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09-01-17 | 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by tcs

IIRC, Tern's first (& only public?) explanation for the frame failures was 'process problem on a small batch of frames from a subcontractor we no longer use'.

Well they had failures from at least two different factories.

Additionally in the CPSC recall page it states that there were only minor cuts & scrapes in two recalls. I have seen photos and read that several people were seriously injured.

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