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274,000 CHILDREN'S VEHICLES RECALLED OVER ELECTRICAL FLAW(AP) -- Peg Perego USA Inc. is recalling 274,000 battery-powered children's vehicles for repair after receiving more than 300 reports of electrical components overheating or accelerator pedals getting stuck.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission said Wednesday electrical components in the vehicle can cause it to overheat, posing fire and injury hazards to children.
The recalled vehicles run on two 6-volt batteries and were manufactured before December 1997. They are made of plastic and have been sold under the following names, which appear on the vehicle: Corral 270, Diablo, Dragon, Gaucho, Gaucho Grande, Gaucho High Torque, Gaucho Sport, Magica, Magnum, Ranger GT, Thunderbolt, Thundercat and Tornado.
THIS PRODUCT IN COMMON WITH:
Black and Decker T1000 Toaster Ovens
3.5 Million First Alert Wired In Smoke Detectors, and
Almost every Electrical product
you can purchase had a "UL" approval seal on it.!!!!!!!!!
WE LOOK FOR "UL" LISTED PRODUCTS
BECAUSE THAT MEANS THE PRODUCT
IS SAFE, RIGHT!!!
THEN WHY DO THEY CAUSE FIRES?
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