Company Recalls Ride-On Toys
Screw, Nut Assembly Results In Death Of 18-Month-Old
POSTED: 6:19 p.m. EDT April 12, 2004
A Grapevine, Texas, company is recalling approximately 70,000 of its ride-on toys due to a possible choking hazard.
Tek Nek Toys International, L.P. is voluntarily recalling to repair the toys because a screw and nut assembly attaching the steering wheel can come loose, posing a choking hazard to children.
Tek Nek received six reports of the screw and nut coming loose, including one that resulted in the death of an 18-month-old boy.
The ride-on toys were sold under five model names including Butterfly Girl, Fire Rescue, Mermaid, Police Car and Tonka Construction Crew. The toys can be used as a ride-on or push walker toy, with a handle on the back of the seat rest. The toys have buttons on the dashboard that produce sounds when activated. They were sold for children age 1 to 3 years old.
The recalled ride-on vehicles have a date code from 20021127 to 20030319. The code can be located in the battery compartment on the top panel next to the steering wheel.
Wal-Mart, Toys "R" Us, Kmart, Meijer and Shopko sold the ride-on toys nationwide from December 2002 through March 2002.
Consumers are advised to take the toy vehicles away from children immediately and contact Tek Nek Toys for free replacement parts at (877) 661-0222, or visit their Web site.
Tek Nek received six reports of the screw and nut coming loose, including one that resulted in the death of an 18-month-old boy.
The ride-on toys were sold under five model names including Butterfly Girl, Fire Rescue, Mermaid, Police Car and Tonka Construction Crew. The toys can be used as a ride-on or push walker toy, with a handle on the back of the seat rest. The toys have buttons on the dashboard that produce sounds when activated. They were sold for children age 1 to 3 years old.
The recalled ride-on vehicles have a date code from 20021127 to 20030319. The code can be located in the battery compartment on the top panel next to the steering wheel.
Wal-Mart, Toys "R" Us, Kmart, Meijer and Shopko sold the ride-on toys nationwide from December 2002 through March 2002.
Consumers are advised to take the toy vehicles away from children immediately and contact Tek Nek Toys for free replacement parts at (877) 661-0222, or visit their Web site.Distributed by Internet Broadcasting Systems, Inc. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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