On May 12, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued another warning about the previously recalled Maclaren stroller. The umbrella stroller was manufactured in China for Maclaren USA of South Norwalk, Connecticut, and more than one million strollers had been recalled in November 2009.  

This "reannnouncement" of the recall is primarily due to the fact that the CPSC has received a total of 149 reported incidents with the strollers.  The incidents included 37 reported injuries that occurred after the stroller was originally recalled in November 2009. The injuries included five additional fingertip amputations, 16 additional lacerations and 16 additional fingertip entrapments/bruising due to the lack of hinge covers. When the stroller was originally recalled, there had been 15 incidents, including 12 reports of fingertip amputations in the United States. 

While it is not unheard of, it is unusual that the CPSC will repeat a warning when a product has already been recalled for several years. The specific hazard to a young child is that the stroller's hinge mechanism poses a fingertip amputation and laceration hazard to the child when the consumer is unfolding/opening the stroller.

The popular stroller had been sold at retail stores nationwide from 1999 through November 2009, for from $100 to $360.  The recall reannouncement involves all Maclaren single and double umbrella strollers sold prior to November 2009. The manufacturer's name "Maclaren" is printed on the stroller. Maclaren strollers sold after May 2010 have a different hinge design and are not included in this announcement.

Consumers may contact Maclaren to receive a free hinge-cover repair kit at hingecovers@maclaren-usa.com or call the company for more information at (877) 688-2326 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday. A photo of the stroller may be viewed by going to the CPSC website at: http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml11/11222.html