J.C. Penney Alerts Consumers To Potential Bike Defect
CPSC recall 78075. Recall date: . Last publish date of the CPSC notice: .
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Vehicle Accident
CPSC recall 78075 has the recall date 20 Sep 1978. The notice names a person as the firm, and this site does not show the name. The CPSC record gives no number of units. CPSC gives the product type Bicycles & Accessories.
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| Description | September 20, 1978 Release # 78-075 J.C. Penney Alerts Consumers To Potential Bike Defect WASHINGTON, D.C. (Sept. 20) -- The J.C. Penney Co., Inc., New York City, in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), today warned bike riders that about 33,500 bicycles marketed under the "J.C. Penney" brand name may have a defective pedal crank that could break, possibly resulting in serious injury to the rider. The bicycles with the possibly faulty cranks are deraillure-type, 24-, 26-, and 27-inch, lo-speed, lightweight vehicles. They are painted light tan or dark grey and were manufactured in 1977 and 1978. J.C. Penney marketed the bicycles in their retail and catalog stores in all 50 states and Puerto Rico. One bike sold under the Penney's name was associated with a laceration injury that occurred when the pedal crank broke. Consumers can tell if they have one of the bicycles by looking for the numbers 2131A2, 2141A2, 2180Al or 2181Al on the outside of the left, rear, metal axle plate where the wheel is attached. Also appearing with each number is a J.C. Penney catalog number. The light tan bikes are imprinted with catalog numbers 927-3525, 927-3533, 927-7070,… |
| Product | JC Penney bicycles, Bicycles & Accessories |
| Firm | The CPSC notice gives the name of a person as the firm. This site does not show the names of persons. |
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The recall in context
- Units in this recall
- not givenMedian of 1978: not given
- CPSC recalls of 1978
- 43
- Recalls of 1978 with one of the same hazards
- 21%
- Recalls of 1978 in the category Bicycles & Accessories
- 7%
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- CPSC recall notice 78075The notice on the CPSC site, with the pictures and the contact of the firm.
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Recall Register. CPSC recall 78075. https://recallregister.com/product/3945-j-c-penney-alerts-consumers-to-potential-bike-defect/. Source: CPSC Recall Retrieval Web Services. Data through .
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- Data retrieved
- 30 Sep 2026
- Newest CPSC recall on the register
- 24 Sep 2026
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Questions
- Does CPSC recall 78075 report injuries?
- The CPSC record of recall 78075 has no incident or injury text.