Product recall: Polaris youth quad bikes
Extended recall officially issued for models sold since January 2000The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission has issued a product recall for Polaris youth quad bike models and certain parts relating to these models due to the presence of asbestos, which has been a prohibited import in Australia since 2003.
The affected models were sold between January 1, 2000, and June 19, 2017, with the recall applying to around 13,000 individual vehicles.
The models in question and their affected parts are as follows:
Scrambler 50: front and rear brakes; clutch carrier; gaskets; secondary sheave
Predator 50: front and rear brakes; heat shield washer; gaskets
Outlaw 50: front and rear brakes; heat shield washer; gaskets; engine
Scrambler 90: front and rear brakes; clutch carrier; gaskets; secondary sheave
Scrambler 90X: gaskets; secondary sheave
Predator 90: front and rear brakes; gaskets; clutch carrier; secondary sheave
Sportsman 90: front and rear brakes; gaskets; clutch carrier; secondary sheave
Outlaw 90: front and rear brakes; gaskets; cylinder head
Outlaw 110: front and rear brakes; gaskets; engine
Sportsman 110: front and rear brakes; gaskets; engine
Ace 150 (pictured): gaskets
RZR 170: breather gasket; engine
Phoenix 200: front and rear brakes
Sawtooth 200: rear brakes
Certain parts for the above vehicles sold since January 1, 2000, include:
Front brake shoe 0450422
Rear brake shoe 0450434
Front brake pad 0454664
Heat shield washer 0453861
Rear brake shoe 0452705
Head cover gasket 0453578
Cylinder cover gasket 0453538
Breather cover gasket 0453580
Clutch carrier 0450204
Cylinder head gasket 0454640
Breather gasket 0453582
Engine 0455106
Engine 0454808
Available information indicates that these quad bikes do not pose a measurable health risk through normal use. However, the ACCC advises that consumers should not perform any maintenance, repairs or modifications on these quad bikes that may contact or disturb the bike parts that may contain asbestos.
Owners will be contacted about this recall via letter to their Polaris-registered address.
Owners of vehicles other than the Ace 150 and RZR 170 should contact their nearest authorised Polaris dealer to make an appointment to have any parts that potentially contain asbestos replaced with parts that do not contain asbestos, free of charge. This excludes replacement of the clutch carrier, gaskets, secondary sheave, cylinder head, cylinder breather gasket and engine in these vehicles, which will be replaced free of charge when normal in-service replacement of these parts is required.
Ace 150 and RZR 170 vehicles will be repaired free of charge when normal in-service replacement of the affected parts is required.
For more information call Polaris Customer Service on 1800 982 593 or visit www.polarisindustries.com.au.
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