Columbia riding lawn mowers
1 report to CPSC, the latest made Sep 12, 2020. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 1report to CPSC
- Sep 12, 2020the latest report was made
- Sep 12, 2020the earliest
- 1with the company’s comments
- Brand
- Columbia
- Maker
- MTD PRODUCTS INC.Makers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Riding lawn mowersCPSC’s product type: Riding Power Lawn Mowers (code 1422), in Yard & Garden: Lawn Mowers, Leaf Blowers and Lawn Vacuums
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| September 2020 | 1 |
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.
CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.
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No one hurt Made Sep 12, 2020, sent to the company Oct 8, 2020, published by CPSC Nov 10, 2020
The product, in the report: Riding lawn mower/tractor
Earlier this year a bought a Columbia riding lawn mower,model #13BPA1KS897. This riding mower has the gasoline fill tube directly over the left side foot rest. On 2 occasions gasoline has spilled out of the gas tank onto my foot to the extent that it soaked my shoe and sock as well as my pant leg. The first time it happened I thought that I had not secured the cap so I read the instructions and re secured the cap with three clicks. It continued to leak, I reread the instructions and learned that it was overfilled with the gasoline in the fill tube so I lowered the level of gasoline and continued using the mower. The second incident which occurred yesterday happened after I filled the tank with the level below the fill tube. I thought I had secured the cap as it clicked. Apparently it was not secure and it leaked over my shoe and the foot rest as I was using the mower. The location and design of the gasoline tank and the fill tube is inherently dangerous, a potential lethal outcome could have occurred had the gasoline ignited. When one secures a gasoline cap it is expected the fill tube will not leak outside the tank especially with a vehicle that rides rough causing gasoline to slosh around its tank.
- Model
- 13bpa1ks897
- Serial number
- 1f048h20206
- Bought from
- Charlie’s Repair LLC, Michigan
- Bought
- Apr 17, 2020
- Where
- Petersburg, Michigan: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 68, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand Columbia, made or sold by MTD PRODUCTS INC.
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
CPSC’s disclaimer
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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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