Quickie® Mid-Wheel Drive Power Wheelchair EIPW11Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 34 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 05022408052363), received between Aug 18, 2017 and Jan 14, 2020 — classified as 3 deaths, 28 injuries, 3 malfunctions.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Unintended Movement” (6 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 25 most recent of 34 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• InjuryJan 14, 2020Device Fell

  DEALER FRANK AT NATIONAL SEATING & MOBILITY CALLED TO REPORT THAT HE RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM AN END USER'S MOTHER STATING, "JORDAN WAS DRIVING BACKWARD TALKING TO HIS FRIENDS. HE DROVE OFF THE SIDEWALK & ON TO THE GRASS WITH A LITTLE DIP. THE WHEELCHAIR FLIPPED OVER ON THE SIDE. JORDAN WAS IN THE WHEELCHAIR WHEN IT FLIP OVER ON THE SIDE. JORDAN HAS A FRACTURED & DISLOCATED SHOULDER & A SLIGHT CONCUSSION FROM THE FALL."

  Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s); Concussion; Fall; Joint Dislocation

  MAUDE report 9588523 ↗
• InjuryDec 17, 2019Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  SUNRISE MEDICAL ACCOUNT MANAGER, SUSAN MURPHY PHONED IN STATING THE END USER WENT OUT AND DROVE THE CHAIR DOWN THE CURB, SHE ENDED UP FALLING OUT OF CHAIR AND HIT HER FACE IN WHICH SHE HAD TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL. PER (B)(6) THE END USER IS FINE NOW AND HAS CONTACTED AN ATTORNEY REGARDING THE INCIDENT.

  Patient problems: Fall; Injury

  MAUDE report 9483027 ↗
• InjuryDec 5, 2019Unintended Movement

  ON (B)(6) 2019 WHILE THE END USER WAS TRANSFERRING TO OR FROM HER WHEELCHAIR, THE ARMREST DROPPED FROM THE UP POSITION CAUSING THE JOYSTICK MOUNT TO HIT HER LEG. SHE OBTAINED AN INJURY THAT REQUIRED HER TO HAVE 9 STITCHES.

  Patient problems: Laceration(s)

  MAUDE report 9419449 ↗
• InjuryNov 21, 2019Device Fell

  PER DEALER, (B)(6) CLIENT CLAIMS HE WAS DRIVING THE CHAIR AND WHEN HE STOPPED THE FRONT CASTERS WERE UP IN THE AIR. USER CLAIMS THE CHAIR ROCKED FORWARD WHEN HE STOPPED AND THE CLIENT FELL FORWARD. CLIENT CLAIMS HE WAS SECURED INTO CHAIR WITH SEAT BELT AND CLAIMS THE CHAIR FELL ON TOP OF HIM. CLIENT CLAIMS TO HAVE SUFFERED MULTIPLE BREAKS/FRACTURES IN BOTH LEGS.

  Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s); Fall

  MAUDE report 9358677 ↗
• InjurySep 19, 2019Break

  DEALER, JESSE STATED THAT THE END USER CLAIMED SHE INJURED HERSELF BECAUSE THE RIGHT ARMREST SHOULDER BOLT BROKE AND THE ARMREST BROKE OFF. JESSE ALSO STATED THAT THE END USER CLAIMED SHE BROKE HER LEFT LEG AND NOW IS IN A CAST.

  Patient problems: Injury

  MAUDE report 9088299 ↗
• InjuryAug 15, 2019Unintended Collision

  PER DEALER, (B)(6), THE END USER WAS RECENTLY HIT BY A CAR WHILE CROSSING AT A CROSS WALK. HE DID RECEIVE STITCHES DUE TO AN INJURY TO HIS FOOT.

  Patient problems: Injury

  MAUDE report 8899489 ↗
• InjuryJun 18, 2019Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  ON 6/5/2019 A (B)(4) DEALER CALLED IN STATING THAT ON (B)(6) 2019 A POWER WHEELCHAIR WAS HIT BY A CAR WHILE THE END USER WAS IN THE WHEELCHAIR. THE DEALER STATES THE END USER WAS INJURED AND SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION. HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE REGARDING THE END USER'S CONDITION AND THE INCIDENT THAT THE DEALER COULD PROVIDE AT THAT TIME.

  Patient problems: Injury

  MAUDE report 8710038 ↗
• InjuryJun 7, 2019Loose or Intermittent Connection; Device Fell

  PLEASE SEE INITIAL MDR 2937137-2019-00016.

  Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s)

  MAUDE report 8681058 ↗
• InjuryJun 6, 2019Material Twisted/Bent

  DEALER STATES AN ATTENDANT AT THE (B)(6) FOUNDATION WAS UNLOADING THE END USER FROM A TRANSPORT VAN AND THE END USER DROVE RIGHT OFF THE LOADING PLATFORM. THE LADY AT THE FACILITY THINKS THE BARRIER WAS UP AND THAT THE END USER DROVE RIGHT OVER IT. THE END USER AND THE CHAIR LANDED ON ITS LEFT SIDE. THE LEFT SIDE ARM REST GOT BENT. THE END USER BROKE HER LEFT ARM.

  Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s)

  MAUDE report 8675785 ↗
• InjuryMay 17, 2019Unintended Movement; Physical Resistance/Sticking

  END USER REPORTED ON (B)(6) 2019 TO SUNRISE MEDICAL THAT ON (B)(6) 2019, WHILE USING THE SIDEWALK RAMP, THE RIGHT DRIVE TIRE "GRABBED" AND THE LEFT DRIVE TIRE SPUN CAUSING THE CHAIR TO SWERVE TO THE LEFT AND TIP OVER. END USER STATED TO HAVE RECEIVED BROKEN RIBS. HE IS BEING TREATED FOR HIS INJURIES AT THE (B)(6). THE END USER CLAIMS THAT THE ISSUE OF THE RIGHT DRIVE TIRE GRIPPING AND THE LEFT DRIVE TIRE SPINNING HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A FEW WEEKS AND OCCURS WHEN HE GOES UP THE RAMP AT HOME OR GETTING ON THE BUS.

  Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s); Fall

  MAUDE report 8621460 ↗
• InjuryMay 16, 2019Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  DEALER CALLED AND STATED THE USER FLIPPED BACKWARDS WITH HIS CHAIR. HE STATED THE FOOT REST GOT CAUGHT ON A BAR. USER WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AND IS CURRENTLY IN REHAB. DEALER STATED HE WILL CALL BACK WITH MORE INFORMATION. DEALER TO FIND OUT WHEN THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED, WHERE THE USER WAS, WHAT TYPE OF BAR DID THE FOOT REST GET CAUGHT ON AND WHAT INJURIES THE USER RECEIVED.

  Patient problems: Fall; Physical Entrapment

  MAUDE report 8618280 ↗
• InjuryMar 18, 2019Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  DEALER, (B)(6), REPORTED THAT THE END USER WAS AT A LAUNDROMAT ABOUT A MONTH AGO AND STOOD UP FROM THE CHAIR TO PUT MONEY IN THE LAUNDRY MACHINE. WHEN SHE WENT TO SIT BACK DOWN, SHE FELL. (B)(6) STATED THE END USER WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND STAYED THERE FOR 5 DAYS, THEN WAS TAKEN TO A REHAB FACILITY. THE LENGTH OF TIME THERE AND SERVICES ARE UNKNOWN.

  Patient problems: Fall

  MAUDE report 8430838 ↗
• InjuryFeb 27, 2019Device Tipped Over

  ON 1/16/2019 DEALER STATED THAT HIS CUSTOMER CALLED HIM ABOUT WHEELCHAIR TIPPING OVER ON ITS SIDE. NO ADVERSE INCIDENT OR CAUSE FOR ALLEGED TIPPING WAS REPORTED. THEN ON (B)(6) 2019, FURTHER INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED THAT THE TIPPING INCIDENT HAD RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT WITH THE END-USER HITTING HIS HEAD ON THE PAVEMENT. THE USER WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR HEAD SWELLING AND CUTS, THEN DISCHARGED TWO DAYS LATER ON (B)(6) 2019. END USER WAS PREVIOUSLY A STROKE VICTIM.

  Patient problems: Head Injury

  MAUDE report 8376409 ↗
• InjuryFeb 13, 2019Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  DEALER, (B)(4), REPORTED TO SUNRISE MEDICAL'S CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT THE END USER WAS STRUCK BY AN AUTOMOBILE WHILE IN HIS WHEELCHAIR. (B)(4) STATED THE CHAIR WAS TOTALED AND THE END USER BROKE HIS HIP AND LEG.

  Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s)

  MAUDE report 8337939 ↗
• InjuryJan 10, 2019Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  DEALER (B)(4) REPORTED THE FRONT POWER ELRS (ELEVATING LEG RESTS) ALLEGEDLY CUT THE END USER'S LEG THAT REQUIRED 12 STITCHES. THE END USER ALLEGEDLY HAS SEVERE SWELLING "EDEMA" WHICH IS A PRE-EXISTING CONDITION.

  Patient problems: Injury

  MAUDE report 8236664 ↗
• InjuryDec 13, 2018Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  DEALER, (B)(6), STATED THE USER FELL OUT OF THE CHAIR ON (B)(6) 2018 WHEN SHE WAS GOING DOWN A RAMP THAT IS 10 FOOT LONG AND LOST CONTROL OF THE CHAIR. AS PER DEALER THE USER WAS INJURED. THE USER RECEIVED A SMALL HAIR LINE FRACTURE ON HER FOOT, BRUISED HER RIB AND THE KNEECAP BECAME DISLOCATED. SHE WAS TREATED IN EMERGENCY CARE.

  Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s); Bruise/Contusion; Fall; Joint Dislocation

  MAUDE report 8162983 ↗
• InjuryDec 13, 2018Detachment of Device or Device Component

  PER DEALER (B)(6), ON (B)(6) 2018 THE END USER WAS IN THE CHAIR USING THE TILT FUNCTION AND THE CHAIR FELL COMPLETELY BACK. THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED AT HOME AND THE PATIENT WAS INJURED. THEY HAD TO GO TO THE ER FOR AN OPEN GASH ON THE BACK OF THE END USER'S HEAD. (B)(6) STATED THE HEX SCREW FELL OUT OF THE BASE OF THE SEAT CAUSING THE INCIDENT TO OCCUR. (B)(6)STATED THAT THE CHAIR DOES NOT NEED TO BE RETURNED, THEY HAVE ORDERED ALL REPLACEMENT PARTS NEEDED.

  Patient problems: Head Injury

  MAUDE report 8162914 ↗
• InjuryDec 3, 2018Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  ON "(B)(6)" 2018 PER DEALER (B)(4), THE END USER INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHILE IN THEIR POWER WHEELCHAIR. CUSTOMER GOT INJURED WITH A BROKEN ARM BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IS OK. PER THE DEALER, THE CHAIR IS AT THE POLICE STATION AND THEIR TECH IS GOING TO PICK IT UP TO LOOK AT THE DAMAGE.

  Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s)

  MAUDE report 8126211 ↗
• MalfunctionNov 6, 2018Mechanical Problem

  ON (B)(6) 2018 DEALER, (B)(4), STATED THE STRUTS HAD NO TENSION AND THE END USER WAS THROWN FROM THE CHAIR. (B)(4) RECEIVED THE CALL ON (B)(6) 2018. PER THE DEALER THE USER GOT A LITTLE "BANGED UP" AND DID GO TO THE HOSPITAL. THE DEALER ALSO STATES THE END USER HAD A BIG BRUISE ON THE RIGHT LEG AND IS A LEFT BELOW THE KNEE AMPUTEE.

  Patient problems: Bruise/Contusion; Fall; Injury

  MAUDE report 8044323 ↗
• InjuryOct 30, 2018Appropriate Device Problem Term/Code Not Available

  ON (B)(4) 2018 DEALER (B)(4) REPORTED THAT THIS CHAIR WAS INVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT AND THE END USER WAS THROWN FROM THE CHAIR 50 FT. THE DEALER STATED UPON RECEIVING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT ANY INJURIES SUSTAINED BY THE END USER HE WILL PROVIDE THAT TO SUNRISE MEDICAL.

  Patient problems: Fall

  MAUDE report 8022147 ↗
• InjuryOct 17, 2018Unintended Movement

  ON (B)(6) 2018 DEALER (B)(6) CALLED SUNRISE MEDICAL TO REPORT THAT THE CLIENT FLIPPED HER CHAIR OVER ONTO THE RIGHT SIDE. PER (B)(6), THE CLIENT STATED, "SHE WAS COMING DOWN AN INCLINE AND TURNING RIGHT THEN TO THE LEFT AND THEN SPUN ALL THE WAY AROUND TO THE RIGHT AND TIPPED OVER". (B)(6) SAYS THE CLIENT FLIPPED HER CHAIR ON (B)(6) 2018 AND RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION SAME DAY AT (B)(6) HOSPITAL. PER (B)(6), THE CLIENT ALLEGEDLY SUFFERED A CRACKED RIB.

  Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s); Fall

  MAUDE report 7976404 ↗
• InjuryAug 28, 2018Detachment of Device or Device Component

  SUNRISE MEDICAL ACCOUNT MANAGER REPORTED THAT AN END USER WAS OPERATING THE CHAIR ON THE STREET WHEN BOTH FRONT CASTERS CAME OFF THE CHAIR AND THE END USER WAS THROWN OUT OF THE CHAIR. THE END USER WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITAL.

  Patient problems: Fall

  MAUDE report 7824543 ↗
• InjuryAug 9, 2018Unintended Movement

  PER THE DEALER (B)(6) AT (B)(6), ON (B)(6) THE PATIENT WAS CROSSING THE STREET WITH HIS WHEELCHAIR AND HIT A DIVOT IN THE ROAD CAUSING THE WHEELCHAIR TO FLIP OVER. THE PATIENT BROKE HIS CLAVICLE AND WAS ADMITTED INTO ICU FOR FLUID AROUND HIS LUNGS.

  Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s); Fall

  MAUDE report 7768728 ↗
• InjuryJul 11, 2018Mechanical Problem

  PLEASE SEE INITIAL MDR 2937137-2017-00010.

  Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s); Fall

  MAUDE report 7678521 ↗
• InjuryJun 20, 2018Break

  A LEGAL COMPLAINT NOTICE WAS RECEIVED BY SUNRISE MEDICAL (US) LLC ON JUNE 1, 2018 FROM (B)(6) ATTORNEYS AT LAW STATING THE FOLLOWING ALLEGATION: ON (B)(6) 2016, AT APPROXIMATELY 4:30 PM, OUR CLIENT (PLAINTIFF), WAS BEING STRAPPED ON HIS WHEELCHAIR WHEN PLACED HIS FEET ON THE FOOT PEDALS FOR SUPPORT, THE LEFT PEDAL BROKE CAUSING HIM TO FALL FORWARD. AS A RESULT OF THIS FALL MY CLIENT WAS INJURED. FOLLOWING THE FALL MY CLIENT WAS TRANSPORTED TO (B)(6) MEDICAL CENTER BY AMBULANCE WITH COMPLAINTS OF LEG PAIN. (B)(6), PA DIAGNOSED HIM WITH LOWER FRACTURE EXTREMITY AND DISCHARGED HIM WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOLLOW-UP CARE. PLAINTIFF WAS PLACED WITH LONG LEG SPLINT AND DISCHARGED HIM WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOLLOW-UP CARE.

  Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s); Fall

  MAUDE report 7619807 ↗