CPSC Recall in 2016: Cascade Designs Recalls Avalanche Rescue Probes Due to Risk of Suffocation

Updated on January 18, 2026.

See the recall details below. You can also see similar information for other consumer product recalls in 2016.

Data Source: CPSC.

Recall Number: 16-155

Date: May 03, 2016

Product Name: Avalanche rescue probes

Recall Description:

The lock button on the probe can fail to engage and lock, causing the probe not to function as intended. This can interfere with finding someone buried beneath snow.

Hazard Description:

The lock button on the probe can fail to engage and lock, causing the probe not to function as intended. This can interfere with finding someone buried beneath snow, posing a suffocation hazard.

Consumer Action:

Remedy Type:

Refund, Replace

Units: About 1,600 in the U.S. (in addition, about 230 were sold in Canada)

Incidents:

None reported

Sold At:

REI and other outdoor recreation stores nationwide and online at Amazon.com and other websites from September 2014 through January 2016 for between $60 and $70.

Manufactured In:

Korea