
2015 Toro TimeCutter Riding Mowers
The fuel filters on the mowers can become brittle and fractured, allowing fuel to leak and posing a fire hazard.
- Fire
- About 8,600 units
- 5 reports
- Repair
Brand
17 official CPSC notices naming Toro, 1989–2015, across power tools.
Totals add up the figures the notices state, counting a reannounced recall once; 11 of 17 notices add a unit count. A notice that gives no number adds nothing.
Every model number named in a Toro recall, grouped by notice. Type the number from your product label.
27 model numbers
TimeCutter Z Riding Lawn Mower · 03-548 · 2003
Toro and Exmark brand commercial duty zero-turn radius… · 01-526 · 2001
Toro Key Start power mowers · 01-018 · 2000
Toro rear engine riding mowers · 89-008 · 1989
17 notices where the recalled products are lawn mowers.

The fuel filters on the mowers can become brittle and fractured, allowing fuel to leak and posing a fire hazard.

Mowers were assembled with an incorrect blade driver and blade combination, which can cause the blade to break, resulting in an injury hazard.

The mower's blade can break and injure the user and others nearby

Toro Z Master Riding
The idler pulley can rub against the mower's fuel tank, posing a fire hazard.

Toro Z Master Riding
The traction drive belt can wear through the mower's fuel tank and cause fuel to leak, posing a fire hazard.

The carburetors on both products develop fuel leaks and can ignite when exposed to an ignition source, posing a fire or burn hazard.

The coolant overflow container on the recalled mowers can become over-pressurized and cause hot coolant to spray on the operator. This poses a burn hazard to consumers.

The actuator arm could fail, resulting in a loss of transmission control and risk of personal injury.

The engines for these products had fuel lines that were too long and could possibly droop and come in contact with moving parts, which can cut the fuel lines, resulting in fuel leakage.

Toro- Commercial-grade Riding
The riding mower's exhaust system can ignite fuel vapors from spilled fuel if the engine backfires.

Spilled fuel can ignite during refueling, when fuel vapors are drawn into the hot muffler.

The wiring on these mowers can short circuit, posing a fire hazard.
The recall contact each official notice gives, newest first. Contacts can change after a notice is published; the notice itself is the final word.
As of October 1, 2026, CPSC has published 17 recall notices naming Toro consumer products between 1989 and 2015, covering at least 137,200 units.
No. As of October 1, 2026, CPSC has published no recall notice naming Toro consumer products in 2026. The most recent was announced November 24, 2015 (CPSC 16-044).
Lawn mowers (17).
“CPSC, The Toro Company Announce Recall of Riding Mowers” (CPSC 01-526), announced July 20, 2001: about 39,000 units.
Find the model number on the product's rating label, then type it into the model-number lookup on this page. A match means the number appears in an official CPSC notice; open that notice to confirm any date codes or serial ranges it lists. No match is not proof that a product is safe.
Each notice names its own recall contact; the contacts for every Toro notice are listed on this page. For the most recent one, 2015 Toro TimeCutter Riding Mowers (CPSC 16-044), call 844-521-2384 and go to www.toro.com.