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At least 11 incidents have been reported involving finger injuries in the popular strollers including the six fingertip amputations and four partial amputations.
A nearly identical recall was conducted by Graco in 2010, which followed a similar recall a few months earlier by competitor Maclaren. The number of strollers involved in this recall, however, is far larger.
This recall, which involves 4.7 million strollers in the U.S. and 202,000 in Canada, includes 11 models of Graco stroller: Aspen, Breeze, Capri, Cirrus, Glider, Kite, LiteRider, Sierra, Solara, Sterling, and TravelMate Model Strollers and Travel Systems.
The China-made strollers were sold at major retailers including Target (TGT), Toys R Us, Walmart (WMT) and Amazon.com (AMZN), from August 2000 utnil this month for about $40 to $70 for the stroller and $140 to $170 for the travel system. A full list of models is available here.
If you have one of the strollers you should contact Graco to receive a free repair kit, which includes hinge covers. The kit will be available starting next month.
In the interim,"caregivers should exercise extreme care when unfolding the stroller to be certain that the hinges are firmly locked before placing a child in the stroller," the CPSC said. "Caregivers are advised to immediately remove the child from a stroller that begins to fold to keep their fingers from the side hinge area."
You can contact Graco Children's Products at 800-345-4109 weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern time, or visit the company's recall site.
