CPSC, Peg Perego Announce Recall of Children's Riding Vehicles
Press Release # 99-084
Transcript
There is minimal audio for this video clip. The picture sequence is as follows:
- View of two children riding around in the toy cars outdoors.
- Close-up of a child riding the toy car.
- Screen reading: "Background: 30 fires have been reported, resulting in one child suffering second-degree burns to his hand and at least $55,000 in property damage. Seven children were injured when the accelerator pedals stuck and the vehicles hit trees,
fences, walls or parked automobiles. Of these, one child suffered a concussion and six were bruised."
- View of a toy car.
- Close-up view of the inside front part of the car.
- Close-up of a side of the car, which reads "GAUCHO" in black bubble letters.
- Person opens battery compartment and pulls lever, battery is shown.
- Close-up view of battery.
- Close of lever being pulled.
- Close-up of end of lever being shown.
- Close-up of radio inside car being shown.
- View of car on its side, bottom side is seen.
- Wiring being shown.
- More wiring is seen.
- Once more, wiring is seen.
- Screen reading: "Supers: Ann Brown--Chairman, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission."
- (View of CPSC Chairman speaking) "Fires can happen anytime, when the car is being ridden, while the battery is being charged, while a car is parked, or even while it is being stored. Certainly, if you have one of these cars, you should stop using it immediately and look to see if it's part of this recall because children can be injured and have been injured."(Chairman finishes speaking)
- Screen reading: "The Peg Perego vehicles being recalled run on 12 volts, powered by two 6-volt batteries, and were manufactured before
December 1997. The vehicles are made of plastic and have been sold under the following model names: Corral 270, Diablo, Dragon, Gaucho, Gaucho Grande, Gaucho High Torque, Gaucho Sport, Magica, Magnum, Ranger GT, Thunderbolt, Thundercat, and Tornado. The model name and Peg Perego appear on each vehicle. Toy stores and retail catalogs sold the vehicles nationwide from 1990 through 1997 for about $100 to $550."
- View of five toy cars in a room.
- Closer view of three cars.
- With the camera moving slowly around, all five cars are seen, camera stops and focuses on the last three.
- View of orange and yellow car with orange seats.
- Close-up of orange car with yellow flames, which reads: "Corral 270."
- Another view of orange car, which reads: "Peg Perego" in yellow bubble letters and "Adventure" in red bubble letters, with a gray up-side down triangle as a background.
- View of green car with yellow seats.
- Close-up of green car, which reads: "Ranger GT" on a yellow and blue striped background.
- Close of car door, which reads: "PEG PEREGO" in white bubble letters on a black background.
- View of gray and black car with red seats.
- View of car at an angle.
- View of car pedals.
- View of blue car with yellow seats.
- View of the inside of the blue car.
- View of black pedal on yellow surface.
- View of front bumper on blue car.
- Bumper is opened and a close-up of battery is shown.
- View of person kneeling by gray car and opening the compartment in the front.
- Person takes out battery.
- Close-up of label.
- View of battery with a red pole horizontally down the middle.
- Compartment on gray car being opened. Battery is taken out. Bumper reads: "GAUCHO SPORT" on both sides. "GAUCHO" is in black bubble letters. "SPORT" is in red and yellow bubble letters.
- Person taking replacement parts out of a box and reading instructions.
- View of wires being hooked up.
- Screen reading: "The 12-volt, two battery Peg Perego vehicles manufactured since 1998 and the 6-volt, one battery vehicles are not included in this recall."
- Screen reading: "Consumers should remove the vehicles' batteries right away and not let children use the vehicles until the repair has been made. Consumers should contact Peg Perego at (888) 893-7903 weekdays between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. EST to get a free repair kit. The repairs can be installed by the consumer or by an authorized Peg Perego service center. Consumers can also reach the company on line at www.perego.com."
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