Cub Cadet string trimmers and edgers
3 reports to CPSC, the latest made Apr 26, 2020. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 3reports to CPSC
- Apr 26, 2020the latest report was made
- Mar 4, 2015the earliest
- 3with the company’s comments
- Brand
- Cub Cadet
- Maker
- MTD PRODUCTS INC.Makers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- String trimmers and edgersPowered, not brush cuttersCPSC’s product type: Lawn Trimmers or Edgers, Powered (Excl. Brushcutters) (code 1464), in Yard & Garden: Gardening & Landscaping
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| April 2020 | 1 |
| June 2015 | 1 |
| March 2015 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- Emergency room 1 CPSC: Injury, Emergency Department Treatment Received
- Hurt, no treatment 1 CPSC: Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received
- 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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Hurt, no treatment Made Apr 26, 2020, sent to the company May 4, 2020, published by CPSC May 18, 2020
The product, in the report: Umm, it’s a yellow string trimmer with an engine on one end that burns my elbow and a rotating head on the other end that cuts weeds, these are connected by a tube in which a rotating shaft is contained to transfer power from the engine to the head. My model the CC4175 has a detachable connecting tube so that the string trimmer can be switched out for a metal 2 bladed cutter. Both the cutting head and the trimmer head are black and covered in detritus from trimming the weeds and brush from around my home in order to prevent it from burning down during “fire season”.
Cub Cadet gasoline trimmer burns arm. Every time I use it. Burns the inside of my right elbow. Impossible to get the correct angle on the head without the engine up by my rib cage.
- Model
- CC4175
- Serial number
- 1E297001234
- Bought from
- Sears, California
- Bought
- Jun 6, 2007, about then
- Where
- Boulder Creek, California: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 69, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand Cub Cadet, made or sold by MTD PRODUCTS INC.
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received
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No one hurt Made Jun 8, 2015, sent to the company Jun 16, 2015, published by CPSC Jun 30, 2015
The product, in the report: Handheld [Weedtrimmer]
I own a Cub Cadet [Weed Trimmer]. Model BC490. Item 41ad490c912 sn [REDACTED] It has a plastic gasoline tank and cap. The cap started leaking. I went to Cub Cadet and had the cap replaced. It still leaks. Quite a bit in fact. It is quite a fire hazard. When I replaced the cap with another cap from my handheld blower from another manufacturer; it didn’t leak. So as best I can tell it is a cap defect.
- Model
- BC490
- Serial number
- 1c104dd1071
- Bought from
- Tractor Supply Co, Indiana
- Where
- Charlestown, Indiana: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Unknown
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand Cub Cadet, made or sold by MTD PRODUCTS INC.
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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Emergency room Made Mar 4, 2015, sent to the company Apr 13, 2015, published by CPSC Apr 27, 2015
The product, in the report: [weed trimmer]
Cub Cadet [weed trimmer] model# BC490 purchased from Tractor Supply Store in Arizona around the August/September timeframe.
The caller had only used it a few times then noticed that the shaft had loosened.
He took it to repair shop in Sierra Vista, left it then when he hadn’t heard from them in a month he called, was advised that he could pick it up because it was ready.
He picked the [weed trimmer] up (no date available) and began using it.
He had been working with the [weed trimmer] for no more than three of four hours when the head came off of the shaft, hit his left leg and cut it open to the bone from below the knee to the ankle.
He didn’t realize how badly he was hurt at the time so he had a neighbor drive him to the Chiricahua Clinic in Elfrida, AZ where they did not use stitches but wrapped it and began treating him as an outpatient.
He did develop an infection and was placed on antibiotics.
He is asking that this product be inspected and recalled for the public’s safety.
He contacted the manufacturer in December but believes that he was brushed off.
- Model
- BC490
- Serial number
- unknown
- Bought from
- Tractor Supply, Arizona
- Bought
- Aug 30, 2014, about then
- Where
- Pierce, Arizona: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 65, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand Cub Cadet, made or sold by MTD PRODUCTS INC.
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Injury, Emergency Department Treatment Received
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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