Onan Homesite 5500 generators
1 report to CPSC, the latest made Sep 8, 2012. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 1report to CPSC
- Sep 8, 2012the latest report was made
- Sep 8, 2012the earliest
- 0with the company’s comments
- Brand
- Onan Homesite 5500
- Maker
- CUMMINS ONAN POWER GENERATIONMakers, 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 2012 | 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 8, 2012, sent to the company Sep 17, 2012, published by CPSC Oct 1, 2012
The product, in the report: 5500 kw portable gas generator
I purchased an Onan-Cummins Homesite 5500 generator for our home and kept in in an enclosed trailer behind my shop so that I could take it up to the house if the power was interrupted which it is from time to time. From time to time I start the generator to be sure it is ready when it is needed. Last fall I started the generator and after it ran for a few minutes the bowl on the bottom of the generator fell off and the spilled gas caused a small fire in the trailer. It might have been larger but I was near and had a fire extinguisher handy. The brass bolt that held the bowl in place on the carburetor snapped at a place in the bolt where there are small holes. I contacted Cummins to get parts to fix it but they said that I couldn’t and would have to let them do so. Since they wanted what I thought was a high price for this I thought I could find the parts on the internet. This has proved fruitless. I asked if there was a recall on the generator as it seems the bolt was poorly make but they said no and would do nothing. I tried brazing the brass bolt but the brass seems of a poor quality. I’ve only ran about 15 gallons of gas through the generator so it hasn’t enough hours on it to be wore out. In fact it looks new. I would have made pursued this sooner but shortly after the incident I hurt my foot an had surgery. On a plate on the frame it shows the model number as Mdl# 4EGMBD-5269 and Ser# J06E002760 and it was made in China.
- Model
- 4EGMBD-5269
- Serial number
- J06E002760
- Bought from
- Cummins Central Power
- Bought
- Apr 15, 2008, about then
- Where
- Newhall, Iowa: Other
- Who was involved
- Age 69, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand Onan Homesite 5500, made or sold by CUMMINS ONAN POWER GENERATION
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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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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