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CPSC, The Toro Company Announce Recall of Riding Mowers

Home product recall 01-526. Announced by CPSC on Jul 20, 2001.

CPSC’s own notice

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The short answer

Announced by CPSC on Jul 20, 2001. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.

Approximately 39,000 units, as CPSC gives them
Reported injuries, in the notice (needs attention)

Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.

What’s wrong with it?

Spilled fuel can ignite during refueling, when fuel vapors are drawn into the hot muffler.

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

What should you do?

Call Exmark or Toro to determine if the riding mower is part of the recall. If so, local Exmark or Toro dealers will install a spark arrester and (selected Exmark models only) a new fuel tank for free. Registered owners should already have been contacted by letter.

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

How to reach the firm: Consumers may call Exmark at 800-479-8379 or Toro at 888-577-7466 for assistance in determining if the riding mower is part of the recall.

Which ones are recalled?

The recall involves Toro and Exmark mowers equipped with engine sizes from 17 to 26 HP and mowing deck widths from 44 to 72 inches. The mowers can be identified from a decal located on the right side of the operating console below the seat. Included are: Exmark Lazer HP Models: LHP4417KA LHP4419KA LHP4819KA LHP4821KA LHP5223KA LHP4418KC LHP4818KC LHP4820KC LHP5220KC LHP5223KC Exmark Lazer Models: LZ22LKA523 LZ23LKA523 LZ23LKA524 LZ22LKA604 LZ23LKA424 LZ27LKA604 LZ27LKA724 LZ26KC604 LZ26KC724 LZ23KA604 Toro Zmaster Z-100 Series Models: 74170 74171 74172 74173 74174 74175 74176 74178 74179 74197 74198 Toro Zmaster Z-200 Series Models: 74211 74212 74213 74214 74216 74218 74219 74240 74241

Approximately 39,000 units, as CPSC gives them.

Toro and Exmark brand commercial duty zero-turn radius riding mowers.

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

CPSC’s photos

CPSC shows 1 photo on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.

Recalled riding mower

Who made and sold it?

Made by The Toro Company, Bloomington, Minn.
Toro and Exmark commercial dealers sold these riding mowers nationwide, between January 1998 and March 2001, for between $6300 to $11,200.

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

Was anyone hurt?

Toro has received 28 reports of fires and 12 reports of minor burn injuries, mainly to commercial users.

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

What the record doesn’t say

The notice lists no UPCs, so check the model, the description and the photos.
The notice lists no model numbers in a field of their own; its description may give them.
How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.

Hearth Record wrote these lines.

Sources

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Recalls API.

Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.

Recalls of kids’ and home products are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record. Copied on Oct 19, 2026.