CPSCRecalled May 3, 2000 · #00104
CPSC, Weed Wizard Acquisition Corp. Announce Recall of Weed Trimmer Heads With Metal Chains
Hazard
The end link of the trimmer's metal chain can rapidly and unexpectedly detach during use, propelling the link into the air at a high velocity. If the metal link strikes the user or a bystander, it can penetrate skin and bone, causing injury or death.
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The Weed Wizard being recalled replaces the string trimmer head with a metal chain trimmer head on a gas-powered weed trimmer. Only Weed Wizard trimmer heads with metal chains are part of this recall. They were sold with white replacement heads and black chains, yellow heads with black chains or yellow heads with silver chains. There is no writing on the Weed Wizard trimmer heads, but the packaging reads "Weed Wizard", "The Solution to Trimmer Line Problems", "Fits 99% of All Gas Trimmers" and "MADE IN U.S.A."
Product details
- Product
- Weed Wizard trimmer heads
- Type
- Weed Trimmers
- Manufacturer
- Weed Wizard Acquisition Corp., of Bradley, Mich.
- Model numbers
- —
- UPCs
- —
- Sold at
- Home centers, mass merchants, discount stores, hardware stores and television advertisements nationwide sold Weed Wizards with metal chains, from May 1987 through April 2000, for between $19 and $25. The replacement chain kits were sold from January 1992 through April 2000 for about $8.
- Made in
- United States
What you should do
Consumers should stop using the Weed Wizards with metal chains immediately and discard or destroy the product. The firm is out of business and a remedy is no longer available. Recall remedy no longer available. Discard the product. Do not donate or resell.