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CPSC and Chance Rides Manufacturing Announce Recall to Inspect and Repair YO-YO Amusement Rides

Home product recall 09-005. Announced by CPSC on Oct 8, 2008.

CPSC’s own notice, on cpsc.gov

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The short answer

Announced by CPSC on Oct 8, 2008. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.

Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.

What’s wrong with it?

The sweep arms suspending the riding chairs can broke free from the ride’s center cylinder rod, posing a fall hazard to riders.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

What should you do?

Owners and state safety officials can contact CRM to receive the inspection/repair kit and new inspection and maintenance guidelines that CRM is offering.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

  • How to reach the firm: For more information, contact CRM at (800) 242-6231 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. CT Monday through Friday.

Which ones are recalled?

The recall involves YO-YO amusement rides, consisting of a vertical cylinder with rotating horizontal sweep arms, from which the riding chairs hang.

About 85 units, as CPSC gives them.

YO-YO Amusement Rides.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

CPSC’s photos

CPSC shows 1 photo on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.

Who made and sold it?

  • Made by Chance Rides Manufacturing Inc. (CRM), Wichita, Kansas.
Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

Was anyone hurt?

CPSC has received reports of two incidents involving the YO-YO ride resulting in injuries to children and adults, including scraped knees and back strains. On May 16, 2008, 23 riders of a YO-YO ride in Angels Camp, Calif. fell to the ground when the sweep arms suspending the circular swinging chairs they were riding in broke free from the ride’s center cylinder rod.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

What the record doesn’t say

  • The notice lists no UPCs, so check the model, the description and the photos.
  • The notice lists no model numbers in a field of their own; its description may give them.
  • How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Source:

Hearth Record wrote these lines.

Sources

  • U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Recalls API.

    Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.

Source:

Recalls of kids’ and home products are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record. Copied on Oct 19, 2026.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 8, 2026. Updated monthly.

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