Treadmill recall stuck in endless, fiery loop

It's not every day a company has to recall their recall, but Cybex International is once again recalling six different treadmill models after first recalling them in 2003 -- because the wire nuts used in the first recall repair are causing the units to overheat and catch fire. Five treadmills have gone up in smoke thus far, and if you own a Cybex 400T or 410T, Trotter 510, 525, or 535, or just the charmingly unbranded CXT+ treadmill, you may want to unplug your rig and pick up the phone ASAP. No word on what this next recall will cause, but we're hoping for sentience with a dash of world domination.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 23rd 2007 2:18PM]

I for one welcome our sentient... na... nevermind.

[Timerider Posted Oct 23rd 2007 3:16PM]

I'm glad you didn't finish that or I might have had to beat you.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 23rd 2007 2:28PM]

I never had trouble with mine. I just set it to LOW for a few minutes before I totally dominate it.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 23rd 2007 2:29PM]

Nothing worse than catching fire while you are trying to be fit.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 23rd 2007 2:38PM]

Dunno, sounds like a pretty interesting way to lose weight. If you're an onlooker of course, but still.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 23rd 2007 2:40PM]

Gives a whole new meaning to "burning calories"...

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 23rd 2007 2:47PM]

"... recalling six different treadmill models just two weeks after first recalling them ..."

Umm... Did you even read the article?

Date of first recall: October 8, 2003
Date of second recall: October 23, 2007

Yeah, that's only two weeks (plus or minus 4 years).

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 23rd 2007 3:01PM]

Time flies when your Nikes are on fire.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 23rd 2007 3:02PM]

Haha, good catch :-)

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 23rd 2007 4:50PM]

We all fly when Nikes are on Fire

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 23rd 2007 2:52PM]

No pain, no gain.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 23rd 2007 3:02PM]

Uh, that sounds like a lot of BS. Unless they made the wire nuts out of magnesium wire, I don't see how they can "cause overheating". The units are built to run on normal 120V circuit, then standard, run-of-the-mill wire nuts shouldn't be causing any problems.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 23rd 2007 3:13PM]

Well if they're loose and start arching then yeah, it's gonna cause a problem real quick @ 120v

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 23rd 2007 4:02PM]

Yeah, but then that's not a problem with the wire nuts, it's a problem with the moron who installed them.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 23rd 2007 3:13PM]

"you may want to unplug their rig"

Sorry, my English teacher always beat me over the head with maintaining perspective.

[Timerider Posted Oct 23rd 2007 3:14PM]

Does this mean not having a treadmill is better for my health than having one?
For the first time in my life I'm glad I'm lazy.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 23rd 2007 3:20PM]

treadmill recalls never end pretty.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 23rd 2007 3:24PM]

I wonder if they will sacrifice some goats for this recall.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 23rd 2007 6:29PM]

What's a treadmill?

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 23rd 2007 10:26PM]

I, for one, am enjoying Engadet's near constant robot, world domination trolls...