Dorel Asia Crib Recall: Sold at K-Mart, Sears and Wal-Mart
By: Peter Chubb | January 20, 2010Filed under: Alternative News
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Dorel Asia SRL in conjunction with the CPSC has now issued a voluntary recall on its cribs with drop side and non-drop sides. It seems that these cribs pose a suffocation and strangulation hazard, so you should stop using them immediately.
The crib maker is to offer a replacement kit that has to be installed, this is all part of the recall agreement with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. The total number of cribs affected by this latest recall is 635,000; the reason is because the drop-side can fail because it can become detached.
A toddler can become trapped, which could lead to suffocation or strangulation. According to the CPSC a 6-month child lost its life after becoming trapped and strangled due to the drop side failing. According to Dorel Asia, there have been 31 cases of the drop side failing, six children were entrapped; thankfully they only suffered minor bruising.
The Dorel Asia cribs affected by the recall are those sold at K-Mart, Sears and Wal-Mart from January 2005 through December 2009 and were manufactured in China and Vietnam.
For more details please visit CPSC or call Dorel Asia toll-free at (866) 762-2304
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i am not sure i want to chance my daughter getting hurt sleeping in her crib even though they are offering a repair kit who is to say that they will be safe?i would rather to get a refund and get a different crib for her is this possible it should be up to the parent!
Michelle,
I agree, we should definately be given the option of a refund. It is horrible customer service that we are not given this option and on top of that I must wait 3 weeks to get this replacement part. I know now to stay away from cribs made by dorel for my son and baby that is on the way. It is terrible that a child has lost it's life and others have been injured because of poor quality efforts put into manufacturing this crib.
I submitted my request for replacement panels right away and then never heard anything. I called and the operator said they hadn't received my request. She put me on a manager call list. A manager called and said that the replacement parts for my crib were back ordered until May! I was pretty much furious at this point. When I asked where my child should sleep until May, I received no advice. When I pointed out that it was the company's fault that the crib was not safe, she finally said that there is an option to get a replacement crib. It was supposed to arrive in 5-8 business days. That was on February 22nd. We still have no replacement crib. I just called again and was placed on the manager call back list. Can't wait to hear the excuse this time! I am so frustrated with this company.
While I ABSOLUTELY understand that you all want the best for your baby please don't be afraid to use your crib. Did you read about the baby that died? It was because his parents duct taped the crib together. Really?! Do we need a recall because of stupid parents? Perhaps there are better brands than Dorel, but the hazard here is parents not taking care of their children.
@ Lucia, please do your research before stating that the "hazard here is parents not taking care of their children". That may have attributed to the death of the infant in Cedar Rapids in this crib. But that was not the case in all the other injuries to children in these cribs…including my own son!!! My son was entraped in the Heritage 3-in-1 drop side crib and if it would not have been for me checking on him before going to bed myself I probably would have found him dead in the morning. I walked into his nursery to check on him and found him trapped between the drop-side rail and the mattress with his little face stuck into his mattress. He was gasping for air, bruised and hurt. I contacted the store I purchased this crib from the very next morning and the mfg and was treated rudely and with complete disregard by them. I then contacted the CPSC and got them involved and thankfully it helped lead to this recall.
Luckily for us, my son is ok, however, to this day, will not sleep in a crib and is terrified to sleep alone. I am a very competent parent and followed the instructions to the letter when installing my son's crib. The parts were not made properly and failed to perform as intended!
I just thought anyone who was wondering what the circumstances were with those "other" injured children should know the truth.
I really hope no one else has to go through what we did.
I am glad you posted Alison…I have been waiting on a replacement for ever now! My child is 14 months and we are co sleeping and now I dont know how I will get her out of my bed. I emailed them and was told they would start shipping the rails out the 7th of may…we shall see how long this takes. I dont trust the crib period!
I have come to the conclusion that this china and vietnamese made stuff is slowly killing our kids. I have bought THREE beds and next thing I know it was on recall. I do know that some stores will do refunds if you talk to the claims dept. I now have my grandson in a reg. bed with guard rails just because baby beds are no good anymore. I just will not put him in another worthless bed again. I am done with this overseas junk. my family is more important. I was told I would have to wait for up to 2months before I got parts. forget that.
Got my crib replacement within 3 weeks.
I just opened up my crib replacement… and it's a whole new crib!