Status: Recall found CPSC
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Hazard (from the official notice)
The ears on the elephant rattles can break off, posing a choking hazard to young children.
Remedy (from the official notice)
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled rattles and contact VTech for a full refund or credit for a replacement product.
Hazard (from the official notice)
The ears on the elephant rattles can break off, posing a choking hazard to young children.
Remedy (from the official notice)
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled rattles and contact VTech for a full refund or credit for a replacement product.
Description (from the official notice)
This recall involves VTech Shake and Sing Elephant rattle with model number 80-184800. The rattle has a purple elephant with yellow and blue ears at one end and a black and white plastic teething ring at the other end. VTech is stamped on the elephant. The rattle is about seven inches long and the number 1848 is printed on the back of the rattle adjacent to the battery door. The rattle sings when a button is switched on.
Remedy options (from the official notice)
Refund
Incidents and injuries (from the official notice)
VTech has received five reports of the ears breaking off of the rattle. No injuries have been reported.
Where it was sold (from the official notice)
Walmart, Kmart, Meijer, Mills Fleet Farm, Seventh Avenue, and online at Amazon.com and zulily.com from November 2015 through November 2017 for about $8.
Consumer contact (from the official notice)
VTech at 800-521-2010 from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. CT Monday through Friday or online at vtechkids.com and click on Support for more information or at https://www.vtechkids.com/support/support_form.
- Product: Shake & Sing Elephant Rattles
- Brand: VTech Electronics Limited, of China
- Importer: VTech Electronics North America LLC, of Arlington Heights, Ill.
- Distributor: VTech Electronics North America LLC, of Arlington Heights, Ill.
- Units (from the official notice): About 280,000
- Manufacturer country (from the official notice): China
- Recall date: Jan 25, 2018
- Recall number: 18-083
Hazard and remedy text is shown word for word from the official notice.
