Invacare Power Wheelchair, one per box To provide mobility to a person restricted to a sitting position.
- Company
- Invacare Corporation
- Recall Initiated
- June 4, 2013
- Posted
- September 23, 2013
- Terminated
- January 4, 2016
- Recall Number
- Z-2270-2013
- Quantity
- 166,230
- Firm Location
- Elyria, OH
Reason for Recall
Unintended slowing or deceleration, and on rare occasion, unanticipated and unattended acceleration of power wheelchairs equipped with SPJ and MPJ type joysticks.
Distribution
Worldwide Distribution - USA including AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, and WY. Internationally to Canada, Australia, Bermuda, Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Guam, Hong Kong, Israel, India, Kuwait, New Zealand, Puerto rico, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand, Trinidad, Tobago, and South Africa.
Lot / Code Info
The following Joystick model numbers and respective part numbers are affected by this recall: CSPJ, 1121239; SPJPLUS, 1127291; SPJAP, 1136937; SPJAPM, 1136938; CMPJM6, 1164361; CMPM6U, 1644361; MPJM6, 1136885; MPJM6U, 1136885; 1558M6, 1136887; 1558MM6, 1136887; 1500M6, 1136889; PACM6, 1136888; PACM6, 1167927; PSRM6, 1139941; PSRM6, 1140046; PSRM6, 1140047; PSRM6, 1140048; PSRM6, 1144844; PSRM6, 1144845; and PSFM6, 1139944. The following Power Wheelchair model numbers (affected date ranges are included in the 1525712 6-3-13 001C model numbers FINAL xlsx document) are affected by this recall: M61UKRD; 3GAR; 3GARBASE; 3GAR-CG; 3GRX; 3GRXBASE; 3GRX-CG; 3GSEAT-CG; 3GSTRX-TS; 3GTQ3; 3GTQ3-CG; 3GTQ3-MCG; 3GTQ3V; 3GTQ-CG; 3GTQ-MCG; 3GTQSE; 3GTQSEBASE; 3GTQSE-CG; 3GTQSE-PTO; 3GTQSP; 3GTQSPBASE; 3GTQSP-TS; FDX; FDX-CG; FDX-MCG; M41BB; M41RB; M41RBCN; M51 PBLUEBASE; M51 PREDBASE; M51BB; M51-CG; M51CGBB; M51CGRB; M51P; M51PBB; M51PBLUEBASE; M51PR; M51PRB; M51PREDBASE; M51RB; M51RBCN; M51SEAT-CG; M61; M61 PBLUE; M61 PRED ; M61 ; KRDBASE; M61(1144227); M61FBLUE; M61FRAD; M61FRED; M61R; M61RB(1144227); M61RBCN; M61RED; M61SEAT; M61UK; M61UK REDBASE; M61UKRD; M61UKRDBASE; M71; M71JR; M71R; M71SEAT; M71-TS; M91; M91-C; M91-M; M91R; M91-R; M91SEAT; M91-TS; M94; M94-C; PTBASE; PTORB; PWORBITS; R51; R51LXP; TDX3; TDX3BASE; TDX3-PS; TDX3SE; TDX3SEBASE; TDX3SE-PS; TDX3SE-TS; TDX3-TS; TDX4; TDX4BASE; TDX4-PS; TDX4-TS; TDX5; TDX5BASE; TDX5-PS; TDX5-TS; TDXSC; TDXSC2-CG; TDXSCSEAT; TDXSCV; TDXSEAT; TDXSI; TDXSI-2; TDXSI-2-S; TDXSI-CG; TDXSI-HD; TDXSI-HD-S; TDXSISEAT; TDXSISEAT-HD; TDXSIV; TDXSIV-2; TDXSIV-2-S; TDXSIV-HD; TDXSIV-HD-S; TDXSP; TDXSPBASE; TDXSP-CG; TDXSP-CG-GT; TDXSP-GT; TDXSP-MCG; TDXSP-MCG-GT; TDXSPREE; TDXSPREE-CG; TDXSPREESEAT; TDXSPSEAT; TDXSR; TDXSR-CG; TDXSR-CG-HD; TDXSR-HD; TDXSR-MCG; TDXSR-MCG-HD; TDXSRSEAT; TDXSRV; and TDXSRV-HD.
Root Cause
Process control
Action Taken
Invacare sent an Urgent Patient Safety Notification letter to all affected customers. The letter identified the product, the problem, and the action to be taken by the customer. Customers were instructed to contact their wheelchair povider to have their joystick replaced. Customers with questions were instructed to call their provider at Invacare's recall support line at 877-413-6008. Go to www.invacare.com/joystickrecall for more information regarding this recall