Specialized Bicycle Components Recalls Vado and Como IGH E-Bikes with Chain Guards Due to Fall Hazard
Home product recall 25-200. Announced by CPSC on Mar 27, 2025.
- CPSC: stop using it
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Mar 27, 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 32,400 (In addition, about 3,200 were sold in Canada and about 190 were sold in Mexico) 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 bike’s protective chain/belt guard does not cover the belt drive and loose clothing can get entrapped in the belt drive, posing a fall hazard.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What should you do?
Consumers should immediately stop using the Specialized Vado and Como IGH e-bikes and contact their nearest authorized Specialized retailer for a free installation of an updated protective chain/belt guard. Specialized Bicycle is contacting all known purchasers directly.
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: Specialized Bicycle Components toll-free at 877-808-8154 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. MT Monday through Friday, email at ridercare@specialized.com, or online at http://www.specialized.com/safety-recall-notices, by Live Chat at http://www.specialized.com or at www.specialized.com and click on “Safety Recall Notices” for more information.
Which ones are recalled?
This recall involves Specialized Vado and Como IGH e-bikes with chain/belt guards. The recalled e-bikes have an internal gear hub (IGH) and no rear derailleur (gear shift). The Specialized Bicycle brand name is located on the bike frame and the bikes are offered in a variety of colors, including black, limestone, red, sand, sea foam, navy, purple, white, gray, raspberry, umber, dark gray and yellow. The e-bikes have the following model numbers printed on the white and black serial number label located on the underside of the bicycle’s top tube. Recalled Specialized Bicycle Model Numbers COMO 3.0 IGH COMO 5.0 IGH UL VADO 3.0 IGH STEP THROUGH UL COMO 3.0 IGH UL COMO SL 4.0 VADO 3.0 IGH UL COMO 4.0 IGH COMO SL 5.0 VADO 5.0 IGH COMO 4.0 IGH UL VADO 3.0 IGH VADO 5.0 IGH ST COMO 5.0 IGH VADO 3.0 IGH ST VADO 5.0 IGH STEP THROUGH UL
About 32,400 (In addition, about 3,200 were sold in Canada and about 190 were sold in Mexico) units, as CPSC gives them.
Specialized Vado and Como IGH E-Bikes with Chain Guards.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
CPSC’s photos
CPSC shows 13 photos on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.
- Recalled COMO SL 4.0 bicycle
- Recalled COMO SL 5.0 bicycle
- Recalled COMO 5.0 IGH bicycle
- Recalled COMO 4.0 IGH bicycle
- Recalled COMO 3.0 IGH bicycle
- Recalled COMO 3.0 IGH UL bicycle
- Recalled COMO 5.0 IGH UL bicycle
- Recalled COMO 4.0 IGH UL bicycle
- Recalled VADO 5.0 IGH STEP THROUGH UL bicycle
- Recalled VADO 5.0 IGH ST bicycle
- Recalled VADO 5.0 IGH bicycle
- Recalled VADO 3.0 IGH bicycle
- Recalled Vado 3.0 IGH Step Through UL bicycle
Who made and sold it?
- Imported by Specialized Bicycle Components Inc., Morgan Hill, California.
- Authorized Specialized Bicycle retailers nationwide and online from March 2021 through November 2024 for between $3,250 and $5,750.
- Made in Vietnam and Taiwan, as the notice gives it.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Was anyone hurt?
None 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.
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