Description of Event or Problem · 1
IN EARLY 2007, I CALLED NEAREST WHEELCHAIR LOCATION. I WAS CONTACTED BY CO. I WAS QUESTIONED, SIGNED A RELEASE. MY DR DO RX W/C ELECT JAZZY SELECT. THE DELIVERY OF THE ELECT W/C WAS 2 MOS LATE. THE 2 MEN CAME AT MIDNIGHT MARCH 14-15, 07 FOR 4 HOURS TRIED W/C AND SIGNED PAPERS. THE WHEELCHAIR IS A LEMON. I FOUND MADE IN ANOTHER COUNTRY. STICKERS WITH DIFFERENT MODEL NUMBER, USA LABELS WERE PLACED OVER THEM- THE BATTERY WON'T STAY CHARGED, THE JAZZY STICK WON'T STEER RIGHT. I ALMOST GOT MASHED IN IT GOING INTO AN ELEVATOR. ITS WHEEL ON (RIGHT) SIDE STICKS ON SHROUD., CO, FAILED TO WARRANTEE PRODUCT PROPERLY. PROMISED WITH WITNESS 3 WAY PHONE JAN 08 TO REPLACE WITH JAZZY SELECT. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, I CALLED TO REPORT MALFUNCTIONS DURING BUSINESS HOURS WITH BEING HUNG-UP ON. MEN SHOWING UP AFTER NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS NEVER ON TIME, HAD TO HIRE ATTY TO HELP ME AT ONE POINT. HE CAME TO MY HOUSE TO TELL THE 2 MEN TO FIX MY WHEELCHAIR RIGHT. THEY DIDN'T. MY BACK L-5 DECREASED SHOWS OSTEOARTHRITIS WITH HERNIATED BULGED DISKS. I'M A HEART PT WITH COPD AND ADULT, ASTHMA, EDEMA, SWELLING OF LEGS WITH NEUROLOGICAL PROBLEMS 100 %. DISABLE FROM CAR ACCIDENT JULY 12 AT 12:30 AM. IN 1990, NEED WHEELCHAIR TO GET AROUND LIMITED MOBILITY. PRIDE MOBILITY HAS NOT PROPERLY COOPERATED WITH ME CURRENTLY. WON'T TAKE THIS DEFECTIVE ELECTRIC JAZZY SELECT PRIDE MOBILITY WHEELCHAIR AND BRING ME A NEW ONE AS PROMISED JAN 2008. NO PRIDE IN THIS RIDE. PERSONALLY, I THINK IT IS PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY AND EMOTIONALLY ABUSIVE TO PUT A LIMITED MOBILITY BROKEN PERSON, HUMAN BODY INTO A BROKEN WHEELCHAIR. PRIDE MOBILITY JAZZY SELECT HOLDS DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. BEEN MASHED IN ELEVATOR HOME. STRANDED WHERE IT QUIT RUNNING AWAY FROM HOME. DATES OF USE: 2007 THRU CURRENT WITH SEVERAL MALFUNCTIONS. DIAGNOSIS OR REASON FOR USE: HTN, HEART PT, COPY BAD BACK, COPD, OSTEO ARTHRITIS ALL JOINTS, HANDICAP LIMITED MOBILITY. EVENT ABATED AFTER USE STOPPED OR DOSE REDUCED: NO. EVENT REAPPEARED AFTER REINTRODUCTION: YES.