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CPSC, Total Gym Fitness LLC Announce Recall of Exercise Equipment Sold by TV Infomercials is CPSC recall #02540, announced on May 7, 2002. The CPSC cites the following hazard: To operate the exercise equipment, consumers lie on a glideboard that rolls on an inclined track as the user pulls the hand cords. The Total Gym XL home exercise equipment has a double rail system that attaches to a support column at a degree of incline selected by the consumer. A glideboard slides on the rails. The consumer lies on the glideboard and, using a pulley system, pulls the glideboard from the ground to the support column with their own body weight, providing the resistance. The recalled exercisers are black and chrome and have 'Total Gym XL' written on the glideboard. The remedy is consumers should stop using the exerciser immediately and call total gym fitness for a free safety bracket. purchasers were sent direct mail notification of this recall.. Affected brand: Total Gym Fitness LLC.
To operate the exercise equipment, consumers lie on a glideboard that rolls on an inclined track as the user pulls the hand cords. The Total Gym XL home exercise equipment has a double rail system that attaches to a support column at a degree of incline selected by the consumer. A glideboard slides on the rails. The consumer lies on the glideboard and, using a pulley system, pulls the glideboard from the ground to the support column with their own body weight, providing the resistance. The recalled exercisers are black and chrome and have 'Total Gym XL' written on the glideboard.
Affected products
Total Gym XL exercisers
Recalled brands
Total Gym Fitness LLC
Remedy
Consumers should stop using the exerciser immediately and call Total Gym Fitness for a free safety bracket. Purchasers were sent direct mail notification of this recall.
Recall date
May 7, 2002
CPSC recall #02540 covers CPSC, Total Gym Fitness LLC Announce Recall of Exercise Equipment Sold by TV Infomercials, announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on May 7, 2002. The CPSC cites the following hazard: To operate the exercise equipment, consumers lie on a glideboard that rolls on an inclined track as the user pulls the hand cords. The Total Gym XL home exercise equipment has a double rail system that attaches to a support column at a degree of incline selected by the consumer. A glideboard slides on the rails. The consumer lies on the glideboard and, using a pulley system, pulls the glideboard from the ground to the support column with their own body weight, providing the resistance. The recalled exercisers are black and chrome and have 'Total Gym XL' written on the glideboard.
The CPSC remedy for recall #02540 is consumers should stop using the exerciser immediately and call total gym fitness for a free safety bracket. purchasers were sent direct mail notification of this recall.. Consumers should stop using the product and follow the instructions in the official CPSC notice.
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The primary source is the official CPSC notice at https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2002/CPSC-Total-Gym-Fitness-LLC-Announce-Recall-of-Exercise-Equipment-Sold-by-TV-Infomercials. RecallDocket links to it from this page.
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