Peloton agrees to recall Tread Plus treadmills in a deal with Consumer Product Safety Commission - The Washington Post

We own a Tread+ as well as a Peloton Bike and we like them a lot, and use them regularly. Peloton has a pretty massive issue here, but they are doing the right thing at a heavy cost. It will be interesting to see how many people do take them up on the recall. There is as much as $600M on the line for them.

It’s horrible that there have been some deaths and accidents. As a user of this product I can see some ways that it can be dangerous. The Tread+ has dials to adjust incline and speed. You could accidentally hit the dial and make the tread take off. Even worse, the back of the treadmill is open and it can catch items and pull them under the Tread. It sounds like that is how at least one child lost their life.

Peloton received 72 reports of adults, children, pets and objects being pulled under the back of the treadmill. This included 29 reports of injuries to children that included broken bones, cuts and third-degree abrasions.

Interestingly enough, we actually had this happen. We had a toy ball get sucked under the Tread and it caused some significant damage. Peloton repaired it. I do wish I knew how that number compared to any treadmill. For any group of 125,000 treadmills in houses, how many injuries are associated?

We aren't sure yet what we are going to do with ours. I suspect we will keep it. I do with the company was committing to more than just software fixes. I think they should consider an in-house modification to solve some of the risks.