NHTSA Preliminary Evaluation PE87025

SUMMARY: CONSUMER TESTING LABORATORIES, INC. TESTED A FEW SUBJECT SCISSORSJACKS AND CONCLUDED THAT THEY WERE UNSATISFACTORY IN CONSTRUCTION QUALITY,PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS AND LABELLING PER FEDERAL SPECIFICATIONGGG-J-51E.ANALYSIS: THE SMALL LIGHT SADDLE AND BASE OF THE SCISSORS JACKS MAY CAUSETHE JACKS TO COLLAPSE WHEN IN USE.STATUS: IN JANUARY 1987, GOLDEN LUCK INDUSTRIES, A TAIWAN TRADING COMPANYWHERE THE SUBJECT JACKS WERE MADE, WENT OUT OF BUSINESS. SINCE NO OTHERCOMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AND ONLY A SMALL NUMBER OF JACKS HAVE BEENSOLD DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THIS PE BE CLOSED.===