Via Dirtworld

BEAVERTON, Oregon (October 4, 2005) – Yakima Products, Inc. today issued a product recall of its Mighty Joe 2 and Mighty Joe 3 bicycle racks. Yakima is voluntarily recalling all Mighty Joe 2 and Mighty Joe 3 racks (part numbers 8002609 and 8002608, respectively) due to safety concerns revealed following extensive product testing. Yakima notified the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration of the recall this morning and it will cooperate with the agency in administrating the recall.

These rear-of-car-mounted, strap-style racks began shipping in the first quarter of 2005. Yakima has determined that the latches designed to support the load arms may appear to be latched when they are not. In such a case, the bicycle load arms may collapse while one or more bicycles are mounted on the rack, which could cause injury or product damage. There have been no reported injuries.

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Trunk racks always used to make me nervous. Despite the fact that they may look untrustworthy, most hold up just fine in the long run . Last summer on I-80 I spun out to avoid missing a deer, slid 100 feet through a field, and my trunk rack was still attached to my Honda with the bike. It wasn’t a Yakima rack, though…