Santa Clara, CA: About 520 Joyrider three-wheeled scooters are being recalled due to an alleged defect that causes the front wheels of the scooter to detach when riding, posing a fall hazard.
The company that makes the scooters, Glopo Inc, South El Monte, CA, has received one report of the front wheels detaching from the scooter, resulting in an injury to a child who fell off the scooter.
The scooters have a low, foot-gripping deck, multicolored handgrips, and an adjustable metal T-bar handle. The scooters are made of metal and plastic and come in a variety of colors. The tracking label sticker can be found on the back of the scooter, with batch PO number of G20140423. Recalled model numbers are: GT5048R, GT5110R, GT5121R, GT5124R, GT5125R, GT5122R, GT5117R, GT5123R. Model numbers can be found on the bottom of the scooter base, on the receipt and on the packaging.
The scooters were sold online at Amazon.com from October 2014 through January 2016 for about $80 and at Zulily.com from June 2014 through July 2015 for about $50.
