Garage Boss gas cans
3 reports to CPSC, the latest made Jul 10, 2022. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 3reports to CPSC
- Jul 10, 2022the latest report was made
- Jun 12, 2021the earliest
- 1with the company’s comments
- Brand
- Garage Boss
- Maker
- TPG Plastics LLCMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Gas cansCPSC’s product type: Gasoline Cans (code 981), in Fuel, Lighters and Fireworks: Fuel Storage
Other ways the reports write the brand (1)
“Garage Boss / Briggs & Stratton”
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| July 2022 | 1 |
| July 2021 | 1 |
| June 2021 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- No one hurt 3 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 Jul 10, 2022, sent to the company Jul 14, 2022, published by CPSC Jul 28, 2022
The product, in the report: garage boss 5 gal fuel can SKU 060534103592
Garage boss press n pour gas can SKU 060534103592, leaks profusely through the button you push to allow fuel to flow through the spout spilling fuel everywhere (including all over my hand) creating a fire hazard especially when filling a hot lawnmower or other yard equipment. Can/spout is several months old and worked fine until this point.
- UPC
- 60534 10359
- Bought from
- advance auto parts
- Bought
- Apr 2, 2022
- Where
- Arlington, Texas: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Unknown
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand garage boss, made or sold by TPG Plastics LLC
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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No one hurt Made Jul 25, 2021, sent to the company Jul 27, 2021, published by CPSC Aug 10, 2021
The product, in the report: Garage Boss / Briggs & Stratton 5 Gallon and 5 Gallon gas cans Model Press N Pour, GB351SL
GarageBoss Gas cans both 5 gallon and the smaller unit as well. Since my old gas can that does not use the new vapor standards reached end of life after over a decade in use, it seems the new design’s from Briggs & Stratton are just not up to snuff. First - I had one can that split on the side (split outwards - clearly a stress fracture) . It took a bit of effort to get ahold of them and they sent me a newer design at least. I still had one of their ‘rounder’ rather than squared-up units that didn’t split. Last night our power went out due to the storm. I started to pour the gas and it shot out of the can much like if I had been at a gas station using a pump and got all over the top and part of the side of my generator. I cleaned that up and was thinking (at 4am with little sleep) that perhaps I needed to push the button and release some of the pressure first. So leaving item on the ground I pushed the button and it shot gas out everywhere. This shouldn’t be that complicated of an item that it requires a bunch of special steps during a situation like this, but the hazard here is that it’s clearly not managing the pressure properly and spraying gas even when the button is depressed. The current design unlike a traditional design lacks a pressure release. Since designs have changed I’ve had these types of units leak gas, and spray gas etc.. a *LOT* more than the old design. Their biggest plus is near-instant shutoff - when the button works. Which leads me to complaint #2 - the biggger unit puts out gas too fast to fill my mower like the old style 5Gal did, so I bought a smaller container to use for that and just transfer the gas from the 5 to that. But the handle button sticks and gas keeps flowing and gets everywhere when I left the product up to stop (because the pressure keeps it going) getting gas all over my mower. Eventually I started just pressing the button a small amount but now the handle is leaking gas everywhere. So essentially in this block of text I’ve described several issues that not only relate to quality, but that are presenting me a hazzard as Gas is being leaked, sprayed, and generally not managed properly by this line of products. Given how much difficulty there was in reaching them to discuss this, I figured this route may work out better. I’m not a materials engineer - but it seems to me that if that Gas was expelling like I saw last night and there was even a hot-pavement (which fortunately at 4am there was not) when this flaw happens, the vapors may become ignited. Your engineers and science trained people can figure out the real dangers - I’m just expressing my concerns, and frustrations because these products lack of quality is causing safety hazzards for me! My objective here is to hope that you will put sufficient weight behind my concerns and with the appropriate people at their company to get these products quality and safety issues fixed. To restarte those issues I’ve observed - (1) the handle breaking down after use once a week for 3 months to mow, (2) manufacturing quality the one product that had an issue an split (which I will remind they did replace - but how many others are out there - don’t need gas from a 5 GAL spilling in the garage) , and (3) last but not least and what’s prompted me to write all of this now - pressure spraying of gasoline when the product is being used. I might add a #4 - when the unit is near fully filled ( I never fill it fully to allow at least a 1/2 gallon of space for vapors) the handle will not twist-lock to the base unit fully - after pouring some gas into my generator last night and stopping, then trying to resume gas was no leaking from the twist lock area even though I hadn’t been handling that - I had to tighten that further. *NONE* of these issues had I experienced with their prior products that were before all of the new vapor managing re-designs - the new designs on the market are seemingly causing me greater leaks of gas which negates the whole point! I’ve invested over $100 in these products trying to get set of Gas cans I can keep around for mowing needs, and especially for the generator when the power all too frequently goes out - but I cannot have gas spraying out all over my equipment, or just (as exemplified above) all over the ground just because I pressed the button to release pressure. The old designs - I just pop the yellow cover on the back side and pressure was released - no problems. Besides the spillage, I don’t need to have a condition setup where pressure + vapor on a hot day causes gas to expel unexpectedly fast and creates conditions where vapor ignition becomes an issue!
- Model
- Press N Pour, GB351SL
- Bought from
- Meijer
- Bought
- Apr 1, 2021, about then
- Where
- Huber Heights, Ohio: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Unknown
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Unspecified
- As this report names them
- Brand Garage Boss /
Briggs & Stratton, made or sold by TPG Plastics LLC - How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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No one hurt Made Jun 12, 2021, sent to the company Jun 16, 2021, published by CPSC Jul 1, 2021
The product, in the report: Garage Boss GB310
I went to use my garage boss GB310 and once again it threw gas up onto my face when I pushed the pour button.
- Model
- GB310
- UPC
- 6053410310
- Serial number
- EPAJTP2PPFCSGB1-002
- Bought from
- Lowes
- Bought
- Jun 20, 2019
- Where
- Hemet, California: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 57, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand Garage Boss, made or sold by TPG Plastics LLC
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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