MTD PRODUCTS INC. riding lawn mowers
2 reports to CPSC, the latest made May 30, 2017. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 2reports to CPSC
- May 30, 2017the latest report was made
- Jul 5, 2013the earliest
- 2with the company’s comments
- Brand
- None given: no report names a brand, so the group is named for its maker, MTD PRODUCTS INC.
- 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 |
|---|---|
| May 2017 | 1 |
| July 2013 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- No one hurt 2 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 May 30, 2017, sent to the company Jun 7, 2017, published by CPSC Jun 21, 2017
The product, in the report: 50” riding mower, yellow and white. Properly maintained and cleaned
Riding mower caught on fire, was unable to put fire out, unit totally destroyed.
- Model
- 13wq91ap056
- Serial number
- 1c232h30401
- Where
- goshen, Ohio: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- My Spouse
- As this report names them
- made or sold by MTD PRODUCTS INC.
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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No one hurt Made Jul 5, 2013, sent to the company Jul 26, 2013, published by CPSC Aug 9, 2013
The product, in the report: Zero Turn Ride-On Lawnmowers
Zero Turn Cub Cadet Lawn mower, DOM= unknown,
Caller purchased used but in new condition around the beginning of Summer around 2010 from neighbors.
Caller finished cutting her 1/4 to 1/2 acre property Monday, June 24th, 2013 then put the ride on mower into the barn. Her barn is open at both sides and has a dirt floor.
She went inside to shower but was only in her house for no more than fifteen minutes when neighbors knocked on the door and told the caller’s daughter that their barn was on fire.
The caller’s daughter grabbed the hose, one of the neighbors grabbed a second hose and all ran to the fire.
The caller ran out of the house and states that the flames were as high as five to six feet high.
The water was not putting the fire out but a second neighbor had run to his home, grabbed his fire extinguisher and extinguished the fire.
911 was not contacted
No one was injured
The caller contacted the manufacturer June 25th, 2013 and filed reference log#[REDACTED] with [REDACTED] who advised her to take it to McMinnville Lawn and Garden 1 (931) 815-5296.
Caller contacted the lawn and garden shop, advised them that there was no way she could load it or bring it in to them.
The shop sent [REDACTED], he took pictures then stated that the lawn mower was so badly burned around the gas tank that he couldn’t surmise where the fire could have begun.
She paid three thousand dollars for the ride on mower and is asking that this model be recalled with repair or replacement at manufacturer expense.
- Model
- 17AAD7P710
- Serial number
- 1K045G20118
- Bought from
- former neighbors, Tennessee
- Bought
- Jun 5, 2010, about then
- Where
- McMinnville, Tennessee: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Unspecified
- As this report names them
- 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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