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4 CPSC recall notices since 2000 name a kick scooter. How many are powered rather than manual, and how that compares to children's bicycles.

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Kids Scooter Recalls: 4 CPSC Notices Since 2000

The US Consumer Product Safety Commission has published 4 recall notices since 2000 whose title names a kick scooter. That is a small number, and it is worth reading carefully rather than as reassurance: 1 of the 4 concern powered scooters, which this catalogue does not sell, leaving 3 that describe the manual kind.

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Which of these are kick scooters

The powered-versus-manual split is the whole story on this page. Most scooter recalls in the CPSC record are for battery-powered products aimed at older riders, and those are not the products on the kids' scooter pages here.

Powered — 1 notices involve an electric, motorised or battery-powered scooter, including the Jetson recall covering three-wheel kick children's scooters with lithium batteries.

Manual — 3 notices describe non-powered kick scooters, both of them Fisher-Price scooter and mini-bike recalls from the early 2000s, both of them far older than any product in this catalogue.

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How this compares to the other vehicle categories

The same dataset holds 44 children's bicycle notices, 2 balance-bike notices and 59 children's helmet notices. Kick scooters sit at the bottom of that range. A low recall count is not evidence that a product is well made: it reflects how old the category is, how few products were sold under this name, and how recently it appeared.

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Every scooter notice in the record

Newest first, with the hazard and the reported unit count as CPSC published them.

Every scooter notice in the record
Date	Recall	Hazard	Units
2023-06-01	Jetson Electric Bikes Recalls Nova and Star 3-Wheel Kick Children's Scooters Due to Fall Hazard	The rear wheel can loosen or fall off the scooter, posing a fall hazard to children.	About 15,300
2012-08-21	Kickboard USA Recalls Children's Scooter Due to Laceration Hazard	The one-piece plastic platform that covers the front wheel base can break, posing a laceration hazard to children.	About 5,600
2005-06-14	CPSC, Fisher-Price Announce Recall of Scooters and Mini Bikes	If tires are over-inflated, the plastic rim within the wheel can break, causing the tire to rupture. This poses the risk of facial and hand injuries while inflating the tire.	About 29,000 scooters and 5,000 mini bikes
2003-11-13	CPSC, Fisher-Price Announce Recall of Scooters and Mini Bikes	The motor control circuits can malfunction, causing the scooters and mini bikes to continue to run after the power or throttle button is released, posing a risk of injury to children.	About 30,000 Lightning PAC Scooters, and about 55,000 MX3 Mini Bikes

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