Class 2 Device Recall Acorn Stairlifts

• Date Initiated by Firm: February 17, 2016
• Create Date: April 20, 2016
• Recall Status: Terminated on January 29, 2019
• Recall Number: Z-1530-2016
• Recall Event ID: 73509
• Product Classification: Powered stairway chair lift - Product Code PCD
• Product: Acorn 180 Curved Stairlift
• Code Information: Serial Numbers: 140401487591 to 140410249946. All models manufactured before April 2012
• Recalling Firm/ Manufacturer: Acorn Stairlifts Inc; 7335 Lake Ellenor Dr; Orlando FL 32809-6219
• For Additional Information Contact: Jim Bradley; 407-650-0216
• Manufacturer Reason for Recall: Aluminum rivets holding the base squab to the framer under prolonged customer use were seen to elongate and subsequently break.
• FDA Determined Cause: Component change control
• Action: Customers were notified by phone calls, documents mailed with a Rationalization Action plan to follow. Contact information 1-888-563-0410 x1500 or 1400
• Quantity in Commerce: 1,290 USA and 9,607 Foreign
• Distribution: Worldwide Distribution - USA (nationwide) Distribution to the states of : AL, AZ, CA, CO, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, ME, MD, MI, MO, NH, NJ, NY, NC, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VT, VI, WA, WV, WI, and District of Columbia and to the countries of UK and Germany.
• Total Product Life Cycle: TPLC Device Report

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² Per FDA policy, recall cause determinations are subject to modification up to the point of termination of the recall.
³ For details about termination of a recall see Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 21 §7.55.