Recalls / 2010-04-14
Dive Computers Recalled by Mares Due to Drowning Hazard
10197 · Recalled 2010-04-14 · CPSC page
Description
This recall involves the Mares Nemo Air Dive Computer, Nemo Air Dive Computer with Compass, Mares High-Pressure Hose with Quick Connector for Nemo Air, and Quick Connector Assembly for Nemo Air. These computers have a digital screen which allows scuba divers to measure the time and depth of a dive and process other information to help divers determine safe dive times and ascent rates.
Hazards
An O-ring in the high pressure air connector can fail and leak air, causing a continuous but slow loss of breathing gas, which could require a diver to surface quickly, posing a drowning hazard to divers.
Reported injuries
None reported.
Remedy
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled dive computer and connectors, and return the products to their authorized Mares dive shop for a free replacement O-ring connector assembly. The O-rings in some units may already have been replaced, but this recall requires replacing the metal quick connector fitting at the end of the high pressure air hose that holds the O-ring. Replacement connector assemblies have a groove machined around the middle of the fitting, but recalled units do not. All consumers should take their Nemo Air dive computers to a Mares dive shop to confirm whether this connector fitting has been replaced.
Products
| Name | Model | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Mares Nemo Air Dive Computers | About 600 in the United States, 140 in Canada and 15 in Puerto Rico |
Parties
- Distributor
- Mares USA, of Boca Raton, Fla.
- Made in
- Italy
- Sold at
- Specialty dive shops nationwide, $900 (U.S.), between $880, $990 (Canadian).
Consumer contact
For additional questions, contact Mares at (800) 874-3236 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, visit the firm's web site at www.mares.com (this is a pdf file that can be downloaded) or e-mail the firm at kflood@us.mares.com
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Source: CPSC recall 10197. Inclusion in this database is not legal or medical advice.