NIKE USA Jordan Trunner LX and Jordan Trunner 2000 cross-training shoes

What went wrong

The notice saysThe shoes have a thin metal strip on the outside of the heel that can protrude from the shoe and form a sharp edge that can cut consumers.

Cut hazards in footwear almost always come from metal parts: thread, wire, studs, rivets or trim. They tend to show up after some wear, when linings thin out or edges lift. A quick run of your fingers along the inside of the shoe will often reveal the problem the notice describes.

How to tell if your pair is affected

Product description in the noticeThe NIKE Jordan Trunner LX and Jordan Trunner 2000 Mid shoes being recalled have a strip of metal about 4 inches long at the upper part of the back of the shoe, which is encased in plastic. These shoes are size six and higher, and have model numbers 136040 (the Jordan Trunner LX) and model number 136050 (the Jordan Trunner 2000 Mid). On the Trunner LX, the model number is located on a label on the inside tongue of the shoe, above the UPC code. On the Trunner 2000 Mid, the model number is located above the UPC code on a label inside the heel of the shoe. The Trunner LX is available in various color combinations. The Trunner LX has a Velcro strip instead of laces, and has the word "JORDAN" on a cloth strip just below the Velcro strap and also on the bottom of the shoe. The Trunner 2000 Mid comes in two color combinations: white and black with metallic silver trim, and black and gray with fluorescent yellow trim. The name "JORDAN" appears in block letters near the shoelaces and on the bottom of the shoe, and "TRUNNER" appears on the back heel of the shoe over the metal strip.

Numbers named in the notice that you can match against the label, box or receipt:

• 136040
• 136050

What the notice tells you to do

RemedyConsumers should stop using these cross-training shoes and immediately return them to the store where purchased to receive a substitute product or a store credit.

Recall contact, as printed in the notice: For more information, consumers should call NIKE at (800) 344-6453 between 7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. PT Monday through Friday, or access the Nike website at www.nikebiz.com

The recall is 25 years old, and the last pairs were sold about 25 years ago. The notice gives a phone number and a website for the firm; contact details that old may no longer work, while the CPSC notice stays online as the record of the recall.

How this recall compares

• With about 225,000 units, this is the 7th largest of the 95 footwear recalls in our archive that give a U.S. unit count. The median recall in the archive covers about 7,200 units, so this one is well above typical size.
• 9 other footwear recalls in the archive cite the same kind of hazard (cuts and scrapes), 2 of them in adult / unisex footwear. The earliest in this group dates from 1997.
• The notice puts the sales window at about 10 months (May 2000 to February 2001), against a median of 7 months across recalls that state one. The recall came in the same month sales ended.
• The notice gives a price of $100 to $125. For sneakers and athletic shoes in the archive the typical stated price is about $38, so this pair sat at the pricier end of its group.
• The notice cites 16 reports before the recall. 36 of the 95 detailed notices in the archive cite no incidents at all.

Year, part, store and origin

• 2001 brought 4 footwear recalls in our archive, covering about 797,000 units in all. This was the 2nd of the year by date and the 2nd largest by units.
• The notice names the metal part as the part that fails. 6 other footwear recalls in the archive name the same part in their hazard statement; the most recent is Sandals (2015).
• 16 reports on about 225,000 units works out to roughly 7.1 reports per 100,000 units. The median across the 55 recalls that give both figures is 16, so this recall drew fewer reports per pair than most.
• At the stated price, the 225,000 units come to roughly $25 million of retail sales, one of the ten largest recalls in the archive.

Against the other NIKE USA recall

NIKE USA also recalled Jordan Trunner cross-training shoes on July 23, 2001. This recall came 5 months before it. It was the smaller of the two, 225,000 units against 425,000. Both notices give the same kind of failure (the metal part), so treat a pair from either line the same way. These sold for more, $100 to $125 against $90 to $125. They were on sale for a shorter time, about 10 months against 25 months. The notice cites 16 reports, the later one 6.

Comparisons use the 103 footwear recalls in our archive, read from the CPSC recall database on October 20, 2026. See data and methods.