Cressi-sub bc recall

Release # 05-121 Firm's Hotline: (800) 338-9143
CPSC Consumer Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908

CPSC, Cressi-Sub Announce Recall of SCUBA Buoyancy Compensators

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
announces the following recall in voluntary cooperation with the firm
below. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately
unless otherwise instructed.

Name of product: Cressi-sub Buoyancy Compensators

Units: About 1,000

Distributor: Cressi-sub USA, of Westwood, N.J.

Manufacturer: Cressi-sub S.p.A., of Genoa, Italy.

Hazard: A slow leak from the shoulder exhaust caused by expansion of
an internal cable housing could result in slow deflation. This could
impact the diver's ability to control buoyancy.

Incidents/Injuries: None reported.

Description: Buoyancy Compensator devices provide buoyancy control for
scuba divers by allowing them to inflate or deflate the devices. The
recalled buoyancy compensators have model numbers J107, J113, J115,
and J119. The numbers appear on the top right-hand corner of the unit
(on the shoulder). "CRESSI" is written on the buoyancy control
devices.

Sold at: Authorized dive shops nationwide and at various Web sites
from January 2003 through September 2004 for between $400 and $700.

Manufactured in: Genoa, Italy.

Remedy: Customers can return the product to a Cressi-sub-authorized
dive shop to have the product retro-fitted with a free replacement
internal cable housing. Buoyancy Compensator devices with a black
retaining ring around the yellow inflate button on the inflation
mechanism, and an adjoining gray cover assembly (bypass case), which
screws onto the inflator, are subject to this recall and must be
retro-fitted.


Devices which have yellow retaining rings and black cover assemblies
have been retro-fitted.

Consumer Contact: For more information or for a list of authorized
dive shops, consumers can call Cressi-sub at (800) 338-9143 between 9
a.m. and 4:30 p.m. ET Monday through Friday.


To view this recall online, go to our website at:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml05/05121.html