Trek Recalls Bicycles with Coaster Brakes and Replacement Rear Wheels Due to Crash Hazard

Injury (fall, cut, crash)Product

Date: Nov 13, 2025
Company: Trek Bicycle Corporation, of Waterloo, Wisconsin
Product: Trek and Electra-branded Bicycles with Coaster Brakes and Replacement Rear Wheels with Coaster Brakes
Reason: The coaster brakes can fail to engage, resulting in the rider losing control, posing a crash hazard.
Hazard: Injury (fall, cut, crash)
Units: About 68,000 (In addition, about 6,820 were sold in Canada)
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled bicycles with coaster brakes and related replacement rear wheels and contact an authorized Trek or Electra dealer to schedule a free repair at the dealer.
Source: CPSC

How to identify the product

This recall involves certain Trek and Electra-branded bicycle models with coaster brakes and replacement rear wheels. The bikes were sold in a variety of colors, including red, flamingo pink, dark aquatic, Mulsanne blue, volt yellow, pink frosting, Miami green, lithium gray, viper red, purple abyss, buttercup, pixie blue and blue. To determine if your bicycle or replacement rear wheel is included in this recall, enter your bicycle's serial number in the look-up tool at https://www.trekbikes.com/us/en_US/coasterbrake-recall-inquiry/. The serial number is printed under the bottom bracket between the pedals and starts with the letters, "WTU." Recalled Trek and Electra-Branded Bicycles and Replacement Wheels: Brand Name Model Name Model Year Electra Townie Rental 1 Step Thru 2026 Trek Precaliber 12 2026 Trek Precaliber 16 2024 and 2026 Trek Precaliber 20 2024 and 2026 Electra Sprocket 1 16 2026 Trek Precaliber 12 CB replacement wheel 2026 Trek Precaliber 16 CB replacement wheel 2026 Trek Precaliber 20 CB replacement wheel 2026
Sold at: Trek and Electra authorized retailers nationwide, in stores and online, as well as at Trek.com from August 2023 to September 2025 for between $300 and $660 for the bikes and between $66 and $77 for the replacement wheels. |
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled bicycles with coaster brakes and related replacement rear wheels and contact an authorized Trek or Electra dealer to schedule a free repair at the dealer.

Facts are taken from the official notice. If anything here differs from it, the official notice is correct.