AUSTRALIAN RECALL ROUND-UP

23–29 June 2014.

8 product recalls were published during this week. Review the summaries below, then follow the official source before taking action.

Baby feeding aids

Under The Sea 5 Piece Table Set

The melamine fork in the set can break when force is applied to the teeth of the fork. This can occur by either dropping the fork from height onto hard flooring or by applying hard pressure to the middle teeth of the fork.

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General product safety

N16 Pulsar, Y61 Patrol, D22 Navara & T30 X-Trail

This is an amendment to the affected vehicles in the previous recall campaign that was launched globally in 2013. Airbag inflator: if an affected vehicle is involved in a collision triggering the airbag, the metal inflator housing explodes / ruptures under too much internal pressure.

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General product safety

Mazda6 (GG/GY) & RX-8 (FE)

Due to inappropriate production/storage of the propellant in the inflator of the passenger-side airbag, the density of the propellant may be insufficient. As a result, the propellant may ignite abnormally at the time of airbag deployment, which may result in extremely high inner pressure of the inflator and a rupture of the inflator case.

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