CPSCGeneral Alert
Dive Computers Recalled by Mares Due to Drowning Hazard
Published: April 14, 2010Recall ID: 10197Category: generalCountry: US
Reason for Recall / Hazard
An O-ring in the high pressure air connector can fail and leak air, causing a continuous but slow loss of breathing gas, which could require a diver to surface quickly, posing a drowning hazard to divers.
Product Description & Identification
This recall involves the Mares Nemo Air Dive Computer, Nemo Air Dive Computer with Compass, Mares High-Pressure Hose with Quick Connector for Nemo Air, and Quick Connector Assembly for Nemo Air. These computers have a digital screen which allows scuba divers to measure the time and depth of a dive and process other information to help divers determine safe dive times and ascent rates.
Affected Products
Mares Nemo Air Dive Computers
Additional Source Details
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| U R L | https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2010/Dive-Computers-Recalled-by-Mares-Due-to-Drowning-Hazard |
| Title | Dive Computers Recalled by Mares Due to Drowning Hazard |
| Images › 1 › U R L | https://www.cpsc.gov/~/link/2b184da45d754f34977c7ce1eaa89c4e.jpg |
| Images › 1 › Caption | Picture of Dive Computer |
| Images › 2 › U R L | https://www.cpsc.gov/~/link/4d8335df28624aeca68ceb1f1be00faa.jpg |
| Images › 2 › Caption | Picture of Dive Computer |
| Images › 3 › U R L | https://www.cpsc.gov/~/link/de1b403794974ef384773cf21724d8d2.jpg |
| Images › 3 › Caption | Picture showing O-ring inside male end of quick connector |
| Hazards › Name | An O-ring in the high pressure air connector can fail and leak air, causing a continuous but slow loss of breathing gas, which could require a diver to surface quickly, posing a drowning hazard to divers. |
| Injuries › Name | None reported. |
| Products › Name | Mares Nemo Air Dive Computers |
| Products › Type | Scuba Diving/Water Activity Equipment |
| Products › Category I D | 2118 |
| Products › Number Of Units | About 600 in the United States, 140 in Canada and 15 in Puerto Rico |
| Recall I D | 195 |
| Remedies › Name | Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled dive computer and connectors, and return the products to their authorized Mares dive shop for a free replacement O-ring connector assembly. The O-rings in some units may already have been replaced, but this recall requires replacing the metal quick connector fitting at the end of the high pressure air hose that holds the O-ring. Replacement connector assemblies have a groove machined around the middle of the fitting, but recalled units do not. All consumers should take their Nemo Air dive computers to a Mares dive shop to confirm whether this connector fitting has been replaced. |
| Retailers › Name | Specialty dive shops nationwide from July 2008 through July 2009 for between $800 and $900 (U.S.) and between $880 and $990 (Canadian). |
| Recall Date | 2010-04-14T00:00:00 |
| Description | This recall involves the Mares Nemo Air Dive Computer, Nemo Air Dive Computer with Compass, Mares High-Pressure Hose with Quick Connector for Nemo Air, and Quick Connector Assembly for Nemo Air. These computers have a digital screen which allows scuba divers to measure the time and depth of a dive and process other information to help divers determine safe dive times and ascent rates. |
| Distributors › Name | Mares USA, of Boca Raton, Fla. |
| Recall Number | 10197 |
| Inconjunctions › U R L | http://healthycanadians.gc.ca/recall-alert-rappel-avis/hc-sc/2010/12950r-eng.php |
| Consumer Contact | For additional questions, contact Mares at (800) 874-3236 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, visit the firm's web site at www.mares.com (this is a pdf file that can be downloaded) or e-mail the firm at kflood@us.mares.com |
| Last Publish Date | 2014-05-23T00:00:00 |
| Manufacturer Countries › Country | Italy |