About 1 Million Simplicity Cribs Recalled Due To Failures Resulting in Infant Deaths
The recalled Simplicity crib models include: Aspen 3 in 1, Aspen 4 in 1, Nursery-in-a-Box, Crib N Changer Combo, Chelsea and Pooh 4 in 1. The recall also involves cribs that used the Graco logo: Aspen 3 in 1, Ultra 3 in 1, Ultra 4 in1, Ultra 5 in 1, Whitney and the Trio. The recalled cribs have one of the following model numbers, which can be found on the label attached to the headboard: 4600, 4605, 4705, 5000, 8000, 8324, 8800, 8740, 8910, 8994, 8050, 8750, 8760, and 8996.
| Recall date | September 21, 2007 |
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| Recall number | 07307 |
| Units | About 1 million |
| Hazard | The drop-side can detach from the crib, which can create a dangerous gap and lead to the entrapment and suffocation of infants. The drop-side failures result from both the hardware and crib design, which allow consumers to unintentionally install the drop-side upside down. This, in turn, can weaken the hardware and cause the drop-side to detach from the crib. |
| Remedy | The firm appears to no longer conduct day-to-day operations. Repair kits are no longer available to fix these recalled cribs. Parents and caregivers are advised to dispose of these cribs. |
| Injuries | CPSC is aware of two deaths in Simplicity-manufactured cribs with older style hardware, including a 9-month-old child and a 6-month-old child, where the drop-side was installed upside down. CPSC is also aware of seven infant entrapments and 55 incidents in these cribs. CPSC is also investigating the death of an 8-month old child in a Simplicity crib with newer style hardware, in which the drop-side was installed upside down. |
| Sold at | Department stores, children's stores and mass merchandisers nationwide from January 1998 through May 2007 for between $100 and $300. |
| Importer | Simplicity Inc., of Reading, Pa. |
| Made in | China |
| Contact | The firm appears to no longer conduct day-to-day operations. Call the CPSC hotline at 800-638-2772. |
Copied from CPSC's recall record 3735, last published by CPSC May 23, 2014, read November 6, 2026. If anything here differs from CPSC's notice, CPSC's notice is right.