IKEA recalls PATRULL safety gates due to risk of injury

Date: 2016-06-23

IKEA urges customers who have a PATRULL safety gate to immediately stop using it and to bring it back to any IKEA store for a full refund.

Article No: 50098966, 70175609, 10113600, 50175610, 50113599, 90226518, 20175602, 10226522, 70226524, 60247635, 30200489

Defect: IKEA has received customer reports where PATRULL safety gates have opened unexpectedly and children have fallen down stairs. A third party investigation has shown that the locking mechanism is not reliable, posing a risk for small children, despite approved tests to applicable standards.

Hazard: Some of the incidents have required medical attention.

“At IKEA, we have a zero tolerance regarding child safety. We want to offer safe and healthy products and we think that children are the most important people in the world. Whenever we get indications of a possible safety issue with any of our products, we act. We cannot accept that there is a risk of injury while playing and as an immediate and precautionary action we recall all PATRULL safety gates” says Maria Thörn, Acting Business Area Manager at Children´s IKEA.

What to do: IKEA is not willing to risk childrens' safety and therefore urges all customers that have a PATRULL safety gate to immediately stop using it and to bring it back to any IKEA store in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland or the Australian Capital Territory for a full refund.

Proof of purchase (receipt) is not required.

Contact details: For more information, please visit www.IKEA.com.au/recalls or phone IKEA on:

(02) 9010 0264

IKEA apologise for any inconvenience and want to thank all customers for their understanding.

See www.recalls.gov.au for Australian Product Recall Information