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Radio-controlled toy car with remote control. – NS

Serious risk Burns, Electric shock, Fire

Published by Safety Gate 11 Oct 2007In the weekly report of 12 Oct 2007 (week 40, 2007)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked just nowSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Radio-controlled toy car with remote control.
Brand
NS
Brand as notified
NS.
Type / model
NO.8579 Bar code: 8 134 935 502 031.
Description
The package of the product contains a plastic toy car (Scale of 1:12, number plate on the car: NO:8579) with a control frequency of 27 or 40 MHz, operated by batteries, a battery charger YIXIN ELECTRONIC (model No. YX-3515A8 AC 220V 50/60 Hz; 7,2V; 250 mA Class II), a remote control ("EXALTED SPORTS CAR CONTROL SUPER POWER'S NEW PROJECT RADIO CONTROL SYSTEM."), 6 batteries-AA 700mAh 1,2V Ni-Cd, and a dry battery of 9V 6LR61. L: 37 cm X W:17 cm X H:10,5 cm.
Risk
The product poses a risk of :(i) electric shock because:- the plug of the battery charger is non-standardized, therefore the live pins are accessible when connecting to the power supply. - the age symbol (8 years), certain safety instructions of the battery charger and warnings are missing. (ii) burns and fire since the batteries can be charged in the toy car, they are removable without using a tool and interchangeable with the dry battery. The contacts of the battery holder of the remote control can be short-circuited, the cover of the battery charger significantly overheats during abnormal use.The product does not comply with the Low Voltage Directive and relevant European standards EN-60335 and EN-50088.
Measures
  • Withdrawal from the market and recall from consumers ordered by the authority. Date of entry into force: Unknown
Notifying country
Hungary
Country of origin
People's Republic of China
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 1013/07
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2007-40 (XML)
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