CPSC2010-04-14
Dive Computers Recalled by Mares Due to Drowning Hazard
Mares USA, of Boca Raton, Fla.
Hazard
An O-ring in the high pressure air connector can fail and leak air, causing a continuous but slow loss of breathing gas, which could require a diver to surface quickly, posing a drowning hazard to divers.
Remedy
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled dive computer and connectors, and return the products to their authorized Mares dive shop for a free replacement O-ring connector assembly. The O-rings in some units may already have been replaced, but this recall requires replacing the metal quick connector fitting at the end of the high pressure air hose that holds the O-ring. Replacement connector assemblies have a groove machined around the middle of the fitting, but recalled units do not. All consumers should take their Nemo Air dive computers to a Mares dive shop to confirm whether this connector fitting has been replaced.
Sold at
Specialty dive shops nationwide from July 2008 through July 2009 for between $800 and $900 (U.S.) and between $880 and $990 (Canadian).
Affected count
About 600 in the United States, 140 in Canada and 15 in Puerto Rico
Injuries reported
None reported.
Manufactured in
Italy
Products
Mares Nemo Air Dive Computers
Consumer contact
For additional questions, contact Mares at (800) 874-3236 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, visit the firm's web site at www.mares.com (this is a pdf file that can be downloaded) or e-mail the firm at kflood@us.mares.com
Official notice
https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2010/Dive-Computers-Recalled-by-Mares-Due-to-Drowning-HazardDon't want to check this manually?
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