Pacific Cycle Recalls Schwinn Ovation Bicycle Child Carriers Due to Fall Hazard
Home product recall 26-151. Announced by CPSC on Dec 18, 2025.
- CPSC: stop using it
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Dec 18, 2025. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.
- Stop using it what CPSC tells owners to do now (needs attention)
- Refund what’s offered
- About 650 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 buckles securing the restraints around the child can release during use, posing a fall hazard.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What should you do?
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled carriers and contact Pacific Cycle for a full refund.
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).: refund.
- How to reach the firm: Pacific Cycle toll-free at 877-564-2261 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. CT Monday through Friday, email at customerservice@pacific-cycle.com or online at www.pacific-cycle.com/safety-notices-recalls/ or go to www.pacific-cycle.com and click on “Recalls” for more information.
Which ones are recalled?
This recall involves the Schwinn Ovation Bicycle Child Carrier, Model SW80356. The product is black with a gray seat cushion, black harness straps, and red buckles. It attaches to a rear bike rack that was sold with the carrier. The impacted date codes are 712A0329BE and 712A0421BE. The model number and date code are located on the underside of the carrier.
About 650 units, as CPSC gives them.
Schwinn Ovation Bicycle Child Carriers.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
CPSC’s photos
CPSC shows 2 photos on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.
Who made and sold it?
- Imported by Pacific Cycle Inc., Madison, Wisconsin.
- Amazon.com and schwinnbikes.com from May 2025 through September 2025 for between $190 and $230.
- Made in China, as the notice gives it.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Was anyone hurt?
Pacific Cycle is aware of one incident where the buckles released. 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.