Product type
Recalls involving gas and battery chainsaws and pole saws.
12 official CPSC notices published 1996–2026, covering at least 2 million units.
Type the model number from your chainsaw's label. Every model number named in a chainsaw recall is listed below, grouped by notice.
40 model numbers
Kobalt 24V and 48V Trimmers · 26-611 · 2026
Generac Power Systems Battery-Powered Chainsaws · 25-323 · 2025
Remington gasoline chainsaws · 17-053 · 2016
Homelite Consumer Products Chainsaws · 03-124 · 2003
Shindaiwa backpack blowers · 96-087 · 1996
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Charging the lithium-ion batteries through the USB-C port, while the batteries are inserted in the yard power tools can cause the batteries to short-circuit, posing a risk of serious injury from fire hazard.
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The recalled chainsaw's chain brake may not activate, posing a laceration hazard.
The main switch on the recalled chainsaws and pole saws can fail, allowing the saws to continue to run even after the switch is released, posing a laceration hazard.
The motor controller of the recalled chainsaw can overheat during operation of the unit, posing fire and burn hazards.
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The chainsaw can remain in the "on" position, posing a laceration hazard to consumers.
The power switch can malfunction and allow the chainsaw to continue operating after the operator moves the switch to the "off" position, posing a serious injury hazard to the operator.
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The chain brake guard in the cordless electric chainsaw can fail and allow the chainsaw to continue operating, posing an injury hazard to users.
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These saws can operate while the engine is at the "idle" setting, posing a risk of serious lacerations to the operator and bystanders.
The plug at the end of the power cord of the chain saw and the edger may have exposed copper wires, presenting a possible electrocution hazard to consumers.
Totals add up the figures the notices state, counting a reannounced or restated recall once; 11 of 12 notices add a unit count. A notice that gives no number adds nothing.
Counted across all 12 notices on file as of October 31, 2026. Each line says how many notices it rests on.
Lowe's (4), Amazon (3), Harbor Freight (2), Sears (2), and Ace Hardware (1) are the stores named most often in the 11 notices that say where chainsaws were sold. 9 of the 11 notices mention online sales.
The 10 notices that give a price range from $20 to $790. Half of them name a price of $165 or less.
By the 11 notices that give sale dates, half the products were on sale for 7 months or less; the longest for 9 years. Half the recalls came within 10 months of the first sale; the other half reached products that had been on sale longer.
A replacement in 5 of the 9 notices that name a remedy, a repair in 3, a refund in 1. Some notices offer more than one.
Fire is named in 5 of the 12 notices (42%), against 24% of all CPSC notices on file. Then laceration (3), burn (2), and electric shock (1).
5 of the 11 notices that describe incidents report at least one; 2 report injuries. 6 said none had been reported when the recall was announced.
7 of the 12 notices list model numbers. They also name serial numbers in 6, date codes or manufacture dates in 6, UPC codes in 2. A matching model number is a reason to open the notice, not the last word.
Where the notices say the numbers are: “on a white label above the rear handle” (2 notices), “on a label on the bottom of the chainsaw”, and “on the label located in the rear handle”.
China (8), United States (1) and Vietnam (1), in the 9 notices that name a manufacturing country.
3 chainsaw notices in 2021–2025, down from 5 in 2016–2020. Across all CPSC notices on file, the count rose 16% over the same years.
As of October 31, 2026, CPSC has published 12 recall notices for chainsaws since 1996, covering at least 2 million units. The most recent is “Greenworks Tools Recalls 24V and 48V Kobalt Yard Power Tools with USB-C Batteries Due to Risk of Serious Injury from Fire Hazard” (CPSC 26-611), announced July 9, 2026.
Yes. As of October 31, 2026, CPSC has published 1 recall notice for chainsaws in 2026, on July 9, 2026 (CPSC 26-611).
“Harbor Freight Tools Recalls Chainsaws Due to Serious Injury Hazard” (CPSC 18-155), announced May 14, 2018: about 1 million units.
Brands named most often: Changzhou Globe (2), Hongkong Sun Rise Trading (2), MTD Southwest (2), Zhejiang Pioneer Machinery & Electron (2), DR Power Equipment, Generac Power Systems, Harbor Freight Tools and Homelite Consumer Products, plus 3 more brands. Brand-name products are often made by another firm, so one recall can span several brands.
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. 7 of the 12 notices here list model numbers. They also name serial numbers in 6 and date codes or manufacture dates in 6. The place they name most often is “on a white label above the rear handle”.
Follow the remedy in the official notice and contact the firm it names. Across chainsaw recalls, the remedies offered most often are replacement (5), repair (3) and refund (1).
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