Engines: CPSC recalls in this category

8 CPSC recalls are in the product category Engines. That is 0.1% of the 10,027 CPSC recalls on the register. The notices give about 898,345 units for these recalls. The median recall has 25,000 units.

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CPSC publishes these words. Source: CPSC recall notices, section About the U.S. CPSC, read on 1 Oct 2026. The hazard, the remedy and the incident text on this site are the words of the CPSC recall notice. Newest CPSC recall on the register: 24 Sep 2026.

Newest recalls

The newest 8 of 8.

Newest CPSC recalls in the category Engines
Date	Recall	Firm	Hazard	Units	CPSC number
15 Nov 2012	Kawasaki Motors Recalls Lawn Mower Engines Due to Fire Hazard	Kawasaki Motors	Fire	210,000	13040
5 May 2011	Kohler Recalls Engines Sold with Husqvarna, Cub Cadet, and Troy-Bilt Riding Lawn Tractors; Laceration Hazard Posed	Kohler	Laceration	10,000	11215
18 Jun 2007	Briggs & Stratton Snow Thrower Engines Recalled Due to Fire Hazard	Briggs & Stratton	Fire, Burn	480,000	07558
27 Jul 2006	Generac Power Systems Inc. Recalls Engines to Replace Fuel Tanks Due to Risk of Fire	Generac Power Systems	Fire, Explosion	700	06569
4 Apr 2006	Tecumseh Engines Used on Various Power Equipment Recalled Due to Fire Hazard	Tecumseh Power Co., Grafton, Wis	Fire	170,000	06130
11 Mar 2003	CPSC, Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A. Announce Recall of Small Engines	Kawasaki Motors	Fire, Burn	45	03528
27 Nov 2002	CPSC, Tecumseh Products Co. Announce Recall of Power Equipment Engines	Tecumseh Products Co., Tecumseh, Mich	Fire	25,000	03046
3 Feb 2000	Vanguard Engines and Fuel Filters Recalled by Briggs & Stratton	Briggs & Stratton	Fire	2,600	00061d

Hazard: The way a product can cause harm, in the words of the CPSC recall notice. This site also puts each recall under short hazard names.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Hazards

Engines: recalls that name each hazard
Hazard		Recalls
Fire		7
Burn		2
Explosion		1
Laceration		1

Firms

Firms with a page, in the order of the number of recalls.

Recalls by year

CPSC recalls in the category Engines, by the year of the recall date. The largest year is 2006, with 2 recalls.

Units in these recalls: 898,345
Median units of one recall: 25,000All CPSC recalls: 8,800
Share of all CPSC recalls on the register: 0.1%

Official channels

CPSC recallsThe list of all recall notices on the CPSC site.
SaferProducts.govThe CPSC site for a report about a consumer product.

Cite this page

Recall Register. Engines: CPSC recalls in this category. https://recallregister.com/category/engines/. Source: CPSC Recall Retrieval Web Services. Data through 29 Sep 2026.

Sources

Source: US Consumer Product Safety Commission
Licence: US government work, public domain
Data retrieved: 29 Sep 2026

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Questions

Which hazards do the recalls in the category Engines have?: Fire: 7 recalls. Burn: 2 recalls. Explosion: 1 recall.
What is the newest CPSC recall in the category Engines?: CPSC recall 13040, with the recall date 15 Nov 2012. The CPSC title is: Kawasaki Motors Recalls Lawn Mower Engines Due to Fire Hazard
Which firms have a page and a recall in the category Engines?: 4 firms on this page. The list is in the order of the number of recalls and starts with Briggs & Stratton, with 2.
Where does the category Engines come from?: Engines is a product type of CPSC. This site uses the type of the first product of a recall. Most records before 2010 have no product type.