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SunSetter Recalls Vinyl Covers for Motorized Awnings Due to Impact and Fall Hazards; One Death Reported (Recall Alert) is CPSC recall #19767, announced on August 13, 2019. The CPSC cites the following hazard: This recall involves all soft vinyl awning covers used with SunSetter® Motorized, Motorized XL, Motorized PRO, Motorized PROXL, and Oasis Freestanding Motorized Retractable Awnings distributed by SunSetter from June 1999 to January 2019 and supplied with bungee tie-downs. Covers for manually operated awnings are not affected by this recall. The remedy is consumers should not attempt to install covers for the motorized awnings or remove any installed covers until they have received instructions from sunsetter. consumers should contact sunsetter for free breakaway safety clips (that replace the bungee tie-downs provided with the cover) and instructions for their use, and instructions on how to safely remove any installed bungee tie-downs (available at https://www.sunsetter.com/safety). sunsetter is contacting all known purchasers directly.. Affected brand: SunSetter Products LP.
This recall involves all soft vinyl awning covers used with SunSetter® Motorized, Motorized XL, Motorized PRO, Motorized PROXL, and Oasis Freestanding Motorized Retractable Awnings distributed by SunSetter from June 1999 to January 2019 and supplied with bungee tie-downs. Covers for manually operated awnings are not affected by this recall.
Affected products
Vinyl covers for SunSetter Motorized Awnings
Recalled brands
SunSetter Products LP
Remedy
Consumers should not attempt to install covers for the motorized awnings or remove any installed covers until they have received instructions from SunSetter. Consumers should contact SunSetter for free breakaway safety clips (that replace the bungee tie-downs provided with the cover) and instructions for their use, and instructions on how to safely remove any installed bungee tie-downs (available at https://www.sunsetter.com/safety). SunSetter is contacting all known purchasers directly.
Recall date
August 13, 2019
CPSC recall #19767 covers SunSetter Recalls Vinyl Covers for Motorized Awnings Due to Impact and Fall Hazards; One Death Reported (Recall Alert), announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on August 13, 2019. The CPSC cites the following hazard: This recall involves all soft vinyl awning covers used with SunSetter® Motorized, Motorized XL, Motorized PRO, Motorized PROXL, and Oasis Freestanding Motorized Retractable Awnings distributed by SunSetter from June 1999 to January 2019 and supplied with bungee tie-downs. Covers for manually operated awnings are not affected by this recall.
The CPSC remedy for recall #19767 is consumers should not attempt to install covers for the motorized awnings or remove any installed covers until they have received instructions from sunsetter. consumers should contact sunsetter for free breakaway safety clips (that replace the bungee tie-downs provided with the cover) and instructions for their use, and instructions on how to safely remove any installed bungee tie-downs (available at https://www.sunsetter.com/safety). sunsetter is contacting all known purchasers directly.. 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/2019/SunSetter-Recalls-Vinyl-Covers-for-Motorized-Awnings-Due-to-Impact-and-Fall-Hazards-One-Death-Reported-Recall-Alert. RecallDocket links to it from this page.
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