NORTHSTAR generators
1 report to CPSC, the latest made Sep 16, 2015. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 1report to CPSC
- Sep 16, 2015the latest report was made
- Sep 16, 2015the earliest
- 0with the company’s comments
- Brand
- NORTHSTAR
- Maker
- Northern Tool & Equipment Company, Inc.Makers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- GeneratorsIncluding power plantsCPSC’s product type: Generators or Power Plants (code 606), in Home Maintenance and Structures: Electrical Systems
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| September 2015 | 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 16, 2015, sent to the company Dec 4, 2015, published by CPSC Dec 28, 2015
The product, in the report: Northstar 13000 portable generator sold by Northern Tools
Generator gasoline tank leaking. About three weeks in the middle of Florida’s hurricane season it came to mind to look at the generator and perhaps repair or replace the tank so that we can use should we have another extended electrical outage.
Removed tank from its generator mount and inspected the area where the leak was dripping down from which was a mounting port. Did not see any significant cracks or breaks around the port beneath the tank.
Took a flashlight to look at the inside of the tank and discovered that three of four ports have a dome shaped cap on the inside end of the port. The fourth port, the leaking port does not have a cap.
I then decided that the missing cap on the leaking port is causing gasoline to leak out and leak is due to a factory defect in construction and assembly.
- Bought from
- Northern Tools
- Where
- Orlando, Florida: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Unspecified
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Unspecified
- As this report names them
- Brand NORTHSTAR, made or sold by Northern Tool & Equipment Company, Inc.
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.
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