Product type
Recalls involving electric and gas pressure washers.
34 official CPSC notices published 1984–2026, covering at least 3.3 million units.
Type the model number from your pressure washer's label. Every model number named in a pressure washer recall is listed below, grouped by notice.
93 model numbers
LANCHEZ Pressure Washers · 26-779 · 2026
Steelite Electric Pressure Washers · 26-723 · 2026
YERYORK Pressure Washers · 26-725 · 2026
Workbless Electric Pressure Washers · 26-715 · 2026
SUGIFT Electric Pressure Washers · 26-699 · 2026
COMMOWNER Electric Pressure Washers · 26-692 · 2026
DGIVOVO US Electric Pressure Washers · 26-452 · 2026
Sweetcrispy Electric Pressure Washers · 26-423 · 2026
BAYOTAK USA Electric Pressure Washers · 26-406 · 2026
RYOBI Electric Pressure Washers · 25-452 · 2025
Simpson Gas Pressure Washers · 24-070 · 2023
Electric Start Pressure Washers · 22-127 · 2022
Greenworks and Powerworks pressure washer spray guns · 21-105 · 2021
DeVilbiss Air Power Company Pressure Washers and Air… · 10-007 · 2009
Master Craft® Pressure Washers · 08-569 · 2008
DeVilbiss Air Power Company Pressure Washers and Air… · 07-060 · 2006
BLACK CAT® Electric Pressure Washer · 05-045 · 2004
Black Cat™ Electric Pressure Washers · 02-086 · 2002
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The recalled pressure washers lack an integral ground-fault circuit-interrupter (GFCI) and an adequate-length power cord, which may encourage use of an extension cord, posing serious risks of injury or death from shock and electrocution hazards.
The recalled pressure washers lack an integral ground-fault circuit-interrupter (GFCI) and an adequate-length power cord, posing a risk of serious injury or death from shock and electrocution hazards.
The recalled pressure washers lack an integral ground-fault circuit-interrupter (GFCI) and an adequate-length power cord, posing serious risks of injury or death from shock and electrocution hazards.
The recalled pressure washers lack an integral ground-fault circuit-interrupter (GFCI) and an adequate-length power cord, posing serious risks of injury or death from shock and electrocution hazards.
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The recalled pressure washers lack an integral ground-fault circuit-interrupter (GFCI) and, because the power cord is short, it may encourage use of an extension cord, posing serious risks of injury or death from shock and electrocution hazards.
The recalled pressure washers lack an integral ground-fault circuit-interrupter (GFCI) and, because the power cord is short, it may encourage use of an extension cord, posing serious risks of injury or death from shock and electrocution hazards.
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The electronic start/stop button on the pressure washer can malfunction and self-start, posing a risk of serious injury or death due to carbon monoxide poisoning, if the unit is in a confined space.
The recalled pressure washers lack an integral ground-fault circuit-interrupter (GFCI), posing a serious risk of injury or death from shock and electrocution hazards.
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The recalled pressure washers lack an integral ground-fault circuit-interrupter (GFCI), posing a serious risk of injury or death from shock and electrocution hazards.
The recalled pressure washers lack an integral ground-fault circuit-interrupter (GFCI), posing a serious risk of injury or death from shock and electrocution hazards.
The recalled pressure washers lack an integral ground-fault circuit-interrupter (GFCI), posing a serious risk of injury or death from shock and electrocution hazards.
The recalled pressure washers lack an integral ground-fault circuit-interrupter (GFCI), posing a serious risk of injury or death from shock and electrocution.
Totals add up the figures the notices state, counting a reannounced or restated recall once; 31 of 34 notices add a unit count. A notice that gives no number adds nothing.
Counted across all 34 notices on file as of October 31, 2026. Each line says how many notices it rests on.
Amazon (16), The Home Depot (6), Lowe's (5), Ace Hardware (3), and Northern Tool (3) are the stores named most often in the 32 notices that say where pressure washers were sold. 24 of the 32 notices mention online sales.
The 31 notices that give a price range from $40 to $10,000. Half of them name a price of $120 or less.
By the 31 notices that give sale dates, half the products were on sale for 9 months or less; the longest for 8 years. Half the recalls came within 13 months of the first sale; the other half reached products that had been on sale longer.
A refund in 11 of the 25 notices that name a remedy, a repair in 7, a replacement in 7. Some notices offer more than one.
Electric shock is named in 16 of the 34 notices (47%), against 5% of all CPSC notices on file. Then fire (6), impact (3), laceration (3), and carbon monoxide (2).
18 of the 32 notices that describe incidents report at least one; 5 report injuries. 14 said none had been reported when the recall was announced.
21 of the 34 notices list model numbers. They also name serial numbers in 8, date codes or manufacture dates in 5. 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 located on the upper rear of the mower deck” (2 notices), “on a label on the back of the pressure washers” (2 notices), and “on a label located on the engine”.
China (23), United States (8) and Vietnam (1), in the 31 notices that name a manufacturing country.
7 pressure washer notices in 2021–2025, up from 2 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 34 recall notices for pressure washers since 1984, covering at least 3.3 million units. The most recent is “LANCHEZ Pressure Washers Recalled Due to Serious Risk of Injury or Death from Shock and Electrocution Hazards” (CPSC 26-779), announced September 17, 2026.
Yes. As of October 31, 2026, CPSC has published 15 recall notices for pressure washers in 2026, the most recent on September 17, 2026 (CPSC 26-779).
“One Million Greenworks and Powerworks Pressure Washer Spray Guns Recalled Due to Impact Injury Hazard; Distributed by Hongkong Sun Rise Trading” (CPSC 21-105), announced April 7, 2021: about 1.1 million units.
Brands named most often: American Honda (2), BLACK CAT Electric (2), DeVilbiss Air Power (2), Electric Start (2), Generac Power Systems (2), Honda Lawnmowers (2), Briggs & Stratton and Fingerhut, plus 22 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. 21 of the 34 notices here list model numbers. They also name serial numbers in 8 and date codes or manufacture dates in 5. The place they name most often is “on a label located on the upper rear of the mower deck”.
Follow the remedy in the official notice and contact the firm it names. Across pressure washer recalls, the remedies offered most often are refund (11), repair (7) and replacement (7).
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