Hedge Trimmers
CPSC #04-017, 29Oct03. Shindaiwa is voluntarily recalling approximately 52,900 professional hedge trimmers. The fuel cap on the hedge trimmer can leak, posing a fire and burn hazard.

Walk-Behind Lawnmowers
CPSC #04-013, 22Oct03. Husqvarna is voluntarily recalling approximately 9,900 Husqvarna Royal walk-behind lawnmowers. A loose blade bolt could cause the blade to come loose or the blade adapter to crack, resulting in the blade falling off. Should this condition occur, the operator or a bystander could be injured.

Walk-Behind Lawnmowers
CPSC #04-009, 15Oct03. Honda is voluntarily recalling approximately 30,000 Harmony walk-behind lawnmowers. If the lawnmower strikes an object with sufficient force, the crankshaft can bend. Vibration created by a bent crankshaft can eventually result in a fatigue failure of the Roto-stop^TM blade brake control assembly. This can allow the cutting blade to continue rotating after the blade control lever is released, posing a risk of injury to consumers.

Gas Grill Regulators
CPSC #03-196, 25Sep03. Marshall Gas Controls is voluntarily recalling approximately 35,000 LP-Gas regulators on Char-Broil®, Kenmore®, and Thermos® brand LP-Gas Grills. Some of these regulators were assembled with an undersized seat disc that could become dislodged and leak propane gas. Propane gas is highly flammable and could ignite causing a fire or explosion.

Gas Grills
CPSC #03-191, 25Sep03. Grand Hall Enterprise is voluntarily recalling approximately 50,000 Member's Mark® Gas Grills. The bottom edge on the front control panel is sharp and can cause lacerations to the hands.

Gas Grills
CPSC #03-180, 10Sep03. Weber Stephen is voluntarily recalling approximately 43,000 Summit and 1,450 Vieluxe Gas Grills. The glass cover and components on the grill's thermometer can break, posing a risk of injury to the user or those nearby.

Gas Grills
CPSC #03-173, 21Aug03. CFM Keanall is voluntarily recalling approximately 1500 Great Outdoors "Horizon" Gas Grills. Certain wind conditions blowing at these grills can cause overheating or flashbacks under the control panel. Flames could damage the hose that supplies gas to the burner, causing an uncontrolled flame. Also, flames could come in contact with user's hands, resulting in burns.

Lawn Sprinklers
CPSC #03-159, 17Jul03. Midwest is voluntarily recalling approximately 4000 toad lawn ball sprinklers. A small hose inside the toad can fail, allowing water to fill the toad's cavity. The increased water pressure can cause the toad to explode, posing the risk of injury to anyone nearby.

Weed Cutting Attachment Blades
CPSC #03-135, 29May03. Conceptual Marketing & Development is voluntarily recalling approximately 1.1 million metal blades for their model 4650 weed cutting attachment. The blades can break off and hit consumers causing severe impact and laceration injuries.

Chainsaws
CPSC #03-124, 8May03. Homelite is voluntarily recalling about 6,900 chainsaws. These saws can operate while the engine is at the "idle" setting, posing a risk of serious lacerations to the operator and bystanders.

Snowthrowers
CPSC #03-102, 27Mar03. Toro is voluntarily recalling about 3,400 Toro Snow Commander snowthrowers. The plastic fuel tank can crack and leak gasoline, posing a risk for fire and injury.

Riding Lawn Tractors
CPSC #03-089, 04Mar03. Murray is voluntarily recalling about 270,000 riding lawn tractors. The fuel tank can crack and leak fuel, posing a burn and fire hazard to consumers.

Power Equipment Engines
CPSC #03-046, 27Nov02. Tecumseh is voluntarily recalling about 25,000 engines used in various outdoor power equipment. A misrouted fuel line in the engine can become damaged, allowing gasoline to leak out, posing a fire hazard to consumers.

Chain Saws
CPSC #03-037, 13Oct02. Stihl is voluntarily recalling about 3,000 chain saws. Fuel can leak out of the chain saw’s tank, which could cause a fire or injury hazard to consumers.

Gas Grills
CPSC #03-006, 8Oct02. Value City/Schottenstein is recalling about 10,800 Red Devil gas grills sold at Value City and Schottenstein stores. The product's design allows consumers to light the grill at an air intake tube, instead of at the burner. Though the grill appears to function normally, gas inside the air intake tube ignites. The tube can reach temperatures of up to 750 degrees Fahrenheit and present a burn hazard to consumers. In grills manufactured before August 1998, the heat produced by lighting the grill at the air intake tube damaged the plastic support piece, and caused the grill to fall to the ground. When it collapses, flames from the grill can burn nearby consumers and ignite surrounding combustibles.

Cordless Electric Lawn Mowers
CPSC #02-254, 19Sep02. Black & Decker is voluntarily recalling to repair about 140,000 cordless electric lawn mowers. An electrical component in the lawn mower can overheat, posing a possible fire hazard.

Walk-Behind Mowers
CPSC #02-242, 04Sep02. Lawn-Boy is voluntarily recalling about 36,000 Lawn-Boy walk-behind mowers. The vendor who manufactured the mulch plates for Lawn-Boy used the wrong material, making the plates brittle and easy to crack or break if struck by a stone or stick while mowing. Objects coming through a broken plate or pieces of the plate could possibly injure the operator or bystanders.

Hedge Trimmers
CPSC #02-235, 20Aug02. Shindaiwa is voluntarily recalling about 3,100 gasoline powered professional hedge trimmers. The catalytic muffler can overheat and damage the fuel tank, posing a fire hazard.

Riding Lawn Mowers
CPSC #02-220, 6Aug02. Excel Industries is voluntarily recalling about 1,500 Hustler "FasTrak" riding lawn mowers. Excessive heat, vibrations and wear causes the fuel line to droop over time and rub against the transmission fan, causing the fuel line to be cut. This poses a fire hazard and a risk of burn injuries to consumers.

Lawn Mower Grass Bags
CPSC #02-219, 6Aug02. MTD Products is voluntarily recalling about 5,000 grass bag attachments for its 19-inch electric walk-behind lawn mowers. The lawn mowers have a rear-mounted grass bag that does not seal properly to the rear door of the mower, allowing grass and other debris to be thrown out at the top of the bag. This could result in injury to the operator or bystanders.

Gas Grills
CPSC #02-207, 19Jul02. Flat Rock Grill is voluntarily recalling about 1,800 gas grills. The glass casing of the thermometer displays attached to these grills can break or shatter, posing a risk of cuts or other serious injuries to consumers.

Gas Grills
CPSC #02-206, 19Jul02. Wal-Mart is recalling about 60,000 Red Devil gas grills sold at Wal-Mart. About 155,000 of these grills were manufactured by e4L Inc., of Encino, Calif., and Quantum North America Inc., of Encino, Calif. Because the manufacturer is out of business, CPSC issued a warning about these grills in May 2002.

Vinyl Deck Post Kits
CPSC #02-201, 17Jul02. Royal Outdoor Products is voluntarily recalling about 1,250 colonial vinyl post kits. Cracks can develop near the base of the posts. This can allow the railing to collapse, potentially injuring people on the deck.

Mosquito Traps
CPSC #02-200, 15Jul02. The Coleman Company is voluntarily recalling about 136,000 Mosquito Deleto^TM Traps. The mosquito trap's propane regulator can leak propane or allow an overflow of propane gas, both of which pose a fire hazard to consumers. In addition, the fuel hose attachment sold with the Back Home^TM System can become damaged and leak propane, which poses a fire hazard to consumers.

Gas Grills
CPSC #02-159, 23May02. CPSC is warning consumers about 155,000 Red Devil gas grills manufactured by e4L and Quantum North America. The product's design allows consumers to light the grill at an air intake tube, instead of at the burner. Though the grill appears to function normally, gas inside the air intake tube ignites. The tube can reach temperatures of up to 750 degrees Fahrenheit and present a burn hazard to consumers. In some earlier grills, the heat produced by lighting the grill at the air intake tube damaged the plastic support piece, and caused the grill to fall to the ground. When it collapses, flames from the grill can burn nearby consumers and ignite surrounding combustibles.

Wheelbarrows
CPSC #02-140, 16Apr02. Ames True Temper is voluntarily recalling about 647,000 wheelbarrows. The plastic wheel assemblies on these wheelbarrows, manufactured by a predecessor company, can break when being inflated with high-pressure air hoses. This can result in plastic pieces exploding from the rims of the wheels, possibly hitting nearby consumers and causing lacerations and other injuries.

Riding Lawn Mowers
CPSC #02-126, 21Mar02. Exmark is voluntarily recalling about 21,000 Exmark-brand commercial-grade riding mowers. The riding mower's exhaust system can ignite fuel vapors from spilled fuel if the engine backfires.

Riding Lawn Mowers
CPSC #02-125, 21Mar02. Toro is voluntarily recalling about 13,000 Toro-brand commercial-grade riding mowers. The riding mower's exhaust system can ignite fuel vapors from spilled fuel if the engine backfires.

Riding Lawn Mowers
CPSC #02-124, 21Mar02. Dixon Industries is recalling about 28,000 riding lawn mowers. The fuel tanks on these mowers can crack and leak fuel, posing a fire hazard and risk of burn injuries to consumers.

Riding Lawn Mowers
CPSC #02-113, 5Mar02. Murray is voluntarily recalling about 89,500 rear-engine riding lawn mowers and about 6,200 mid-engine riding mowers. The fuel tank can crack and leak fuel, posing a burn or fire hazard to consumers.

Cordless Electric Lawn Mowers
CPSC #02-088, 23Jan02. Black & Decker is voluntarily recalling to repair about 1,300 reconditioned cordless electric lawn mowers. The clips holding the control cable to the handle may be missing, which could cause the blade control device to fail and keep the mower blade running when it should stop. If the blade control device fails, consumers could suffer serious injuries.

Root Feeders
CPSC #02-087, 22Jan02. Easy Gardener is voluntarily recalling about 345,000 Ross Root Feeders to replace their mixing chamber caps. The root feeder is a device used to distribute food, water and insecticide to the roots of trees and shrubs. The mixing chamber caps on these feeders can detach during use and strike nearby consumers, resulting in injuries.

Electric Pressure Washers
CPSC #02-086, 23Jan02. MCM International is voluntarily recalling about 50,000 Black Cat^TM electric pressure washers. MCM International imported the pressure washers from a manufacturer in China who installed counterfeit ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) plugs on some of the units, without MCM's approval. Target and Menard's stores nationwide sold these pressure washers from 8/01 to 9/01 for between $85 and $100.

Power Mowers
CPSC #02-060, 11Dec01. Lawn-Boy is recalling about 90,000 Lawn-Boy power mowers. Stress cracks can develop in the mower's fuel tank, allowing gasoline to leak and posing a risk of fire and burn injuries.

Garden Tractors
CPSC #02-059, 11Dec01. Cub Cadet is voluntarily recalling about 6,000 garden tractors. The tractor's rear wheel can loosen and spin free on its axle, resulting in a loss of power to the wheel and brake, which poses the risk of injury to consumers.

Lawn Tractors
CPSC #02-043, 16Nov01. WCI Outdoor Products is voluntarily recalling about 35,000 lawn tractors to replace their 2-gallon fuel tanks. The tank in the lawn tractor can crack and leak fuel, posing a fire hazard.

Backpack Blowers
CPSC #01-178, 26Jun01. Five firms are recalling about 50,500 backpack blowers. The fuel tanks on these blowers can leak, posing a fire hazard and risk of burn injuries to consumers.

Chain Saws
CPSC #01-175, 21Jun01. Stihl is recalling about 1,000 chain saws, sold from 12/00 through 5/01. A missing screw can cause the chain brake to fail to operate, presenting a laceration hazard to consumers.

Trimmers/Mowers
CPSC #01-162, 24May01. Garden Way is recalling about 2,800 trimmers/mowers. The trimmer heads, which control the cutting cords, can split and detach, posing a serious injury risk to consumers.

Backpack Blowers
CPSC #01-128, 24Apr01. Kawasaki, in cooperation with Star Garden Supply, and TMC Power Equipment is voluntarily recalling about 3,000 ASTRON and TMC backpack blowers. ASTRON and TMC dealers nationwide sold the backpack blowers to lawn and garden companies from 10/00 through 2/01. The recalled backpack blowers use a TEX54D Kawasaki engine. The engine exhaust can emit flames, posing fire and burn hazards to consumers.

Backpack Blowers
CPSC #01-109, 19Mar01. Stihl is voluntarily recalling about 890 backpack blowers. The fuel hose on the carburetor can be dislodged, and leak fuel, presenting fire and burn hazards.

Lawnmowers
CPSC #01-106, 14Mar01. Ariens is recalling about 40,000 walk-behind lawn mowers sold under the Ariens, Scotts, and Husqvarna brand names, sold between 12/99 and 10/00.

Outdoor Solar Lights
CPSC #01-092, 22Feb01. Brinkmann is voluntarily recalling about 79,000 outdoor solar lights for repair. The beveled lens on the solar light can act as a magnifying glass; when sunlight passes through the lens, nearby combustible materials, such as mulch or dry grass, can catch on fire.

Tree Wound Compound
CPSC #01-071a, 17Jan01. Tanglefoot is recalling about 35,000 cans of Tree Wound and Grafting Compound, used to seal pruning cuts and other tree wounds. Pressure can build inside the can and forcibly discharge the compound, which can cause temporary skin irritation.

Patio Furniture
CPSC #01-068, 17Jan01. Tropitone fined $750,000 for delay in reporting patio furniture defects that injured consumers, and delay in reporting lawsuits.

Lawnmowers
CPSC #01-058, 20Dec00. Approximately 9,700 White Outdoor Products lawn and garden tractors have a hood latch which can damage the fuel tank and cause fuel to leak when the hood is raised and lowered, presenting a fire and explosion hazard.

Lawnmowers
CPSC #01-018, 25Oct00. Approximately 23,000 Toro Key Start power mowers have wiring that can short circuit, posing a fire hazard.

Lawnmowers
CPSC #01-005, 10Oct00. Approximately 102,000 Lawn-Boy lawnmowers have blades that can crack and break off due to wear caused by the mulch fan. Broken pieces of the blade can be propelled from underneath the mower, possibly injuring the operator or a bystander.

Propane Cylinders
CPSC #00-173, 30Aug00. About 4700 Blue Rhino propane cylinders can have missing or damaged internal seals in the cylinder valves. Propane can leak, posing a risk of fire, explosion and burn injuries.

Gas Grills
CPSC #00-161, 10Aug00. About 950 Williams-Sonoma portable propane gas grills can be difficult or impossible to turn off and the temperature control can malfunction. This poses fire, burn, and explosion hazards to consumers.

Gas Grills
CPSC #00-153, 1Aug00. About 86,000 Coleman gas grills have a sharp edge on the metal heat shield below the control panel of the grill can cause lacerations to the hands, wrists or arms.

Propane Tanks
CPSC #00-152, 31Jul00. About 100 AmeriGas propane cylinders sold or exchanged at The Home Depot or Meijer’s stores in the Detroit MI area. Of these cylinders, about 10 could be overfilled, which can cause them to release flammable propane gas unexpectedly, posing a risk of fires and explosions.

Hedge Trimmers and Augers
CPSC #00-132, 27Jun00. About 7,500 Tanaka hedge trimmers and 1,400 augers have fuel tank vents that can leak, posing a fire hazard.

Power Vacuums/Blowers
CPSC #00-096, 11Apr00. Approximately 200,000 John Deere Homelite® vacuums/blowers have their fuel line located where it can contact the edge of the engine shroud, causing the line to prematurely wear, resulting in a gasoline leak, presenting a fire hazard and causing burn injuries to consumers.

Lawnmowers
CPSC #00-095, 11Apr00. Approximately 112,000 Honda lawnmowers have fuel tanks with a seam that can split or crack, leaking fuel, and creating a fire and burn hazard to consumers.

Gas Engines and Fuel Filters
CPSC #00-061, 3Feb00. Approximately 2,600 Briggs & Stratton Vanguard V-twin gasoline engines can leak in various equipment, including vacuum lawn sweepers, air compressors, leaf blowers and pressure washers, posing a fire hazard.

Snowblowers
CPSC #00-059, 27Jan00. On about 27,000 Ariens and Lesco snowblowers, fuel can leak from the fuel-line connection, posing a fire hazard.

Engines on Outdoor Power Equipment
CPSC #99-177, 30Sep99. About 118,000 Tecumseh Products engines equipped with a fuel shut-off valve, where fuel can leak from a small hole in the engine's fuel line, presenting fire and explosion hazards to consumers.

PPG Deck Cleaner
CPSC #99-173, 23Sep99. 420,000 jugs of Olympic Deck Cleaner with caps that can allow air pressure to build up and cause the cleaner to seep past the cap or be expelled when the cap is removed.