Kubota Recalls Utility Tractors Due to Crash Hazard
Home product recall 25-141. Announced by CPSC on Feb 20, 2025.
- CPSC: stop using it
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Feb 20, 2025. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.
- Stop using it what CPSC tells owners to do now (needs attention)
- Repair what’s offered
- About 2,600 (In addition, about 180 were sold in Canada) units, as CPSC gives them
- None injuries, CPSC’s notice says
Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
The clutch cable can break on the recalled MX5400DTC utility tractors, resulting in reduced braking power, posing a crash hazard.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What should you do?
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled utility tractors and contact an authorized Kubota dealer to schedule a free inspection and a free repair at the dealer’s location. Kubota is contacting all known registered owners directly.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
- What the company offers to fix a recalled product or vehicle: a repair, a replacement or a refund, as the recall notice says. For a vehicle, dealers make the safety repair free. Follow the notice’s own steps, or contact the company it names. Source: CPSC; NHTSA (49 U.S.C. 30120).: repair.
- How to reach the firm: Kubota Tractor Corporation toll-free at 888-458-2682 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. CT Monday through Friday, via the contact form at https://www.kubotausa.com/recall/contact/form, or online at https://www.kubotausa.com/recall/service-support/safety/safety-notices or www.kubotausa.com and click on “Parts & Service” at the top of the page, then scroll down and click “Safety & Recall Notices” on the left side of the page for more information.
Which ones are recalled?
This recall involves Kubota Utility Tractors, model MX5400DTC. The recalled tractors have an 8-speed gear drive transmission, a 55-horsepower Kubota 4-cylinder direct injection engine and a cab. They were sold in an orange color and have “KUBOTA” printed in white lettering on the chassis.
About 2,600 (In addition, about 180 were sold in Canada) units, as CPSC gives them.
Kubota Utility Tractors model MX5400DTC.
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?
- Distributed by Kubota Tractor Corporation, Grapevine, Texas.
- Authorized Kubota dealers nationwide from February 2020 through December 2024 for between $43,000 and $63,000.
- Made in Japan, as the notice gives it.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Was anyone hurt?
The firm has received 33 reports of the clutch breaking. No injuries have been reported.
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
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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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