Huffy Recalls 286 Buzz Cerana E-Trikes

Huffy Corporation is recalling about 286 Buzz Bicycles Cerana T2 e-trikes because the rear wheels can loosen or separate from the rear frame. The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recall on November 12, 2026, and lists the risk as serious injury from a fall hazard. On a three-wheeler, a loose rear wheel doesn't wobble politely. It can fold the back end out from under the rider.

Huffy has received twelve reports of the rear wheel becoming loose or separating. Three of those reports involve injuries: shoulder and wrist sprains, leg bruising and abrasions. Twelve reports on a fleet of about 286 trikes is a report rate above four percent, which is high for a structural failure. Most owners never file a report with anyone, so the commission treats a cluster like this as the visible part of the problem.

The recalled trike is the Cerana T2, model E4004. It's a pedal-assist tricycle in gray, with BUZZ logos on the sides, a 500-watt motor and a 48-volt battery. It rolls on three 24-inch wheels. The model number is printed on a label near the pedals, on the bottom side of the frame's downtube, so an owner has to flip or lift the trike to confirm it. That's an awkward check on a heavy machine, but it's the only identification the recall offers.

The remedy replaces the part that fails. The commission tells owners to stop using the recalled tricycles immediately and contact Huffy for free replacement rear axle assemblies. Huffy sends the assemblies to the owner or to a third party who repairs the trike, and the company will reimburse up to $100 for a third-party repair. Huffy takes calls at 855-430-6240 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, answers email at [email protected], and posts the recall on Buzz Bicycles' site under Recalls.

The trikes sold at independent bike shops nationwide and online at buzzbicycles.com from November 2024 through July 2026. Prices ran between $1,400 and $2,500. Independent shops are the main sales channel, which cuts both ways: there's no big-box register tape to trace buyers, but the shop that sold the trike is also the natural place to get the axle swap done under the reimbursement.

Huffy Corporation is based in Miamisburg, Ohio. The trikes were manufactured in China. Buzz Bicycles is Huffy's brand for the model, and the recall runs through Huffy's service line, not a separate Buzz office. Owners who bought through a local shop can start with either door, the shop or the 855 number, and both lead to the same replacement assembly.

E-trikes sell on stability. Buyers pick three wheels because they don't want to balance at stops, carry cargo low, or manage a heavy battery bike at walking pace. A rear axle that loosens attacks the exact promise the product makes. The failure also doesn't need speed: a wheel separating during a slow turn or a curb drop is enough to put a rider on the pavement, and the reported sprains and bruising fit that pattern.

Owners should park the trike until the new axle assembly is on it. Checking the rear wheels for play by hand isn't a clearance, because the recall covers the assembly itself, not a torque setting an owner can verify in a driveway. The free parts and the $100 labor coverage remove the cost argument for riding it anyway.