Nikko America Recall of Radio-Control Toy Trucks
Press Release # 04-117
Transcript
(View of Nikko toy trucks lined up outside)
Nikko America, Incorporated, in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, wants you to know about a possible safety problem associated with certain models of its radio control toy trucks.
(Children playing with multiple Nikko remote control toy trucks)
Nikko America is voluntarily recalling about 287,000 of these one tenth scale toy trucks which are about 17 to 18 inches in length. The printed circuit board can overheat and present a fire hazard resulting in property damage and personal injury.
(View of toy truck being held in a person's hand)
Fortunately, Nikko America has not received any reports of injury.
(Close up view of the front of one of these trucks)
However, there have been five reports of minor property damage caused by fire and smoke.
(View of two children playing with the toy trucks indoors, then cut to footage of them playing outside again)
This recall is being conducted to prevent the possiblity of injuries. Major toy and department stores nationwide sold the toy trucks from July 2003 through February 2004 for about $60.00
TEXT: July 2003 through February 2004
(Various views of recalled toy trucks by model number and name, with close-ups on the model number markings on the trucks)
Included in the recall are one tenth scale models of the Chevy Avalanche, model number 100021A, the Jeep Wrangler Rubacon, model number 100022A and 100022B, the Hummer wagon, model number 100023A and 100023B, and the Ford F-150, model number 100024A and 100024B.
(View of toy truck box)
The model numbers can be seen on both the vehicle and the retail box.
(View of speaker)
Speaker: The last thing you would expect is that a toy truck would catch on fire, but it happened. In fact, we've got four reports of these Nikko trucks catching fire.
(View of child playing with truck, then back to view of speaker)
Speaker: Fortunately these trucks have not caused severe personal injury or property damage. None the less, the Consumer Product Safety Commission and Nikko are very concerned about the fire hazard presented by the trucks in this recall. If you have a Nikko truck, you should check now to see if you need to return it to the manufacturer.
(view of woman in kitchen inspecting toy truck)
If you believe that you have one of the Nikko radio controlled toy trucks covered by this recall, you should disconnect the battery and call Nikko's special toll free recall number for instructions on returning the product for a repair at no charge.
(View of woman dialing phone)
Call 1-866-232-6013 between 8:30 am and 5:30 pm Central Standard time, Monday through Friday
TEXT: 1-866-232-6013
Information is also available on their website at www.nikkoamerica.com/recall
TEXT: www.nikkoamerica.com/recall
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