Recall: All terrain and jogging strollers

The Consumer Product Safety Commission recently announced the recalls of two strollers for hazards that Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports, brought to their attention earlier this year.

Consumer Reports' testing uncovered safety hazards with these strollers, and we rated them a "Don't Buy: Safety Risk." In total, there are 12,800 strollers being recalled for risk of strangulation. (See our latest traditional stroller Ratings, all terrain stroller Ratings, and jogging stroller Ratings, all available to subscribers.)

About 12,000 Valco Baby Tri Mode Single and Twin Jogging Strollers have been recalled because the opening between the grab bar and seat bottom of the stroller can allow an infant's body to pass through and become entrapped at the neck by the grab bar, posing a strangulation hazard to a young child  who is not harnessed. The Valco Baby strollers were sold at juvenile product stores and websites including Amazon.com between November 2007 and March 2010 for between $480 to $700.

Some 800 Tike Tech Single City X3 and X3 Sport Jogging Strollers have also been recalled for the same grab-bar hazard as the Valco Baby strollers. The Tike Tech strollers were sold at juvenile product stores nationwide and websites including www.amazon.com from October 2009 through February 2010 for about $300.

Learn more about the recall and what to do in the full Safety blog post.

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