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CPSC, LG Sourcing and Lowe’s Announce Recall of GardenPlus Industrial Garden Carts

Home product recall 05-062. Announced by CPSC on Dec 5, 2004.

CPSC’s own notice, on cpsc.gov

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Announced by CPSC on Dec 5, 2004. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.

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

What’s wrong with it?

Over-inflation of the tires can break the metal tire rim, causing users and bystanders to be struck with pieces of metal.

Source:

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

What should you do?

Owners will receive a direct shipment of a free set of replacement wheels.

Source:

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

  • How to reach the firm: Contact Lowe’s Garden Cart Recall Hotline toll-free at (800) 444-6742 anytime or visit the Lowe’s website at www.lowes.com for more information.

Which ones are recalled?

The recalled GardenPlus Industrial Garden Carts, item number 128483, were made between November 2002 and April 2004. The garden cart is a four-wheeled pull wagon with a yellow mesh steel gauge bed and reinforced sides. The cart is approximately 20 inches wide by 30 inches long and 20 inches high. This recall affects all carts sold between March 2003 and October 2004 without metal washers on the outside tire rims.

196,788 units, as CPSC gives them.

GardenPlus Industrial Garden Cart.

Source:

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.

Who made and sold it?

  • Imported by L G Sourcing Inc., North Wilkesboro, N.C.
  • Distributed by Lowe’s Home Centers, Inc., North Wilkesboro, N.C.
  • Distributed by Lowe’s HIW, Inc., Washington, D.C.
  • Lowe’s retail establishments nationwide from March 2003 through October 2004 for about $70.
  • Made in China, as the notice gives it.
Source:

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

Was anyone hurt?

LG Sourcing and Lowe’s are aware of four incidents involving the metal rim assembly breaking during over-inflation of the tires. Three injuries occurred, including a fractured wrist, fractured fingers, and bruised hands.

Source:

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.
Source:

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.

Source:

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.

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