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Cybex Recalls Weight-Lifting Equipment Due to Serious Injury Hazards is CPSC recall #18211, announced on August 29, 2018. The CPSC cites the following hazard: This recall involves the Cybex Smith Press model 5340, manufactured and distributed from 1989 through 1993, and model 5341, manufactured and distributed from 1993 through 2009. The models have a weight bar seated between two parallel vertical tracks on latch pins. The weight bar can be moved up and down to perform upper body and lower body exercises. The equipment is used primarily in fitness facilities. The weight bar was sold with the Smith Press, and the weights were sold separately. The model number is printed on the base of the frame of the Smith Press equipment. The remedy is consumers should immediately stop using the weight-lifting equipment and contact cybex for instructions on how to receive a free repair for model 5341 or a credit or refund of the current value for model 5340. all known purchasers are being contacted by the firm.. Affected brand: Cybex International Inc..
This recall involves the Cybex Smith Press model 5340, manufactured and distributed from 1989 through 1993, and model 5341, manufactured and distributed from 1993 through 2009. The models have a weight bar seated between two parallel vertical tracks on latch pins. The weight bar can be moved up and down to perform upper body and lower body exercises. The equipment is used primarily in fitness facilities. The weight bar was sold with the Smith Press, and the weights were sold separately. The model number is printed on the base of the frame of the Smith Press equipment.
Affected products
Cybex Smith Press plate-loaded weight-lifting equipment
Recalled brands
Cybex International Inc.
Remedy
Consumers should immediately stop using the weight-lifting equipment and contact Cybex for instructions on how to receive a free repair for model 5341 or a credit or refund of the current value for model 5340. All known purchasers are being contacted by the firm.
Recall date
August 29, 2018
CPSC recall #18211 covers Cybex Recalls Weight-Lifting Equipment Due to Serious Injury Hazards, announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on August 29, 2018. The CPSC cites the following hazard: This recall involves the Cybex Smith Press model 5340, manufactured and distributed from 1989 through 1993, and model 5341, manufactured and distributed from 1993 through 2009. The models have a weight bar seated between two parallel vertical tracks on latch pins. The weight bar can be moved up and down to perform upper body and lower body exercises. The equipment is used primarily in fitness facilities. The weight bar was sold with the Smith Press, and the weights were sold separately. The model number is printed on the base of the frame of the Smith Press equipment.
The CPSC remedy for recall #18211 is consumers should immediately stop using the weight-lifting equipment and contact cybex for instructions on how to receive a free repair for model 5341 or a credit or refund of the current value for model 5340. all known purchasers are being contacted by the firm.. 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/2018/Cybex-Recalls-WeightLifting-Equipment-Due-to-Serious-Injury-Hazards. RecallDocket links to it from this page.
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