Recall Notice

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Pulse Performance Recalls Children's Electric Scooters Due to Fall Hazard; Sold Exclusively at Target

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Name of Product: Children's electric scooters

Hazard: The knuckle that joins the wheel to the axle can break, posing a fall hazard to the rider.

Remedy: Refund

Consumers should immediately take the recalled scooters away from children and contact Pulse Performance for a full refund.

Consumer Contact: Pulse Performance Products toll-free at 844-287-8711 from 7:30 am to 4 pm PT Monday through Friday or online at www.pulsescooters.com and click on "CPSC Safety Recalls" for more information.

Recall Details

Units: About 8,900

Description: This recall involves Pulse Safe Start Transform electric scooters for children with manufacturing date codes between September 10, 2016 and October 11, 2016. The date code is printed on a label located under the platform in format XX(month)/XX(day)/2016 – 066QY. The scooters were sold in blue and have two wheels in front and one in the rear.

Incidents/Injuries: None reported

Sold exclusively at: Target stores nationwide from october 2016 through November 2016 for about $100.

Manufacturer: Pulse Performance Products, a division of Bravo Sports, of Santa Fe Springs, Calif.

Importer/Distributor: Target Corp., of Minneapolis, Minn.

Manufactured in: China

This recall was conducted, voluntarily by the company, under CPSC's Fast Track Recall process. Fast Track recalls are initiated by firms, who commit to work with CPSC to quickly announce the recall and remedy to protect consumers.

About U.S. CPSC:

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products under the agency’s jurisdiction.  Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the nation more than $1 trillion annually. CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical or mechanical hazard. CPSC’s work to ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters and household chemicals – contributed to a decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 40 years.

Federal law bars any person from selling products subject to a publicly-announced voluntary recall by a manufacturer or a mandatory recall ordered by the Commission.

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