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A Florida man claims Walmart’s bike assembly is so inadequate that it puts an entire Class of consumers at risk for injury.
Plaintiff Boyd Johnson claims defendant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. does not take adequate steps to ensure the bicycles it sells are properly assembled.
He says the resulting inadequate Walmart bike assembly makes it more likely that the bikes will fail, putting customers like him at risk for serious injury.
In his Walmart bike assembly class action lawsuit, Johnson says he purchased a Roadmaster Granite Peak bike from a Florida Walmart in November 2016. When he rode the bike a couple of weeks later, the handlebar came loose within the stem and slid all the way to the right, he claims.
Johnson says the sliding handlebar caused him to lose control. He launched forward over the front of the bike, landing on the pavement with his face, shoulder, and the right side of his body.
At the time he fell, Johnson says, he had made no adjustments to the bike since he bought it, other than to adjust the seat height. He also points out that had the handlebars slid to the left instead of to the right, he could have fallen into the path of passing vehicles.
Johnson believes his own negative experience with Walmart’s bike assembly resulted from a company-wide practice of failing to ensure that the bikes it sells have been properly put together.
Bike manufacturers like Roadmaster deliver their bikes to retailers like Walmart in a semi-assembled state, Johnson says, requiring retail employees to finish assembly before sale. Walmart then advertises its offer of “free in-store bike assembly,” he says.
In practice, however, the retailer treats Walmart bike assembly as an afterthought, Johnson claims. He believes Walmart employees tasked with assembling bikes for sale do not receive adequate training in bike assembly.
They are also not required to follow an assembly checklist that would help ensure complete and proper assembly, he alleges. He believes that if such a checklist had been used during assembly of the bike he bought, he never would have crashed and been injured.
Johnson further alleges that Walmart fails to avail itself of third-party training programs like those offered by Barnett Bicycle Institute and United Bicycle Institute. For less than $30, Walmart could have its employees trained and certified in bike assembly. Yet the company has opted not to take advantage of these programs, Johnson claims.
Johnson is proposing to represent a plaintiff Class consisting of all persons in the U.S. who purchased a bicycle from Walmart and who were injured while riding the bike due to negligent assembly.
He seeks an injunction barring Walmart from continuing the allegedly negligent practices. He also seeks an award of damages and court costs with interest, and any other relief the court sees fit to grant.
Johnson’s attorney is Yechezkel Rodal of Rodal Law PA.
The Walmart Faulty Bike Assembly Class Action Lawsuit is Boyd Johnson v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Case No. 0:17-cv-60116, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
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61 thoughts onWalmart Class Action Says Faulty Bike Assembly Puts Customers at Risk
My son bought Four bicycles from Walmart and had to tighten all of the nuts and bolts before his kids could ride them!!
So very true. My son’s handle bars came completely off after I had retightened them numerous times. This time he had them in his hands and he flipped of the bike on his head and cut it open. The next time it was the pedals. The the tires can came off the rims. It was one thing after the next.
My sons bike from walmart fell apart while he was riding it. He got really hurt. Bike fell apart. We only had bike a few days. My husbands bike also had a faulty assembly, and he fell on it. We had to take his to bike shop and they fixed. My sons fell completely apart.
So true. I bought my daughter and son a bike in 2015. My daughter rode hers twice and the entire brake system broke. My sons bike fell apart I still have them in my garage. They never had a chance to enjoy them.
This is solo true. I bought one and when my son sat on the seat, it pulled all the way back and he fell off.
I BROUGHT ONE FROM WALMART TOO AND I TOOK PARTS THAT WAS SO LOOSE AND STRIPS AND THE WHEELS WIBBLE AND I JUST TO IT BACK FOR MY 9YEAR OLD
In 2016 I purchased a BMX bike for my grandson and the front brakes quit working in a week returned it when the brake cables snapped in two! Replaced it with a different brand and within 3 weeks the back wheel bearing disintegrated as he was riding to school, luckily he felt the back wheel start wobbling got off and pushed it home or he would have been seriously hurt. They say it was factory defect gave us another one check it before each ride. But I am sure it is the assembly in store that is inadequate. I buy assembled so I do not have to do all the tedious adjustments for the brake systems which if done according to the manual on the first bike purchased would take over an hour with several short rides and calibrated adjustments to the brake system, crap worse than the brakes on a motor vehicle, and to assure it is assembled correctly. I know that assemblers have to assemble these bikes in an hour or less so they are not properly assembled.
I bought my grandson a bike at Walmart in 2014 and the front wheel came completely off the frame
I bought my grandson a bike from Walmart in 2014 and the from wheel came completely off the frame.
The way wheels are made is you have to lift the whole frame to take the wheel off so i would try and say something else
I bought 2 bikes from walmart..one for me , one for my 9 year old daughter..then we went on a 5 mile ride out in the country..halfway thru the ride one of the pedals and the arm its connected to fell off completely injuring my leg in the process..I.couldnt find the the missing nut in the road but had no way of putting it back on even if we did..we had to walk the bikes two and half miles back to the vehicle, me with an injured leg.