A folding utility wagon sold at Costco has been recalled after regulators found it fails the federal safety standard for strollers, with a gap that can trap a child’s head. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recall of about 530 Pack-N-Stroll Premium Folding Utility Wagons on October 23, 2025, citing entrapment and fall hazards. No injuries have been reported.
The hazard regulators identified
The recall centers on a design detail that turns an ordinary-looking wagon into a regulated juvenile product. Because the Pack-N-Stroll was used to carry children, the CPSC evaluated it against the mandatory standard for strollers, and it fell short on two counts. An opening between the wagon’s organizational tray and its sidewall can allow a child’s head to become entrapped, a hazard the agency describes as posing a risk of serious injury or death. Separately, the wagon lacks a restraint system, which the CPSC says creates a fall risk for children riding in it.
Together those failures are why a product marketed for hauling and family outings ended up recalled under stroller rules. A wagon that carries a child but has neither a properly sized enclosure nor a harness leaves two of the basic protections a stroller is required to provide.
How to identify an affected wagon
The recalled model is the Pack-N-Stroll Premium Folding Utility Wagon, sold in black with blue accents on the handle, wagon body and wheel spokes. It came with a removable organizational tray and two cup holders attached to the push and pull handle, and it folds for storage. The word “Pack-N-Stroll” appears in blue lettering on a black label attached to the wagon, which is the marking owners can use to confirm they have the recalled product. The recall is logged as recall number 26-044.
According to the notice, the wagons were sold at Costco.com and cohooutdoors.com from June 2025 through July 2025 for between $200 and $400. The importer is Olympia Tools International, Inc., of Covina, California, and the product was manufactured in China. The CPSC reports no incidents or injuries connected to the wagons.
The remedy is a full refund. Consumers are told to stop using the wagons immediately and return the item to Costco to receive their money back. Olympia Tools has also set up a toll-free line and a recall page on its cohooutdoors.com site for owners who need more information.
What it means for families and shoppers
For anyone who owns one of these wagons, the guidance is simple: stop using it to carry children now and return it for a refund rather than assuming the gap is a minor flaw. The specific danger the CPSC names, a head becoming trapped in the opening between the tray and the sidewall, is the sort of quiet hazard that is easy to overlook until it causes harm, which is precisely why the standard exists.
The case is also a reminder that the category a product is marketed in does not determine which safety rules apply. A “utility wagon” that is used to transport a child is treated by regulators as child-carrying equipment and must meet the stroller standard, restraint system included. Olympia Tools is primarily known as a tools company, and the recall shows how a product that crosses into the juvenile market inherits that market’s obligations.
More broadly, this recall sits alongside a string of CPSC actions on children’s gear sold through major retailers and direct-to-consumer sites, from hook-on chairs to standing towers, many flagged for the same fall or entrapment concerns. Shoppers looking to avoid such products can check whether an item used to carry a child includes a functioning restraint and meets the relevant federal standard, and can search the CPSC’s recall listings before buying. For this wagon, the affected run is modest at roughly 530 units, but the refund path through Costco is straightforward, and the agency’s message is that the hazard justifies acting before an incident, not after.
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