Mercedes-Benz USA, in cooperation with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, has announced a recall for 189 model year 2011 G55s and G550s due to a possible airbag issue. Molding strips in close proximity to the airbags in these vehicles may become detached in the event of an accident, possibly causing the strips to become projectiles when the airbag is deployed.
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Certain models of year 2013 Bullet Premier 31BHPR travel trailers are being recalled by Keystone RV Company due to incorrect information on their Federal Identification tags, tire, and carrying capacity labels. A mislabeling may result in incorrect vehicle loading specifications which may cause tire failure and lead to an increased accident risk. Keystone will be contacting owners and providing correct labels in the near future, according to the official recall notice.
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The United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has launched a probe in response to receiving two reports from concerned consumers who experienced unexpected emergency brake seizures involving Infiniti JX35 sport-utility vehicles. Drivers reported that the Infiniti JX35s halted unexpectedly while the vehicles were in motion after the vehicles’ emergency brakes seized up. Driver assistance technology, which can automatically apply the vehicle brakes in response to information gathered by electronic sensors.
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Approximately 795,000 Kenmore dehumidifiers have been recalled by Kmart Corporation and Sears, Roebuck and Co. due to concerns that the products can overheat, potentially leading to melting, smoke and fire hazards. Sears reports receiving more than 100 consumer complaints of incidents related to this issue, including three reports of smoke inhalation injuries. In total , these incidents are estimated to have cost consumers more than $7 million in property damage.
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Sears recalls Kenmore dehumidifiers due to fire and burn hazard
In response to a request made by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, approximately 2,500 sleigh beds have been voluntarily recalled by their importer, the High Point, North Carolina-based Samuel Lawrence Furniture. The sleigh beds included in this expansion of a previous Samuel Lawrence bed recall affecting approximately 20,000 king and queen sized beds, were manufactured by Poh Huat Furniture, located in Malaysia.
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Samuel Lawrence Furniture Expands Recall of Sleigh Beds Due to Fall Hazard
Certain models of Crossroads Hampton travel trailers manufactured between June 11, 2009 and November 2, 2010 by Thor Industries are being recalled at the request of the United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. This recall, affecting 223 travel trailers equipped with potentially defective Atwood Mobile Products furnaces, may pose a fire risk to consumers. The gas control valve in these heaters may become stuck in the open position, creating the possibility of a gas leak.
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Antiseptic wipes and benzalkonium chloride swabs made by Jianerkang Medical Dressing Company, have been recalled by the DUKAL Corporation, their U.S. distributor. This recall has been issued on a voluntary basis in compliance with a request from the United States Food and Drug Administration due to a possible contamination issue. The microbe Burkholderia cepacia, which can cause complications to patients with weakened immune systems, may be present in these products. Consumers in possession of these wipes and swabs are advised to discard them without using them.
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OTC DRUG Nationwide Recall –Important Information About Benzalkonium Chloride Antiseptic Wipes
This week the Consumer Federation of America issued a statement cataloging the 10 most common consumer complaints in 2011, as reported by 38 consumer advocacy agencies. Together, these agencies received an estimated 290,000 consumer complaints and helped dissatisfied consumers recover or save nearly $147 million.
The tenth most common complaints processed by the consumer involve dissatisfaction with household goods and door to door salesmen. Many consumers reported household items that did not live up to their advertised promises and home solicitors that either misrepresented their product or attempted to defraud the consumer by selling products that are never delivered. The CFA also received complaints of phone solicitors calling residences included on the national Do Not Call registry.
Coming in at number nine were consumer issues related to real estate, a new category on the Consumer Federation of America’s list. Complaints involving retirement and assisted living facilities and timeshare sales as well as real estate fraud were commonly heard by consumer advocacy agents.
Fraudulent sweepstakes, lotteries and grant offers were the eighth most common consumer complaint subject, according to the CFA’s list. This category includes a fraudulent offer made to residents of Kansas, North Carolina and Minnesota promising a $25,000 government grant could be procured if consumers purchased expensive coaching services and books.
Landlord and tenant relations and complaints of internet fraud were the seventh most reported cause for consumer reports according to the CFA. Landlords who refused to fix rental properties or correct unsafe living conditions were common problem for complainants, as were websites that failed to deliver purchases or misrepresented the goods they had for sale.
Consumers dissatisfied with services provided by contractors complained the sixth most often to advocacy agencies, and reports regarding billing and other disputes with utility companies such as cable, telephone and electricity providers were the fifth most common type of consumer complaint in 2011, according to the CFA.
Retail stores were the fourth most complained about subject of 2011 as far as consumers are concerned. These complaints included stories of deceptive advertising, malfunctioning products, and many reports of stores refusing to accept their own promotional gift certificates.
The third most common focus of consumer complaints last year were construction and home improvement services, such as the Florida contractor who charged a woman $18,000 to build an addition on her house but never did the work.
Overly abusive debt collectors, expensive credit card fees, and fraudulent lending practices were the second most complained about, placing second on the CFA’s list for the third year in a row.
Topping the list of consumer complaints were automobile-related reports including complaints of dishonest mechanics, billing disputes, and the sale of malfunctioning vehicles or vehicles without legal titles.
The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission has filed an administrative complaint against the makers of Buckycubes and Buckyballs because, the CPSC alleges, the products pose a significant choking and injury hazard to children and teenagers. The administrative complaint, only the second such complaint filed by the agency in the past 11 years, was prompted by more than one dozen consumer complaints reporting ingested Buckyball components. Many of these incidents required surgical corrections. Buckyball and Buckycube sets contain as many as 216 powerful magnets, which can be swallowed by children. After these magnets are ingested, they may become connected inside their gastrointestinal tracts and caused internal injuries requiring surgery.
The administrative complaint, passed by the commission in a 3 to 1 vote, attempts to require Maxfield & Oberton Holdings, the makers of Buckyballs and Buckycubes, to discontinue selling the products, inform the public of the dangers these products pose, and offer a full refund for them. Product recalls are typically issued on a voluntary basis in cooperation with the affected product’s distributors, but in this instance, the CPSC’s discussion with Maxfield & Oberton Holdings did not yield a recall plan that the commission found acceptable.
The commission has requested that retailers stop selling the Buckyballs and Buckycubes, and several store chains and websites have complied. The online auction site eBay is currently attempting to remove the listings for these products from their website. Approximately 175,000 Buckyball magnet sets were previously recalled in cooperation with Maxfield & Oberton in May of 2010 after the company received two reports of children swallowing one or more magnets. The packaging designated the products as being for users 13 and up. CPSC guidelines require that loose, powerful magnets cannot be sold to children younger than 14 years old. After the recall was issued CPSC staff continued to receive consumer complaints involving children ingesting the magnets and suffering gastrointestinal tract injuries. Some of the children injured were adolescents who accidentally swallowed or inhaled the magnets after using them to simulate the appearance of tongue, lip, and nose piercings.
If multiple magnets are swallowed, they can attract to one another through the stomach and intestinal walls, resulting in serious injuries, including tears in the stomach and intestines, intestinal blockage, blood poisoning and possibly death. This condition can be difficult for doctors to diagnose.
Information about this administrative complaint and other product recalls can be obtained by calling the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s toll free hotline or online at SaferProducts.gov
A voluntary recall was announced from Sartori Inspirations for various Ciolo food products because of a possible contamination. Listeria, an organism that could be fatal to people with weak immune systems as well as children and the elderly may be present in some of these products. The FDA website has a complete list of all the products that are being recalled in this announcement along with further information about the Literia organism and the symptoms of infection. Salsa, dips and cheese spreads are among the products listed.
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Sartori Inspirations Issues Voluntary Recall of Limited Number of Ciolo Branded Dips and Spreads Because of Potential Health Risk
