Graco Recalls 4.7 Million Strollers To Prevent Amputations Of Tiny Fingertips

Graco and Century strollers with a sliding fold-lock hinge have been on the market since 2000, but they are potentially dangerous. The Consumer Product Safety Commission knows of eleven cases where children have caught their tiny fingers in the hinge. In ten of those cases, their fingertips were amputated or partially amputated. Graco has announced a recall, and will send a repair kit to stroller owners.

Of course, in the meantime, parents and other caregivers would probably prefer not to chop their kids’ fingertips off. Graco has warned customers to “be certain that the hinges are firmly locked before placing a child in the stroller,” and to take the child out of the stroller before beginning to fold it up for carrying or storage.

The recalled model names, which more or less just mean different colors of similar strollers, are the Aspen, Breeze, Capri, Cirrus, Glider, Kite, LiteRider, Sierra, Solara, Sterling and TravelMate. Photos of each are available at the CPSC website, as well as the specific model numbers that you can check against your own stroller.

To get a repair kit, you can call Graco Children’s Products at (800) 345-4109 from 8 AM to 5 PM Eastern time on weekdays, or visit Graco’s stroller recall site for more information and to request a kit.

Graco Recalls 11 Models of Strollers Due to Fingertip Amputation Hazard [CPSC]

by Laura Northrup via Consumerist