02-20 · CPSC page

Description

There are 17 models of the pedal cars included in the recall. Models include three fire trucks, four police cars, eight sedans, one yellow taxi, and one dump truck. Model names are listed below: Fire Trucks: "Fire Truck," "John Deere" and "Texaco." Police Cars: "NYPD," "Chicago Police," "Highway Patrol" and "EMERGENCY 911." Sedans: pink "Champion," blue "Champion," "Texaco," "John Deere," "Citgo," "Raley's Coca-Cola," "Raley's Keebler," and "Red Lion." All of the pedal cars are made of metal and come in a variety of colors. Most of the cars have a "Gearbox" logo on the seat back, the hubcaps, and/or the pedals.

Hazards

The paint coating on some of these pedal cars contains high lead levels. CPSC standards ban toys and other children's products containing high levels of lead. Young children could ingest the lead from the car's paint coating, presenting a lead poisoning hazard.

Reported injuries

Alpha International has not received any reports of injuries involving these pedal cars. This recall is being conducted to prevent the possibility of injury.

Remedy

Consumers should take these pedal cars away from young children immediately.

Products

Name	Model	Units
Pedal Car		About 75,000

Parties

Importer: Alpha International Inc., also known as Gearbox Pedal Car Company, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Made in: South Korea
Sold at: The two "Raley's" cars were sold at Raley's supermarkets, from July 2000 through December 2000. Department, toy, specialty/collectible stores sold all of the other pedal cars, from November 1999 through January 2002, for, $500.

Consumer contact

The firm is out of business. Consumers should call the CPSC hotline at 800-638-2772 (TTY 301-595-7054).

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Source: CPSC recall 02104. Inclusion in this database is not legal or medical advice.