June 21, 2005
Fitness Question is recalling about 150,000 Freestyle Cross Trainer and Gazelle Freestyle Cross Trainer Pro Gliders. The resistance pistons on the glider can come off during exercise. If this happens, a person using the glider can fall off the exercise machine.
Fitness Quest has received 145 reports of pistons detaching and one report of a minor injury from a fall.
Gazelle Freestyle Crosstrainer and Crosstrainer Pro exercisers are "glider-style" exercise equipment. The user moves two foot platforms in a striding motion back and forth while grasping handlebars attached to the platforms. The model name "Gazelle Freestyle Cross Trainer" or "Gazelle Freestyle Cross Trainer Pro" is printed on the side of each product's frame.
The machines were sold by the Home Shopping Network (HSN), The Shopping Channel (TSC), and Dicks Sporting Goods beginning in January 2004 for between $200 and $250.
Consumers should disconnect the pistons on these exercise gliders. Consumers can continue to use the gliders until they receive the repair kit as long as the pistons are detached.
• Consumers who purchased a Crosstrainer from Dick's should contact Fitness Quest for a free repair kit.
• Consumers who purchased a Crosstrainer or Crosstrainer Pro from the Home Shopping Network (HSN) or the Shopping Channel (tSC) before January 1, 2006 will receive a free repair kits by mail. Contact Fitness Quest if you do not receive a kit by June 3, 2006.
• Crosstrainer gliders purchased from HSN or tSC after January 1, 2006 have repair kits included.
For additional information, contact Fitness Quest at (800) 321-9236 between 8:30 a.m. and 8 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or log onto www.fitnessquest.com.
The recall is being conducted in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
