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Club Car Recalls Golf and Transport Vehicles Due to Fire Hazard

Home product recall 12-741. Announced by CPSC on Jul 19, 2012.

  • CPSC: stop using it
CPSC’s own notice, on cpsc.gov

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The short answer

Announced by CPSC on Jul 19, 2012. 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?

The fuel hose can separate from the fuel tank, posing a fire hazard.

Source:

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

What should you do?

Consumers should stop using the recalled golf cars and transport vehicles and contact Club Car for a free inspection and repair of the fuel hose system. The firm is contacting its customers directly.

Source:

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

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  • How to reach the firm: For more information, contact Club Car at (800) 227-0739, ext. 3831, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or visit the firm’s website at www.clubcar.com

Which ones are recalled?

The recalled vehicles are various sizes, models and colors of 2012 gas-powered golf and transport vehicles used for short-distance transportation. The vehicles can be identified by model and serial number. The serial number is above and to the right of the accelerator pedal. Model names do not appear on the vehicles, but models can be identified by two-letter prefixes on the serial number. Club Car is printed on the front of each vehicle. A list of recalled models and serial numbers is below. Model Serial Numbers DS Gas Golf Car AG 1232-298757 to AG 1238-314938 Villager 4 Gas TG 1232-299285 to TG 1237-312956 XRT 850 Gas JZ 1233-300104 to JZ 1238-314710 XRT 800 Gas XJ 1233-300372 to XJ 1238-313369 Carryall 232 Gas XL 1233-300113 to XL 1238-314964

About 800 units, as CPSC gives them.

Golf cars and transport vehicles.

Source:

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

CPSC’s photos

CPSC shows 5 photos on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.

Who made and sold it?

  • Made by Club Car LLC, Augusta, Ga.
  • Authorized Club Car dealers nationwide from March 2012 through May 2012 for between $5,000 and $7,000.
  • Made in United States, as the notice gives it.
Source:

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

Was anyone hurt?

Club Car has received one report of a fuel hose separating from the tank. No injuries have been reported.

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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