CPSC, Country Home Products, Inc. Announce Recall to Repair DR®Leaf and Lawn Vacuum
Home product recall 05-534. Announced by CPSC on Feb 1, 2005.
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Feb 1, 2005. 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?
These leaf and lawn vacuums have a plastic elbow and blower exit adaptor that is connected to the top of the shredding chamber. The plastic can crack, allowing stones, large sticks, and other material to puncture the plastic. This creates the possibility that pieces of plastic or other debris can fly upward toward bystanders or the operator. When this occurs, the potential for personal injury or property damage exists. This is more prone to occur when the outside temperatures are below 35 degrees.
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What should you do?
Country Home Products is notifying all registered owners about this recall. All leaf and lawn vacuums will receive a metal replacement adapter and elbow free of charge. If you have the DR®Leaf and Lawn Vacuum but have not been notified by Country Home Products, please contact Country Home Products.
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- How to reach the firm: Contact Country Home Products toll-free at (877) 405-7464 between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, and between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Saturday. Consumers may also contact Country Home Products’ Web site at http://www.drpower.com
Which ones are recalled?
The recalled vacuum is designed to be pulled behind a lawn tractor. The product vacuums leaves and grass, shreds them and collects the shredded material in a large storage chamber. The leaf and lawn vacuums have a red circle with DR printed in black on each side of the chamber.
1,071 units, as CPSC gives them.
DR®Leaf and Lawn Vacuum.
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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?
- Made by Country Home Products, Inc., Vergennes, Vt.
- The vacuums were sold nationwide through mail orders, internet, and retail stores for between $950 and $1,520, from September 2004 through November 2004.
- Made in United States, as the notice gives it.
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Was anyone hurt?
Country Home Products has received 55 reports of failures of the plastic elbow and adapter cracking. Seven customers reported being struck by debris without injury. No property damage has been reported.
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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
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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.
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