Summer Infant Recalls Infant Bath Tubs Due to Risk of Impact Injury and Drowning
Recall 17007 · Oct 6, 2016 · Summer Infant
86,000
units affected
86,000
units affected
Facts
- Recall number
- 17007
- Date
- Oct 6, 2016
- Company
- Summer Infant
- Units affected
- 86,000
- Product
- Lil' Luxuries infant bath tubs with fabric slings
- Remedy
- Replacement
- Hazard
- Drowning
The product
This recall involves Lil' Luxuries Whirlpool, Bubbling Spa & Shower with fabric slings. The infant bath tub is a battery-operated whirlpool bath with motorized jets intended for use with children from birth to 2 years. The product contains a fabric sling on a plastic frame onto which the infant is placed for bathing. The fabric sling on the recalled bath tubs does not have a white plastic attachment clip to hold the headrest area of the fabric sling to the plastic frame. Recalled bath tubs have item numbers 18840, 18850, 18863, and 18873 and were sold between October 2012 and October 2013 with date codes starting with 1210, 1211, 1212, 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, and 1308, which stand for the two-digit year followed by the two-digit month, on the fabric sling.
What can happen
Fabric slings on the recalled infant bath tubs can detach from the tub, posing a risk of impact injury and drowning.
The fix
Consumers should immediately stop using the fabric sling in the recalled product and contact Summer Infant for a replacement fabric sling with a white plastic attachment clip.
Incidents and where it was sold
- Sold at
- Toys R Us/Babies R Us and other juvenile product specialty stores nationwide from October 2012 through October 2013 for about $60.
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Questions and answers
What should I do with the recalled lil' luxuries infant bath tubs with fabric slings?
Consumers should immediately stop using the fabric sling in the recalled product and contact Summer Infant for a replacement fabric sling with a white plastic attachment clip.
What is the hazard?
Fabric slings on the recalled infant bath tubs can detach from the tub, posing a risk of impact injury and drowning.
A recall means the maker found a safety problem and offers a free fix; it does not mean every unit has the problem. Units affected are as reported by the company. Popular models sell more and so have more recalls and complaints. Official public data; texts are shortened. Contact the company named above for the remedy.