Field & Stream Kayak Cradle, model year 9999. Filed by DICK'S Sporting Goods and reported to NHTSA on 2 October 2020. 10,792 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says DICK'S Sporting Goods (DICK'S) is recalling certain Field & Stream Kayak Cradles, model number PAD00116. The kayaks may fall from the kayak cradle while the vehicle is in motion.
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 20E073 cover?
- Field & Stream Kayak Cradle.
- What is wrong with them?
- DICK'S Sporting Goods (DICK'S) is recalling certain Field & Stream Kayak Cradles, model number PAD00116. The kayaks may fall from the kayak cradle while the vehicle is in motion.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the kayak were to fall off the cradle while the vehicle is in motion, it can increase the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- DICK'S will notify owners to return the Kayak Cradle for a full refund with a receipt, or provide store credit without a receipt.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “If the kayak were to fall off the cradle while the vehicle is in motion, it can increase the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 20E073 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | DICK'S Sporting Goods |
| System at fault | Equipment |
| Reported to NHTSA | 2 October 2020 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | FIELD & STREAM KAYAK CRADLE |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the kayak were to fall off the cradle while the vehicle is in motion, it can increase the risk of a crash.
The remedy
DICK'S will notify owners to return the Kayak Cradle for a full refund with a receipt, or provide store credit without a receipt. Purchasers of the Kayak Cradle from Sportsman's Warehouse should return the product to any Sportsman's Warehouse store for a full refund with receipt or store credit without receipt. The recall began November 11, 2020. Owners may contact DICK'S customer service at 1-877-846-9997 or Sportsman's Warehouse at 1-800-286-3076.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 2,632 notices in the record whose component field names equipment. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 29 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
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CarsMultiverse, recall 20E073, wording as read on 15 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/20e073/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
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- Defect summary
9003593f - Consequence
2ba51039 - Remedy
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