Product type
Recalls involving portable, inverter, and standby generators.
39 official CPSC notices published 1989–2026, covering at least 1.9 million units.
Type the model number from your generator's label. Every model number named in a generator recall is listed below, grouped by notice.
118 model numbers
Generac Portable Generators · 26-407 · 2026
Honda Model EU7000is Portable Generators · 23-251 · 2023
Generac® and DR® 6500 Watt and 8000-Watt portable generators · 23-040 · 2022
Generac® and DR® 6500 Watt and 8000 Watt portable generators · 21-173 · 2021
ECHO EGi-2300 Watt Generators · 21-760 · 2021
2018 and 2019 Yamaha EF2000iS portable generators · 20-710 · 2019
FIRMAN P03615 generators · 19-744 · 2019
Fuel tank replacement caps made by Kelch/Bemis · 19-007 · 2018
Honda portable generators · 18-072 · 2017
Portable Generators · 13-247 · 2013
American Honda Portable Generators · 13-042 · 2012
Powermate Sx 5500 portable generators · 13-036 · 2012
Homelite, Husky and Black Max Brand Generators · 09-305 · 2009
Big Muddy Sports PowerPlus Generators · 09-257 · 2009
Porter-Cable portable generators · 02-067 · 2001
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When first filling the recalled generator with gasoline, fuel can leak from the carburetor, posing a risk of serious injury or death from fire or burn hazard. Consumers with generators that have previously been filled with enough gasoline to move the gauge off "E," or have been used without any gasoline leakage, can continue to be used.
The recalled generators' fuel tank can fail to vent adequately from the rollover valve, causing the gas tank to build up excess pressure and expel fuel when opened, posing fire and burn hazards.
The fuel filler cap can improperly seal, resulting in fuel and/or fuel vapor leaking, posing a fire hazard.
An unlocked handle can pinch consumers' fingers against the generator frame when the generator is moved, posing finger amputation and crushing hazards.
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Generac and DR
An unlocked handle can pinch consumers' fingers against the generator frame when the generator is moved, posing finger amputation and crushing hazards.
Techtronic Industries (Dongguan)
The unit can overheat, posing fire and burn hazards to consumers.
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The portable generators have a wiring error which can result in an electrical shock to users.
The recalled portable generators can leak fuel, posing a fire and burn hazard.
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The portable generator's inverter assembly can short circuit with the presence of salt water. This causes the unit to smoke or catch fire, posing fire and burn hazards to consumers.
The portable generator's fuel tank can leak gasoline, posing fire and burn hazards.
FIRMAN Power Equipment
The generator's carbon canister can leak gas, posing a fire hazard.
The portable generator can leak gasoline from the fuel valve, posing fire and burn hazards.
Totals add up the figures the notices state, counting a reannounced or restated recall once; 37 of 39 notices add a unit count. A notice that gives no number adds nothing.
Counted across all 39 notices on file as of October 31, 2026. Each line says how many notices it rests on.
The Home Depot (13), Amazon (5), Costco (5), Lowe's (4), and Northern Tool (4) are the stores named most often in the 38 notices that say where generators were sold. 17 of the 38 notices mention online sales.
The 37 notices that give a price range from $26 to $25,000. Half of them name a price of $790 or less.
By the 38 notices that give sale dates, half the products were on sale for 12 months or less; the longest for 12.5 years. Half the recalls came within 14 months of the first sale; the other half reached products that had been on sale longer.
A repair in 23 of the 26 notices that name a remedy, a replacement in 4, a refund in 2. Some notices offer more than one.
Fire is named in 31 of the 39 notices (79%), against 24% of all CPSC notices on file. Then burn (14), electric shock (3), crushing (2), and explosion (2).
30 of the 38 notices that describe incidents report at least one; 2 report injuries. 8 said none had been reported when the recall was announced.
25 of the 39 notices list model numbers. They also name serial numbers in 29, date codes or manufacture dates in 10, 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 label on the product” (2 notices), “on a lower corner of one of the side panels of the generator” (2 notices), and “at the front base of the unit”.
China (20), United States (9), Japan (3), India (2) and Thailand (2), in the 36 notices that name a manufacturing country.
6 generator notices in 2021–2025, down from 12 in 2016–2020. Across all CPSC notices on file, the count rose 16% over the same years.
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Every notice, newest first. Unit counts are the U.S. figures each notice states.
As of October 31, 2026, CPSC has published 39 recall notices for generators since 1989, covering at least 1.9 million units. The most recent is “Generac Power Systems Recalls Portable Generators Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Burn and Fire Hazards” (CPSC 26-407), announced April 16, 2026.
Yes. As of October 31, 2026, CPSC has published 1 recall notice for generators in 2026, on April 16, 2026 (CPSC 26-407).
“American Honda Recall of Portable Generators Due to Fire and Burn Hazards” (CPSC 20-090), announced March 17, 2020: about 340,000 units.
Brands named most often: American Honda (6), Generac Power Systems (5), Generac (4), Honda (4), Cummins Power Generation (2), Kohler (2), Kohler Power Systems (2) and MWE Investments (2), plus 25 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. 25 of the 39 notices here list model numbers. They also name serial numbers in 29 and date codes or manufacture dates in 10. The place they name most often is “on a label on the product”.
Follow the remedy in the official notice and contact the firm it names. Across generator recalls, the remedies offered most often are repair (23), replacement (4) and refund (2).
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