Quickie® Mid-Wheel Drive Power Wheelchair EIPW22Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 10 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 05022408051977), received between Aug 10, 2017 and Apr 18, 2019 — classified as 9 injuries, 1 malfunction.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Unintended Movement” (3 reports).

Reports come from manufacturers, hospitals and patients and are not verified by the FDA. A report does not prove the device caused the event, and counts can't be used to compare devices or estimate failure rates. What reports can and can't tell you · How this data works · Data updated Oct 18, 2026.

Most reported problems

Recent adverse event reports

The 10 most recent of 10 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• InjuryApr 18, 2019Break

  SUNRISE MEDICAL'S ACCOUNT MANAGER, ERIC RICHARDSON, REPORTED PER THE DEALER, THE END USER WENT TO TRANSFER FROM HIS WHEELCHAIR ONTO THE TOILET AND THE JOYSTICK BROKE. THE END USER FELL ONTO THE FLOOR AND WAS STUCK THERE FOR TWO AND A HALF DAYS UNTIL HE WAS FOUND BY SOMEONE. THE DEALER ALSO STATED THE END USER IS NOW IN THE HOSPITAL WITH DEHYDRATION. THERE WAS NO INJURY TO THE END USER OTHER THAN THE DEHYDRATION.

  Patient problems: Dehydration; Fall

  MAUDE report 8529967 ↗
• InjuryApr 3, 2019Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  PER DEALER, (B)(6), ON (B)(6) 2019 THE END USER WAS OUT GETTING HER MAIL WHEN A CAR HIT HER WHILE SHE WAS IN HER WHEEL CHAIR. (B)(6) STATED THE CHAIR IS A TOTAL LOSS AND THE ONLY SURVIVING PARTS ON THIS CHAIR ARE A CASTER AND THE JOYSTICK. EVERYTHING ELSE IS DAMAGED. THE DEALER STATES THE END USER SUFFERED TWO FRACTURED HIPS, 7 PINS PUT IN HER LEFT SHOULDER AND WILL REQUIRE CONTINUOUS TREATMENTS.

  Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s)

  MAUDE report 8480535 ↗
• InjuryJan 31, 2019Mechanical Problem; Unintended Movement

  END USER WAS TRYING TO GET HER MAIL, THE FOOTPLATES WERE IN THE UP POSITION SO SHE COULD REACH FOR HER MAIL. THE FOOTPLATES CAME DOWN AND HIT THE BACK OF HER HEELS WHICH CAUSED A SMALL SCRATCH ON THE BACK OF THE HEEL. IN THAT MOMENT SHE GRABBED THE JOYSTICK, IN ORDER TO HOLD ON TO SOMETHING. SHE HAD THE CHAIR ON AT THE TIME AND IT STARTED MOVING FORWARD WHICH CAUSED HER TO RUN INTO THE WALL. SHE WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO FIND OUT SHE FRACTURED HER TOE. AFTER BEING EXAMINED, SHE WAS ADVISED THAT SHE WOULD HAVE TO LET BOTH THE WOUND AND THE FRACTURED TOE HEAL BY ITSELF. NO STITCHES OR ANY MEDICAL TREATMENT WERE NEEDED.

  Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s); Injury

  MAUDE report 8295031 ↗
• InjuryJan 10, 2019Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  END USER STATES HE WAS AT A RESTAURANT, STOOD TO TAKE OFF HIS JACKET WHEN THE SLEEVE GOT CAUGHT ON THE JOYSTICK CAUSING THE CHAIR TO LURCH AND HIM TO FALL. STATES HE BROKE HIS HIP AND HAD SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2018.

  Patient problems: Fall; Hip Fracture

  MAUDE report 8236807 ↗
• InjuryDec 1, 2018Unintended Movement

  DEALER (B)(6), STATED THAT THE CLIENT ROLLED OFF THE PORCH AND HE DOESN'T REMEMBER HOW THAT HAPPENED. DEALER IS THINKING HE MADE THE TURN TOO WIDE OFF THE RAMP HE HAS ON HIS PORCH. CLIENT BROKE HIS ARM. CHAIR LANDED ON THE RIGHT SIDE DAMAGING THE SWING AWAY RECEIVER. (B)(6) ALSO STATED THAT HE WASN'T TOO SURE IF THE END USER WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR TOO LONG. HE STATED THAT THE END USER'S FACE WAS "BLACK AND BLUE".

  Patient problems: Bruise/Contusion; Fall; Fracture, Arm

  MAUDE report 8122655 ↗
• InjuryOct 17, 2018Unintended Collision

  ON (B)(6) 2018 PER DEALER, THE CLIENT WAS CROSSING THE STREET AT A CROSS WALK AND WAS HIT BY AN ONCOMING TRUCK. THE CHAIR WAS HIT IN RIGHT REAR, CHAIR WAS CRUSHED. THE CLIENT RECEIVED INJURIES, BROKEN BONES IN HANDS, SHOULDER INJURY AND BILATERAL PROSTHETIC DAMAGE.

  Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s); Crushing Injury; No Code Available

  MAUDE report 7976346 ↗
• InjuryMay 25, 2018Unintended Movement

  STEPHANIE WITH THE USER'S SCHOOL CALLED AND STATED THE USER FELL OUT OF HIS CHAIR. SHE STATED THE CHAIR TIPPED A LITTLE AND THE USER FELL OUT AND FRACTURED HIS LEG.

  Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s)

  MAUDE report 7545258 ↗
• InjuryJan 19, 2018Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  END USER CALLED IN REGARDING HER PULSE POWER CHAIR, STATING THE CHAIR WAS DELIVERED IN (B)(6) 2017. SINCE DELIVERY SHE ALLEGEDLY HAS FALLEN OUT OF THE CHAIR IN A FORWARD MOTION APPROXIMATELY 5 TIMES. THE END USER STATED SHE IS A PARAPLEGIC AND WHEN SHE LEANS FORWARD TO PICK UP SOMETHING OFF OF THE FLOOR, HER LEGS WILL SPREAD OUT AT THE KNEES CAUSING HER FEET TO FALL OFF THE FOOTPLATE AND SHE FALLS OUT OF THE CHAIR. SOME OF THE FALLS SHE HAS CAUGHT HERSELF BEFORE SHE HITS THE FLOOR. ON ONE OF THE FALLS SHE CLAIMS SHE HAD TO CALL 911 FOR ASSISTANCE TO GET BACK UP. SHE STATED THERE HAS BEEN NO MEDICAL ATTENTION NEEDED FOR ANY OF THE FALLS, BUT ALSO CLAIMS HER KNEES HAVE SWELLED AND HER TOES HAVE BEEN BROKEN FROM GETTING HIT DURING THE FALL. YET, ACCORDING TO HER, SHE HAS NOT SOUGHT ANY MEDICAL ATTENTION AFTER ANY OF THE FALLS. THE END USER ALSO CLAIMS THAT SHE SLIDES TO THE SIDE OF THE CHAIR BECAUSE THERE IS NO SIDE PANEL TO STOP HER FROM SLIDING OUT FROM UNDER THE ARMRESTS. SHE STATED SHE HAS NEVER FALLEN OFF FROM THE SIDES OF THE CHAIR.

  Patient problems: Fall; Injury; Swelling

  MAUDE report 7207769 ↗
• InjurySep 28, 2017Device Slipped

  ON (B)(6) 2015 END USER STATED THE ISSUE WITH TIRES SLIDING OFF, WHAT SHE DESCRIBES AS "THE METAL PART OF CASTERS" HAVE NOW CAUSED HER TO GET INJURED TWICE. THE FIRST TIME WAS IN EARLY (B)(6) , SHE WAS SLOWLY GOING DOWN RAMP IN HER HOUSE AND THE TIRES BEGAN TO SLIDE OFF THE FORK AND SHE WAS JERKED AND THROWN OFF HER CHAIR. SHE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AND GOT X-RAYS. ALLEGEDLY SHE WAS TOLD HER NOSE WAS BROKEN IN 2 PLACES AND SHE HAD 2 BLACK EYES. WHEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN LAST WEEK SHE WAS GOING UP THE RAMP OUTSIDE OF HER HOUSE, WHEN THE TIRES STARTED SLIDING OFF THE METAL FORK AGAIN. HER SEAT BELT SNAPPED AND SHE WAS THROWN FROM CHAIR. SHE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL WITH AN ALLEGED CONCUSSION.

  Patient problems: Concussion; Injury; No Code Available

  MAUDE report 6902088 ↗
• MalfunctionAug 10, 2017Unintended System Motion

  ON (B)(6) 2017 DEALER (B)(6) CALLED FOR A REPLACEMENT JOYSTICK QUOTE. (B)(6) STATED THE CHAIR MOVED ON ITS OWN. SHE STATED THE CHAIR WAS ON A RAMP AND IT BACKED OFF ON ITS OWN AND FELL WITH THE CLIENT IN IT AND LANDED ON THE CLIENT. SHE STATED PER THE MOTHER, THERE WAS SOME BRUISING ONLY. WHEN LEANNE SAW THE END USER, SHE SAID THERE WERE SOME SCABS PRESENT. TO (B)(6) KNOWLEDGE THERE WAS NO DOCTOR'S VISIT AND NO HOSPITALIZATION. (B)(6) WAS NOT SURE OF THE ORIGINAL DATE OF THE INCIDENT BUT THOUGHT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN (B)(6).

  Patient problems: Bruise/Contusion; Fall

  MAUDE report 6786823 ↗