Product Recall Number: 18-713
Why was SureFit™ riding lawn mower blade spindle shafts and assemblies recalled?
The blade spindle shaft can break during lawn mowing and the broken blade pieces can become projectiles. This poses a risk of an impact injury to bystanders or damage to property.
Product Recall Number: 18-713
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2018-01-04
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: SureFit™ riding lawn mower blade spindle shafts and assemblies
Description: This recall involves the SureFit blade spindle shaft/assembly with model numbers 504-00341 and 504-00346. The products were sold separately as replacement blade spindle shafts/assemblies in the aftermarket for John Deere riding lawn mowers. SureFit 504-00341 Blade Spindle Assembly Numbers Affected: 504-00346 Blade Spindle Shaft
Hazard Description: The blade spindle shaft can break during lawn mowing and the broken blade pieces can become projectiles. This poses a risk of an impact injury to bystanders or damage to property.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Replace
Units: About 900 (In addition, about 75 were sold in Canada)
Incidents: SureFit has received one report of blade spindle shaft breaking. No injuries or property damage have been reported.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using riding lawn mowers with SureFit blade spindle shaft and/or assemblies and contact SureFit for instructions on receiving a free replacement blade spindle shaft. The firm is contacting all known purchasers directly.
Sold At: Ball Equipment, Dixie Sales, Marr Brothers and other lawn and garden stores nationwide from January 2017 through September 2017 for about $58 for the assembly and $20 for the shaft.
Importers: MTD Products Inc., Cleveland, Ohio
Manufacturers: None Listed
Distributors: None Listed
Manufactured In: China
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed