Specialized Bicycle Components Inc. 2021-07-29 Vehicles serious CPSC
Vehicles · CPSC · Recall #CPSC-21770
Specialized 1st Generation Turbo Levo and Kenevo electric mountain bike battery packs Recall
Issued July 29, 2021 · Specialized Bicycle Components Inc. · 2,500 units affected
In July 2021, Specialized Bicycle Components Inc. recalled the Specialized 1st Generation Turbo Levo and Kenevo electric mountain bike battery packs, a serious vehicles recall reported by the CPSC.
Compiled by Maya Ellison, RecallCheckr
What this means for you
Water can penetrate the seal around the LED control pad on the bicycle's lithium-ion battery pack and cause the battery to short circuit, posing fire and burn hazards.
What you should do
- 1 Keep using Specialized 1st Generation Turbo Levo and Kenevo electric mountain bike battery packs only as advised. See the remedy below.
- 2 Set it aside where it won't be used by mistake.
- 3 Contact Specialized Bicycle Components Inc. to arrange your repair. See the official notice below for contact details.
- 4 Keep the product until your remedy is fully processed. You may need it.
Official remedy (Repair): Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled electric mountain bikes and contact Specialized Bicycle for a free repair. Specialized is contacting purchasers directly about the recall. Consumers should not charge the recalled battery pack or expose it to wet conditions until it has been repaired by an authorized Specialized retailer.
Recall details
- Brand
- Specialized Bicycle Components Inc.
- Category
- Vehicles
- Recall date
- July 29, 2021
- Units affected
- 2,500
- Sold at
- Authorized Specialized retailers nationwide and online from November 2017 through May 2021 for between $3,400 and $10,000 for the bicycles with the battery packs. Specialized M1 Battery Packs were also distributed individually under warranty claims or sold by authorized Specialized retailers and online at www.specialized.com from November 2017 through March 2019 for about $900.
- Recall number
- CPSC-21770
- Made in
- Taiwan
- Issuing agency
- CPSC
In context
- Specialized Bicycle Components Inc. has 7 recalls in our database.
- We're tracking 1,755 Vehicles recalls in our database.
- 2,500 units is enough to reach roughly 1 in every 52,400 US households.
- This is the 195th Vehicles recall we've logged in 2021.