Product Recall Number: 20-193
Why was STIHL BF-KM Mini-Cultivator attachments recalled?
The gearbox could have mistakenly been installed upside down by the STIHL dealer causing the tines to rotate backwards toward the operator, posing a laceration hazard to the user.
Product Recall Number: 20-193
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2020-09-30
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: STIHL BF-KM Mini-Cultivator attachments
Description: The recalled mini-cultivator is one of 15 interchangeable attachments to the STIHL KombiMotor KM model powerheads, which are sold separately. The mini-cultivator is used to break up loose soil. It has four black discs with tines mounted to a gearbox and attached to a metal drive tube with a black deflector. The mini-cultivator attachment should have been assembled by the STIHL dealer and not sold in a box or assembled by the consumer. The recalled mini-cultivator attachments are those with the gearbox installed upside down.
Hazard Description: The gearbox could have mistakenly been installed upside down by the STIHL dealer causing the tines to rotate backwards toward the operator, posing a laceration hazard to the user.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Repair
Units: About 185,000
Incidents: STIHL Inc. has received 12 reports of incidents, including six reports of lacerations to consumers.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled mini-cultivator attachment and take it to an authorized STIHL servicing dealer for a free inspection and free proper assembly.
Sold At: Authorized STIHL servicing dealers nationwide from January 2005 through August 2020 for about $190.
Importers: None Listed
Manufacturers: STIHL Incorporated, of Virginia Beach, VA
Distributors: None Listed
Manufactured In: United States
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed