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Ariens garden tractors

1 report to CPSC, the latest made May 23, 2018. A report isn’t a recall.

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From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.

  • 1report to CPSC
  • May 23, 2018the latest report was made
  • May 23, 2018the earliest
  • 0with the company’s comments
Brand
Ariens
Maker
ARIENS COMPANYMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
Product
Garden tractorsCPSC’s product type: Garden Tractors (code 1405), in Yard & Garden: Gardening & Landscaping

By month

1 report from June 2017 to May 2018; the most in May 2018, 1.
The numbers, as a table
Reports to CPSC by the month each was made, newest first
MonthReports
May 20181

How badly anyone was hurt

  • No one hurt 1 CPSC: Incident, No Injury

As each report says it, in short words; CPSC’s own words are under each.

The reports, as CPSC published them

Reports people made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC publishes each one after sending it to the company named, and doesn’t guarantee they’re accurate. A report isn’t a recall.

Each report is the words of the person who made it, as CPSC published them. The company’s comments, where CPSC published any, are set apart as the company’s own.

Source:

CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.

  1. No one hurt

    Made May 23, 2018, sent to the company Aug 17, 2018, published by CPSC Aug 31, 2018

    The product, in the report: Model 936083 42” Automatic Tractor has a plastic transmission that locks into forward gear and jumps into reverse which is unsafe to operate and needs to be recalled.

    I purchased an Ariens Automatic Tractor 8/19/14. On 9:17 the transmission would stick in gear. I called to have it serviced before I returned home to Florida for the winter but the local shop was too busy to take in the tractor. I then called the local shop to take it over Christmas vacation and they brought it back unable to correct the transmission locking into gear and not stopping when you took your foot off the forward pedal. I wrote to Airen’s customer service and described the problem of the machine licking in gear and not stopping safely and they gave me a case number [REDACTED] telling me that I should have used one of their dealers who would have service bulletins to correct properly. I returned to my Florida home for the winter and then called the local Airen’s Dealer Burke’s Lawn and Equipment Inc to come and service the mower. They returned the tractor to me saying they could only fix it by replacing the transmission with the same plastic transmission it has already that would cost over $600 for plus a $300 installation charge on an $1150 machine. They said they didn’t recommend the expense that would put the same potentially dangerous transmission in the machine and said I would be better off buying another brand that has a metal transmission. They say the transmission is scary when going backwards and without the brake will go forward on its own. I think the company is well aware there is a safety defect and have never recalled this dangerous product my machines serial number is [REDACTED] model 936083for short and entire model is 93608300/A19A42 and I registered it online 8/22/14 when delivered by Home Depot. There is also a product number 960460061.

    Model
    Airen’s 19 HO B&S AUTO 42” 2014/ 061314AO16680
    Serial number
    061314AO16680
    Bought from
    Home Depot, Illinois
    Bought
    Aug 19, 2014
    Where
    Crown Point, Indiana: Home/Apartment/Condominium
    Who was involved
    Age 68, Male
    The reporter’s relation to them
    Self
    As this report names them
    Brand Ariens, made or sold by ARIENS COMPANY
    How badly, in CPSC’s words
    Incident, No Injury

CPSC’s disclaimer

Disclaimer: CPSC does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of the Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database on SaferProducts.gov, particularly with respect to information submitted by people outside of CPSC.

Source:

Word for word, from the disclaimer in CPSC’s export.

Sources

Sources

  • U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.

    Released Oct 25, 2026 and checked Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.

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Reports of harm are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), on SaferProducts.gov. CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record.

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11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

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