Recalls involving corded, cordless, and outdoor power tools and their dedicated batteries.
Hardware used to hold the mower blade brake assemblies on the mower decks can break. This can cause the mower blades to spin longer than normal after the operator turns off the power, posing a laceration hazard.
Fiskars SmartPower
Engine vibration during use of the trimmers can cause wear on the fuel line, leading to a propane fuel leak. The Straight Shaft Trimmers' propane canister can crack at the neck during use. In addition, high temperatures may develop near the Curved Shaft Trimmers' plastic cutting guard, causing the guard to deform and fall off. These issues pose burn, fire and laceration hazards to the user.
Homelite Consumer Products
The surface cleaner attachment's nozzle and spray bar can break and detach, striking and/or breaking the unit's plastic housing. The broken nozzle, spray bar and/or plastic housing can strike consumers, posing a laceration hazard.
The level of ethanol and other fuel additives can distort the toolless fuel cap, allowing fuel to spill, posing a fire and burn hazard.
Pieces of the fan can break off from the fan assembly and be ejected from the product, posing a laceration hazard to consumers.
The carburetors on both products develop fuel leaks and can ignite when exposed to an ignition source, posing a fire or burn hazard.
A fuel leak can occur near the rear mounting screws on the bottom of the fuel tank, posing a fire hazard.
Mowers with the optional deluxe seat have an operator presence switch built into the seat that can activate the mower when the operator vacates the seat, posing an injury hazard from the blade to the operator and anyone in the vicinity of the mower.
Welds on the motion control linkage can fail and cause the driver to lose control of the machine, resulting in a crash hazard.
The gasoline tank can split and leak fuel, posing a fire hazard to consumers.
The gasoline tank can split and leak fuel, posing a fire hazard to consumers.
Briggs & Stratton Corporation, Milwaukee, Wis.
Wear on misrouted wiring may cause it to disconnect from the shut-off device, allowing the engine to continue running when the key is in the "OFF" position or when the operator gets off the seat while the mower is engaged, posing an injury hazard to consumers.