Status: Recall found CPSC
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Hazard (from the official notice)
The elevator can operate while the gate door is open, posing a crushing hazard.
Remedy (from the official notice)
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled elevators and contact Coastal Carolina Elevator for a free repair.
Hazard (from the official notice)
The elevator can operate while the gate door is open, posing a crushing hazard.
Remedy (from the official notice)
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled elevators and contact Coastal Carolina Elevator for a free repair.
Description (from the official notice)
This recall involves Elmira Hydraulic residential hydraulic elevators. The elevators were installed in homes with multiple floors. They have a manual accordion-style car gate door with vinyl laminate inserts and a control panel with up and down buttons, light switch, telephone, emergency stop button and power failure light. "Cambridge Elevating" is printed on the elevator's push button panel.
Remedy options (from the official notice)
Repair
Incidents and injuries (from the official notice)
Coastal Carolina Elevators has received three reports of incidents with the elevators, including one injury that resulted in a catastrophic brain injury to a 10-year-old boy from Baltimore, Md.
Where it was sold (from the official notice)
Coastal Carolina Elevators through residential contractors and home builders, including DRHorton, in South Carolina from January 2006 through December 2009 for between $16,000 and $25,000.
Consumer contact (from the official notice)
Coastal Carolina Elevators collect at (843) 399-6545 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or at www.coastalcarolinaelevators.com and click on the Recall tab at the top of the page (effective April 6, 2015).
- Product: Residential hydraulic elevators
- Brand: Cambridge Elevating, of Canada
- Distributor: Coastal Carolina Elevators LLC, formerly Seaside Elevator LLC, of Little River, S.C.
- Sold by Coastal Carolina Elevators Due to Crushing Hazard
- Units (from the official notice): About 240
- Manufacturer country (from the official notice): Canada
- Recall date: Mar 19, 2015
- Recall number: 15-102
Hazard and remedy text is shown word for word from the official notice.
