The high pressure air hose may leak or rupture
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Suunto Oy, of Finland is recalling about 1,300 SCUBA high-pressure air hoses.
The high pressure air hose may leak or rupture leading to a loss of breathing gas posing a drowning hazard.
No injuries have been reported.
The recalled black rubber high pressure air hose is used with submersible pressure gauges and dive computers. The hose has silver fittings on both ends and “5000 PSIG PRESSURE TESTED – MADE IN THE U.S.A,” the batch code “1812” and the product code are printed on it.
The hoses were sold separately and as a component of the Cobra, Cobra 3, SM-36 model pressure gauge and gauge combos, and with the Vyper and Zoop model dive computers or analog pressure gauges when purchased as combos.
The hoses, manufactured in Finland and the U.S., were sold at authorized Suunto Dive dealers nationwide from November 2012, to July 2013, for $95 to $195 if sold with Suunto analog pressure gauge for diving; from $400 to $900 if sold as part of a Suunto dive computer system; and $85 if sold separately.
Consumers should stop using these products immediately and bring the hose or pressure gauge and dive computer to the nearest authorized Suunto Dive dealer or Suunto Authorized Service Center for a free replacement hose. Consumers can also use the Suunto Online Service Request www.suunto.com/servicerequest to get their product picked up and delivered for the hose change.
Consumers may contact Suunto support toll-free at (855) 258-0900 anytime, or by email at support@suunto.com.
