Kimpex Recalls Snowmobile Ski and Adaptor Kits Due to Crash Hazard and Risk of Serious Injury
Home product recall 25-186. Announced by CPSC on Mar 20, 2025.
- CPSC: stop using it
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Mar 20, 2025. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.
- Stop using it what CPSC tells owners to do now (needs attention)
- Repair what’s offered
- About 1,980 (In addition, 2,600 were sold in Canada) units, as CPSC gives them
- None injuries, CPSC’s notice says
Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
The skis can detach from the snowmobile, posing a crash hazard and risk of serious injury.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What should you do?
Consumers should immediately stop using snowmobiles equipped with the recalled Kimpex ski kits and adaptor kits, and contact a Kimpex dealer for a free repair kit.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
- What the company offers to fix a recalled product or vehicle: a repair, a replacement or a refund, as the recall notice says. For a vehicle, dealers make the safety repair free. Follow the notice’s own steps, or contact the company it names. Source: CPSC; NHTSA (49 U.S.C. 30120).: repair.
- How to reach the firm: Kimpex Inc. at 800-561-6461 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, email at service@kimpex.com, or online at https://www.kimpex.com/en-us/page/safety-recalls or www.kimpex.com and click on “Safety Recalls” for more information. The firm is contacting all known purchasers directly.
Which ones are recalled?
This recall involves Kimpex Rush and Kimpex Arrow II Ski Kits and Kimpex Rush and Kimpex Arrow II adaptor kits. The recalled kits are used to replace the skis on snowmobiles and were sold in red, green, yellow, white, black and blue. “Kimpex” is stamped on both sides of the snowmobile’s ski handles.
About 1,980 (In addition, 2,600 were sold in Canada) units, as CPSC gives them.
Kimpex Ski and Adaptor Kits.
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 Kimpex Inc., Drummondville, Canada.
- Distributed by Kimpex (U.S.A.) Ltd., Champlain, New York.
- Kimpex USA dealers nationwide and online at Kimpex.com and other websites from April 2022 through January 2025 for between $300 and $500 for the Kimpex Rush and Kimpex Arrow II Ski Kits, and about $23 for the Ski Adaptor Kits.
- Made in Canada (ski kits) and China (adaptor kits), as the notice gives it.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Was anyone hurt?
The firm has received two reports of the skis falling off snowmobiles. No injuries have been reported.
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.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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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.
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.