US/Washington: Kubota Tractor Corporation, a Grapevine, Texas establishment, recalls an estimated 19,500 Kubota RTV-XG850 Sidekick Utility Vehicles from the American marketplace due to suspected Drive Shaft detachment and consequential risks of loss of vehicle control, falls, laceration, traumatic brain injury (“TBI” or “concussion”), bone fractures and/or central nervous system (“CNS”) injury, all serious health and safety hazards requiring immediate medical intervention to minimize pain and suffering as well as prevent life-altering injury or death.
CPSC: https://bit.ly/3iwn23E
Direct link: https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2023/Kubota-Recalls-Utility-Vehicles-Due-to-Injury-and-Collision-Hazards-Recall-Alert
Additional information:
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (“CPSC”) reports this recall involved certain Kubota Sidekick Utility Vehicles marketed, sold and delivered in the United States, as follows:
Filed under: suspected structural failure hazard, US CPSC, Vehicles | Tagged: 10001-50018, component detachment hazard, CPSC, CPSC recall number: 23-713, Electric Power Steering Housing, Kubota Sidekick, Kubota Tractor Corporation, loss of vehicle control hazard, Recalls Direct RIN: 16514-2022, steering shaft malfunction hazard, US Consumer Product Safety Commission, X0001-X0139, Y0001-Y1312 | Leave a comment »