Every single Onewheel is being recalled after four deaths::Future Motion, along with the CPSC, is recalling 300,000 Onewheel self-balancing skateboards. Four crash deaths were reported, and the company resisted recall last year.
early adopters, however, owners can receive a “pro-rated credit of $100 to the purchase of a new board,” according to Mudd. The credit will only be issued after owners confirm that they have disposed of the old model.
What a joke. Their idea of a recall on those slightly older boards is to destroy them and get $100 off a new one? These boards are in Athens $2,000+ range. You can’t really find an old beat up used one that’s still in working condition for less than like $600.
This isn’t a real recall. They’re just having newer owners patch the software and providing a scapegoat for litigation purposes of older boards with what amounts to a 5% off coupon.
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 1 year ago
Four deaths over two years seems very low… I hope they are applying the same level of scrutiny to cars as they are here.
wagoner@infosec.pub 1 year ago
There’s is a design deficiency.
"Some crashes occurred due to Onewheel skateboards malfunctioning after being pushed to certain limits. "
Cars get recalled all the time for faults.
Psythik@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Read the article. These deaths were caused by safety features that should have been installed but weren’t. Like if an auto manufacturer didn’t put a rev limiter on their cars.
Eheran@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yes, seems absurd. 4 death at 500’000 units over years, that is less than 1 per 100’000 per year. Cyclists are at that level - over the while population, not just those driving bikes! I would have expected at least 10x that number. Why are they recalling?
bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
Sounds like there is could be legitimate software errors and if you’re trusting the software to respond to stopping for example, and it doesn’t, then that’s a problem. Adding a warning buzz seems like a bandaid but i guess is better than nothing. Regardless of the death count statistics, if there are bugs in the systems people are relying on which impact safety, that’s not something which we should tolerate being ignored so the manufacturers can save money.
tsonfeir@lemm.ee 1 year ago
And it’s probable that they were “exceeding limits” and 3/4 didn’t have a helmet.
Natural selection.
thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Odd opportunity to speculatively victim blame, but okay.
killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I guess it depends whether they’ve identified a hardware fault and are preparing for potential litigation, though I’d be surprised as they haven’t disclosed anything so far.