For Immediate Release
Lawnmower Recall
Hotline:(877) 740-7060
March 14, 2001
CPSC Contact: Kim Dulic
Release # 01-106
(301) 504-0580 Ext. 1183
CPSC, Ariens Co. Announce Recall of Lawn Mowers
WASHINGTON, D.C.- In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission (CPSC), Ariens Co., of Brillion, Wis., is recalling about
40,000 walk-behind lawn mowers sold under the Ariens, Scotts, and
Husqvarna brand names. The piece attaching the blade to the mower can crack and
break off. The broken piece or the blade can be propelled from underneath the
mower, possibly injuring the operator or a bystander.
Ariens Co. has received four reports of the broken piece or detached
blade being propelled from underneath the mower. One consumer was struck in the
leg and received a bruise.
The recalled Ariens, Scotts, and Husqvarna rotary lawn mowers are walk-behind,
21-inch gas-powered mowers. The Ariens mower has an orange mower deck with
black handlebars. The Husqvarna and Scotts mowers have an orange mower deck with
gray handlebars. A label on the top of the deck area behind the engine of the
mowers has the following model and serial numbers:
Scotts model #907254
serial numbers 101 to 019124
Ariens model #911513
serial numbers 101 to 001242
Ariens model #911514
serial numbers 101 to 006616
Ariens model #911515
serial numbers 101 to 001445
Ariens model #911516
serial numbers 101 to 005105
Husqvarna model #601100020 serial numbers
101 to 003115
Husqvarna model #601100021 serial numbers
101 to 000720 and
serial numbers 2301 to 002576
Husqvarna model#601100022 serial
numbers 101 to 002797
Ariens and Husqvarna dealers, and department and home center
stores, including Home Depot (which only sold the Scotts brand), sold
these mowers nationwide from December 1999 through October 2000 for between $360
and $800.
Consumers should stop using these recalled mowers immediately and
return them to an authorized dealer for free repair. To locate the
nearest dealer or for more information, call Ariens toll-free at (877)
740-7060 between 7:30 a.m. and 4:40 p.m. CDT Monday through Friday.
Consumers also can go to the Ariens web site at www.ariens.com
or the
Husqvarna web site at www.husqvarna.com.
To see a picture of the recalled product(s) and/or to establish a link
from
your web site to this press release on CPSC's web site, link to the
following address:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml01/01106.html.
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