ABS recalls steel cartridges for the TwinBag (double airbag)

With the ABS Avalanche Airbag, you have chosen the most efficient self-rescue equipment in case of an avalanche. For 25 years ABS has stood for maximum safety and high quality and has reached (with 97 %) the highest survival rate in avalanche cases. Developments like the ABS TwinBags (dual airbags) avoid burial in a significantly more efficient way than other systems on the market and the ABS avalanche airbags are the only airbags that have already proven their life-saving effect hundreds of times. This is just one more good reason to choose the ABS TwinBags.

ABS continuously carries out quality control measures in order to ensure these critical characteristics are kept up to date. During the period from the 1st of September 2008 until the 15th of April 2010 can’t be excluded that our certified supplier inserted two penetration discs during the filling process of a very few steel cartridges. This causes the steel cartridge not to be punctured which results in the activation failure of the ABS TwinBag system. ABS Carbon cartridges are not affected!!

As the safety of our customers must not be compromised, ABS recalls all steel cartridges that have been filled between the 1st of September 2008 and the 15th of April 2010. This filling date can be found together with the weight on the round white sticker on the cartridge.

Therefore, ABS requires you to exchange your affected steel cartridges

from the 15th of October until the 31st of January 2012

at your ABS dealership. You can find the dealer addresses here