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Inclinator Company of America Inc. 2022-01-11 Electronics moderate CPSC
Electronics · CPSC · Recall #CPSC-22046

Inclinator residential elevators Recall

Issued January 11, 2022 · Inclinator Company of America Inc. · 39,300 units affected

Compiled by Maya Ellison, RecallCheckr

What this means for you

Young children can become entrapped in the space between the exterior landing (hoistway) door and the interior elevator car door or gate if there is a hazardous gap, and suffer serious injuries or death when the elevator is called to another floor.

What you should do

  1. 1 Keep using Inclinator residential elevators only as advised. See the remedy below.
  2. 2 Set it aside where it won't be used by mistake.
  3. 3 Contact Inclinator Company of America Inc. to arrange your repair. See the official notice below for contact details.
  4. 4 Keep the product until your remedy is fully processed. You may need it.
Official remedy (Repair): Consumers should keep unsupervised young children away from the recalled residential elevators and contact the manufacturers for instructions on how to measure for space guards to correct any hazardous gap. Space guards will be provided free of charge and assistance with space guard installation will be provided on request.

Recall details

Brand
Inclinator Company of America Inc.
Category
Electronics
Recall date
January 11, 2022
Units affected
39,300
Sold at
Inclinator residential elevators and parts were sold through a network of authorized dealers and, occasionally, directly to consumers from January 1979 through December 2021 for between approximately $20,000 and $35,000 including installation.
Recall number
CPSC-22046
Made in
United States
Issuing agency
CPSC

In context

  • Inclinator Company of America Inc. has 1 recall in our database.
  • We're tracking 156 Electronics recalls in our database.
  • 39,300 units is enough to reach roughly 1 in every 3,333 US households.
  • This is the 12th Electronics recall we've logged in 2022.
Read the official CPSC notice

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