Product Recall Number: 11-752
Why was recalled?
"The cooling fan (A) installed on top of the front mounted Kawasaki engine in the lawn tractor can break. If the cooling fan is not operational, the engine can overheat causing the surrounding plastic to melt, creating the risk of fire and serious injury."
Product Recall Number: 11-752
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2011-09-15
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: None Listed
Description: "The cooling fan (A) installed on top of the front mounted Kawasaki engine in the lawn tractor can break. If the cooling fan is not operational, the engine can overheat causing the surrounding plastic to melt, creating the risk of fire and serious injury."
Hazard Description: "The cooling fan (A) installed on top of the front mounted Kawasaki engine in the lawn tractor can break. If the cooling fan is not operational, the engine can overheat causing the surrounding plastic to melt, creating the risk of fire and serious injury."
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Replace
Units: "About 36,500 tractors"
Incidents: "There have been 163 reported failures, including 83 reports of engine melting or engine fires and one report of a minor burn injury following a fan failure fire."
Remedy: Customers should stop using the mowers immediately and contact a John Deere dealer to make arrangements to have the engine cooling fan replaced. All registered owners of the recalled mowers will be directly notified by John Deere.
Sold At: "Nationwide at John Deere dealers in the U.S. from September 2010 to August 2011 for between about $3,000 and $4,000."
Importers: None Listed
Manufacturers: "Tractors: Deere & Company, of Moline, Ill. Engines: Kawasaki Motors Corp., USA of Grand Rapids, Mich."
Distributors: None Listed
Manufactured In: United States
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed