Suunto Air Hoses Used With Scuba Gear recall: Drowning Hazard
Suunto Recalls Air Hoses Used With Scuba Gear Due To Drowning Hazard
Why was Suunto Air Hoses Used With Scuba Gear recalled?
The high-pressure air hose may leak or rupture leading to a loss of breathing gas posing a drowning hazard.
What should I do if I have this product?
Consumers should stop using these products immediately and bring the hose or pressure gauge and dive computer to the nearest authorized Suunto Dive dealer or Suunto Authorized Service Center for a free replacement hose. Consumers can also use the Suunto Online Service Request www.suunto.com/servicerequest to get their product picked up and delivered for the hose change. Contact: Suunto Support toll-free at (855) 258-0900 anytime, or email at [email protected], or online at www.suunto.com and click on Recall at the bottom of the page for more information.
What to do with a recalled product: refunds, receipts, safe disposal and how to report a problem.
Is my product affected?
Compare the item in your hand with every identifier below from the official CPSC record. Only products that match the listed product and identifiers are part of this recall.
- Product
- Scuba high-pressure air hoses
- Company
- Suunto Oy, of Finland
- Quantity
- About 1,300 in the U.S.
- Sold at
- Authorized Suunto Dive dealers nationwide from November 2012 to July 2013 for $95 to $195 if sold with Suunto analog pressure gauge for diving, and from $400 to $900 if sold as part of a Suunto dive computer system, and $85 if sold separately.
- Recall date
- January 23, 2014
- Incidents / injuries
- No injuries reported.
- Agency
- CPSC
Product description
The recalled black rubber high pressure air hose is used with submersible pressure gauges and dive computers. The hose has silver fittings on both ends and "5000 PSIG PRESSURE TESTED - MADE IN THE U.S.A," the batch code "1812" and the product code are printed on it. The hoses were sold separately and as a component of the Cobra, Cobra 3, SM-36 model pressure gauge and gauge combos, and with the Vyper and Zoop model dive computers or analog pressure gauges when purchased as combos.