Skip to content

Children’s scooter “Scooter Windmühle Marienkäfer”

Serious risk Injuries

Published by Safety Gate 22 Dec 2022In the weekly report of 23 Dec 2022 (week 51, 2022)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 5 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Children’s scooter
Name
Scooter Windmühle Marienkäfer
Description
Children’s plastic scooter in blue colour, with height-adjustable handlebar, two plastic front wheels, one plastic rear wheel a steering column made of black metal. Product is offered for very young children up to 36 months old. Product sold also online, in particular via AliExpress.
Risk
The steering axle is not sufficiently strong. As a result, it may break at high speed when the scooter is used on a steep slope, increasing the risk of injuries. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive nor with the European standard EN 71-1.
Measures
  • Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures · from 8 Nov 2022
Online marketplace
AliExpress
Notifying country
Germany
Country of origin
People's Republic of China
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/01865/22
Photos shown from the Safety Gate server (European Commission); not copied here.

This page reproduces the Safety Gate record as published. recallarchive is not affiliated with the European Commission. If you own this product, follow the measures above and contact the seller.

Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/01865/22
    European Commission, Safety Gaterecord fields marked “official alert record”: © European Union, CC BY 4.0; values listed separately here
  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2022-51 (XML)
    the copy this page was built fromCC0 1.0