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Shoulder Harness on Century Strollers Recalled by Bilt-Rite

CPSC recall 86028. Recall date: . Last publish date of the CPSC notice: .

Hazard, in the words of CPSC

Entanglement

CPSC recall 86028 has the recall date 13 May 1986. The notice names the firm Bilt-Rite. The CPSC record gives no number of units. This register puts the recall under the hazard Entrapment. CPSC gives the product type Strollers & Accessories.

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CPSC recall 86028: incidents, units, products and firms
UnitsThe CPSC record gives no number
Hazard
Entrapment
Description
Shoulder Harness on Century Strollers Recalled by Bilt-Rite NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 Note: Replacement kits no longer available. Do not use these products. Please discard or destroy these products. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Originally issued May 13, 1986; Revised August 27, 2001 Release # 86-28 Consumers Were Urged to Repair Stroller Shoulder Harness Washington, DC -- In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and the New York State Attorney General, Century Products, Inc. and Bilt-Rite Juvenile Products, Inc. had a free replacement program for the shoulder harness restraining device used on approximately 200,000 strollers. Century has received numerous letters concerning the use of a shoulder harness restraining device on its strollers. Some of these consumers indicated that children's necks may be dangerously entangled on the shoulder harness. This entanglement may occur when the activities of the child cannot be seen by the person pushing the stroller and could result in serious injury. The affected strollers are the Century "Way-to-Go" stroller, model numbers 11-140,…
ProductBilt-Rite Fold 'N GO stroller shoulder harness restraining device, Strollers & Accessories
ProductBilt-Rite Way-to-Go II Strollers shoulder harness restraining device
ProductCentury Way-to-Go stroller shoulder harness restraining device
ManufacturerBilt-Rite; Century Products

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The recall in context

Units in this recall
not givenMedian of 1986: not given
CPSC recalls of 1986
46
Recalls of 1986 with one of the same hazards
7%
Recalls of 1986 in the category Strollers & Accessories
4%
Recalls on the register that name Bilt-Rite
1

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Recall Register. CPSC recall 86028. https://recallregister.com/product/4638-shoulder-harness-on-century-strollers-recalled-by-bilt-rite/. Source: CPSC Recall Retrieval Web Services. Data through .

Sources

Source
US Consumer Product Safety Commission
Licence
US government work, public domain
Data retrieved
30 Sep 2026
Newest CPSC recall on the register
24 Sep 2026

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Questions

Does CPSC recall 86028 report injuries?
The CPSC record of recall 86028 has no incident or injury text.