Kubota Recalls Riding Mowers Due to Fire Hazard
Kubota Zero Turn Riding
Hazard: The carburetor can fail allowing fuel to leak, posing a fire hazard.
74 supported household-product notices published in 2009, from official CPSC data.
Kubota Zero Turn Riding
Hazard: The carburetor can fail allowing fuel to leak, posing a fire hazard.
Walter Kidde Portable Equipment
Hazard: The pressurized cylinders in the recalled fire extinguishers could lose pressure and fail to operate. In the event of a fire, this failure could put a consumer and property at risk.
Maytag
Hazard: An electrical failure in the relay, the component that turns on the refrigerator's compressor, can cause overheating and pose a serious fire hazard.
Springfield Wire Inc. (SWI)
Hazard: The outer cover of the immersion heater can crack and expose the heating element to water, posing a shock hazard to consumers.
LG Electronics MobileComm
Hazard: The recalled phones can have difficulty sustaining a connection or have poor voice quality on calls to emergency 911.
Catalina Lighting
Hazard: The UV glass lens on the lamp can crack, exposing the halogen bulb, posing a fire and burn hazard.
The Land of Nod
Hazard: When screws are missing from the upper bunk's guardrails, the vertical slats on the guardrails can detach and pose the risk of children falling when getting in or out of the upper bunk.
Dorel Juvenile Group
Hazard: The hinges that hold the stair gate in place can break, posing a fall hazard to children if the gate is placed at the top of the stairs.
Lane Furniture Industries
Hazard: The base of the chair, if installed backwards, can allow the chair to tip-over backwards, posing a fall hazard to consumers.
Milestone AV Technologies
Hazard: The wall mount can crack when used with televisions 26 inches and larger or with televisions that include a DVD player. The television can then fall from the wall mount and pose a serious risk of injury to consumers standing nearby.
Rheem
Hazard: If the furnace is not properly wired, the oil burner can continue to operate when the blower shuts off, posing a fire hazard to consumers.
Bosch and Siemens Model
Hazard: An electrical component in certain model dishwashers can overheat, posing a fire hazard to consumers.