In the US, there were 15 reports of chil­dren plac­ing their fin­ger in the stroller’s hinge mech­a­nism, result­ing in 12 reports of fin­ger­tip ampu­ta­tions.

Mind­ful Mum does not under­stand why the Maclaren buggy is being recalled in the United States but not in the UK. Although the Maclaren Bug­gies are made in China, Maclaren is a British com­pany with a loyal cus­tomer base both here in the UK and in Europe.

Down­load the Maclaren Email Template or Maclaren Letter Template request­ing Maclaren pro­vide the repair kit to UK parents.

Mind­ful Mum calls on Maclaren to fol­low other Euro­pean man­u­fac­tur­ers such as Buga­boo who announced a ‘safety alert’ on the Buga­boo Bee brakes which allowed par­ents to claim a free brake bracket online in the UK and Europe.

The US recall involves all Maclaren sin­gle and dou­ble umbrella strollers. The affected mod­els include:

• Volo
• Tri­umph
• Quest Sport
• Quest Mod
• Techno XT
• Tech­noXLR
• Twin Tri­umph
• Twin Techno
• Easy Trav­eller.

Maclaren has advised US con­sumers to imme­di­ately stop using these recalled strollers and con­tact Maclaren USA to receive a free repair kit.

For addi­tional infor­ma­tion visit the firm’s Web site at www.maclaren.us/recall