Product Recall Number: 16-195
Why was STIHL battery-powered hedge trimmers recalled?
The hedge trimmer can operate faster than expected, continue running after the trigger is released or operate by depressing either the trigger or the front handle switch individually, posing a laceration hazard.
Product Recall Number: 16-195
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2016-06-14
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: STIHL battery-powered hedge trimmers
Description: "The hedge trimmer can operate faster than expected, continue running after the trigger is released or operate by depressing either the trigger or the front handle switch individually"
Hazard Description: The hedge trimmer can operate faster than expected, continue running after the trigger is released or operate by depressing either the trigger or the front handle switch individually, posing a laceration hazard.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Replace
Units: About 8,000 (in addition, about 1,000 were sold in Canada)
Incidents: STIHL Inc. has received seven reports of the trigger or front handle switch not operating properly. No injuries have been reported.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled trimmer and return it to an authorized STIHL dealer for a free replacement battery-powered hedge trimmer.
Sold At: Authorized STIHL dealers nationwide from June 2010 through April 2016 for about $300.
Importers: STIHL Inc., of Virginia Beach, Va.
Manufacturers: "VIKING GmbH, of Austria"
Distributors: None Listed
Manufactured In: Austria
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed