Gerbings Recalls Heated Jacket Liners Due to Burn Hazard

[Cougar]

FYI--

http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/2013/Gerbings-Recalls-Heated-Jacket-Liners/

[Miles]

Thank you for that info. I just RAN through the house and motorcycle garage to check all of our heated jacket liners...we have 4 of them...and all of ours are good...not part of the recall. Nice to check though.

 

[Cougar]

[Pegasus1300]

I just called Gerbings as my jacket falls under the PO# listed. They took my call right away gave me a return authorization number and sent me a packing label for the charges. The only question they asked was did I get burned and what size is the jacket liner.I love to deal with reputable companies.

[Cougar]

[Guest tx2sturgis]

"Incidents/Injuries

 

Gerbings has received two reports of the jacket liners overheating, causing minor dime-sized burns to consumers’ backs, resulting in blisters."

 

 

'minor dime sized' burns? only TWO reports?

 

 

Is that all?

 

 

Well based on that criteria, here's a partial list of things that have ALL been known to burn, blister, or injure people:

 

motorcycles, cars, semis, boats, buses, airplanes, tractors, motorcycles, zippo lighters, cigars, cigarettes, soldering irons, steam irons, stoves, heaters, incandescent bulbs, motorcycles, pliers, ladders, toasters, bbq grills, magnifying glasses, sterno cans, welding torches, electric blankets, butane lighters, new boots, birthday candles, exhaust pipes, motorcycles, skateboards, hand warmer pouches, matchbooks, and oh yeah, ex-girlfriends!

 

Did I mention motorcycles?

 

 

Let the recalls begin!

 

 

 

Dime-sized burns. Sheesh. I would suggest that people turn down the heat if it starts to hurt.

Edited April 24, 2013 by tx2sturgis

[deepforkriver]

Heated jacket liners, HUH, now who wears those? Alaskan's?

 

Guess we never thought of that down here IN THE FLATLANDS AT SEA LEVEL below the 36th parallel.

[Guest tx2sturgis]

Heated jacket liners, HUH, now who wears those? Alaskan's?

 

Guess we never thought of that down here IN THE FLATLANDS AT SEA LEVEL...

 

 

BURN!

 

(oops,, recall time for Venturerider.org!)

[Cougar]

You forgot MC D's Coffee Silly

[jakester]

Question??? These are heated, shouldn,t they get hot. Isn,t that why you got em? I,m just sayen...

[Guest tx2sturgis]

Question??? These are heated, shouldn,t they get hot. Isn,t that why you got em? I,m just sayen...

 

Yeah the guv'mint is here to protect us from ourselves, even if its gonna cost a reputable company (that has made thousands of these for years without a problem) a LOT of money.

 

Possibly, they might have had a few that were not made properly, and the wires were too close together and maybe created a 'hot spot'...we dont really know at this point.

 

If it caught fire or melted, then I would say yeah, it might be getting too darn hot. But they tell you that it should be worn OVER an undergarment, and they stress (I think) that it should be used with a controller to turn it down if it gets too hot.

 

I would be willing to bet the two complaints were from users who were not using a heat controller and just plugged it in and ran it full steam.

 

 

The company might respond with a jacket liner and vests that only get mildly warm...yeah...THAT will keep them out of the crosshairs. But it might also mean that the product will fail to sell, or be returned in large numbers due to 'not enough warmth'.

 

Oh well.

 

All I can say is, if you want one, get 'em while they're hot!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 24, 2013 by tx2sturgis

[Guest tx2sturgis]

You forgot MC D's Coffee Silly

 

 

An oversight. It wont happen again.

 

[Cougar]

Good