DT Swiss safety recall

Not strictly connected with intervals.icu but for safety reasons if you use dt swiss wheels manufactured from august 2024 onwards, go to dt swiss page and check if your wheels are affected.

@david maybe we could pin this to the top for a week or so, the more people see it the better I think. Thanks

4 Likes

Yeah, I’m in that boat :frowning: . Canyon Endurace bought in Oktober for my 60th birthday.
Just ordered wheel boxes to send mine back to Germany for inspection. Will take me at least 4 weeks before I’m back on my road bike…
Oh well, riding my MTB in the mean time. Luckily I have no road event planned before end of August. Let’s cross fingers I’ll get them back by then.

2 Likes

Tanks for sharing, i’m also in the boat

1 Like

luckily my wheels are too old :wink: but still I think it is maybe a pain in the ass but in reality it is a huge advantage of buying from a big manufacturer who first of all track its product, inspect all the time and has balls to make a huge recall.

ā€œOh well, riding my MTB in the mean time. Luckily I have no road event planned before end of August. Let’s cross fingers I’ll get them back by then.ā€
I would send them back asap (even pay more for express if possible), today the whole day there was a problem even with the recall page so I assume the real amount of wheels needed to be inspected is so immense that even servers had hard time managing all the traffic.

Worst case, I’ll have to get my former bike from the smarttrainer on the attic. Rim brakes and more aggressive road bike geometry… Frame is much less stiff, that was what I noticed immediately the first time on the new Canyon, which is way more responsive.

it will probably end up with a massive lawsuit anyways:
https://www.reddit.com/r/cycling/comments/1mclbr2/rückruf_bei_dt_swiss_laufrädern_was_ihr_als/

by reddit (google translate):
" If you recently have a road bike with DT Swiss carbon wheels (e.g. ARC, ERC, CRC or HEC), you may be affected by the current recall. According to DT Swiss, the wheels may no longer be driven, as material damage may occur.

:shopping_cart: Example: I bought my bike 19 days ago at Canyon – so not directly at DT Swiss.


:judge: What applies legally?

Even if the recall comes from the manufacturer, your dealer (e.g. B. Canyon) your contractual partner under German law.

The defect makes the bike unusable - this is legally a material defect (§ 434 BGB).

The dealer is obliged to remedy the defect - e.g. by new or tested impellers (§ 439 BGB).

You have to give him a reasonable deadline for this.


:stopwatch: What does ā€œreasonable period of timeā€ mean?

According to case law, a period of 14 days is considered customary and reasonable, especially if the product is not usable at all.

If the dealer does not deliver or repair within this period, you can withdraw from the purchase contract and reclaim the full purchase price (§ 323 BGB).


:envelope: Sample text for the dealer

ā€œMy bike is affected by the DT Swiss recall and cannot be used. I set a deadline for you until [date] to allow me to use it without defects. Otherwise, I assert my right of withdrawal (§ 323 BGB).ā€


:package: Important:

DT Swiss takes care of return shipping & testing, but this can take weeks.

You don’t have to accept this, especially if the bike is almost new.

Don’t let long processing times stop you if your dealer doesn’t offer a solution.

1 Like

Same for me, aeroad (last october).
I need the boxes too, but cannot find where/how to get them…

Did you register the serial numbers of your wheels yet?
Then you should get a personal e-mail with a link to order the boxes. It depends on the region you live in.
Here’s an excerpt of the mail I received

1 Like

Just received my ā€˜Case Number’ that serves as ref for the return. Wheels are ready (removed brake discs, tires and cassette). As soon as the boxes arrive, I will ship the wheels.

1 Like

I got only this:

Dear Davide

We are pleased to send you your case number XXXXXXXXXXXXX concerning your affected wheels 99999 and 4444444.

Please make sure to clearly indicate this case number on the outside of the box and/or in the reference field of the shipping label when sending us your wheels for inspection.

Thanks and best regards
DT Swiss Customer Service

there is no mention about the boxes…

Do you know which service center you’re assigned to?
If it’s Germany, I can send you the link to order the boxes. If it’s somewhere else, you better contact them through the details on this page

Thanks.

I’m assigned to France. I forwarded back the mail to the Service Center asking for ā€œOption 2ā€ (that was described in the first mail).
Let’s see.

Thanks again.

One of our club members is happy to lent me his backup wheels for a couple of weeks :wink:
Back on the road tomorrow :man_biking:

1 Like