Cybex is recalling about 19,000 treadmills because they can speed up unexpectedly due to a malfunction with the lower control board, posing a fall hazard to consumers.
ConsumerAffairs.com reported Cybex International has received 24 reports of incidents involving the treadmill unexpectedly increasing speed, including six reports of consumers falling. Three of those incidents resulted in minor injuries. The recall involves the Cybex 445T, 455T, 530T, 450T, 500T, 515T, and 520T treadmill models.
Cybex International and Cybex dealers nationwide sold the treadmills from January 2001 through September 2008 for between $5,500 and $7,000. They were made in the U.S.
