Every single Onewheel is being recalled after four deaths

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• 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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?

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    • bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Some crashes occurred due to Onewheel skateboards malfunctioning after being pushed to certain limits. The Onewheel GT, Onewheel Pint X, Onewheel Pint, and Onewheel Plus XR will receive a firmware update that will add a new warning “Haptic Buzz” feedback that riders can feel and hear when the vehicle enters an error state, is low on battery, or is nearing its limits and needs to slow down.

      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.

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  • 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.

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    • thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Odd opportunity to speculatively victim blame, but okay.

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  • 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.

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• ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  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.

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• Aarrodri@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  We knew this was coming: youtu.be/Q_Mk-5XkSmY?si=aurnUipsY3VtOYt-

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• autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  This is the best summary I could come up with:

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  At the time, the company issued a press release in objection to the CPSC and called the agency’s statements “unjustified and alarmist.”

  Now Future Motion is moving forward with a voluntary recall it chose not to do almost a year earlier.

  “This update is the culmination of months of work with the CPSC,” reads the company’s recall website.

  For early adopters, however, owners can receive a “pro-rated credit of $100 to the purchase of a new board,” according to Mudd.

  Alongside Future Motion’s blink on the decision to recall Onewheel, the company shared a new video on YouTube highlighting the new Haptic Buzz feature as well as best practices when riding.

  “We’ve been working closely with the CPSC for over a year in order to develop this new safety feature,” Mudd says in the video.

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• Pxtl@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Fundamentally, the onewheel seems like a personal-mobility answer to the V22 Osprey: a vehicle with amazing functionality and versatility in its happy path, but is fundamentally unsafe in failure because of the basic physics of the situation.

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