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Event 73509

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
February 17, 2016
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Acorn Stairlifts Inc

Dossier provenance

Source snapshots represented here

  • openFDA Device Enforcement Report-date coverage June 20, 2012–July 08, 2026 Known gap: openFDA describes 2004-present coverage, but the current export has no report-date records in this interval.
  • openFDA Device Recall event_date_initiated coverage June 01, 1997–June 30, 2026

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Acorn 180 Curved Stairlift

Z-1530-2016
Recall number
Z-1530-2016
Initiated
February 17, 2016
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Acorn Stairlifts Inc
Quantity
1,290 USA and 9,607 Foreign

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Aluminum rivets holding the base squab to the framer under prolonged customer use were seen to elongate and subsequently break.

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Reason for recall

Aluminum rivets holding the base squab to the framer under prolonged customer use were seen to elongate and subsequently break.

Code information

Serial Numbers: 140401487591 to 140410249946. All models manufactured before April 2012

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution - USA (nationwide) Distribution to the states of : AL, AZ, CA, CO, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, ME, MD, MI, MO, NH, NJ, NY, NC, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VT, VI, WA, WV, WI, and District of Columbia and to the countries of UK and Germany.

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