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“Smart Fill” gas cans

2 reports to CPSC, the latest made Nov 11, 2013. A report isn’t a recall.

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From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.

  • 2reports to CPSC
  • Nov 11, 2013the latest report was made
  • May 28, 2013the earliest
  • 2with the company’s comments
Brand
“Smart Fill”
Maker
THE PLASTICS GROUPMakers, 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)

“Smart-Fill”

By month

2 reports from December 2012 to November 2013; the most in November 2013, 1.
The numbers, as a table
Reports to CPSC by the month each was made, newest first
MonthReports
November 20131
May 20131

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.

Source:

CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.

  1. No one hurt

    Made Nov 11, 2013, sent to the company Nov 19, 2013, published by CPSC Dec 11, 2013

    The product, in the report: When dispensing gasoline from this container considerable fuel leaks from around spigot and onto the floor/ground resulting in a fire hazard. I have inspected the spigot and have not found an obvious fault.

    The 5 gallon “Smart Fill” gasoline can has leaked more than once while dispensing gasoline.

    Model
    5 Gallon spill proof gasoline can
    Bought from
    Walmart, Colorado
    Bought
    Jul 15, 2013, about then
    Where
    Pueblo, Colorado: Home/Apartment/Condominium
    Who was involved
    Age 67, Male
    The reporter’s relation to them
    Self
    As this report names them
    Brand “Smart Fill”, made or sold by THE PLASTICS GROUP
    How badly, in CPSC’s words
    Incident, No Injury
  2. No one hurt

    Made May 28, 2013, sent to the company Jun 5, 2013, published by CPSC Jun 26, 2013

    The product, in the report: Replacement spout for gas can. Smart-Fill by Briggs and Stratton, UPC 6053485040

    I bought this spout as a replacement for an older gas can. It leaks and drips gas from around the collar, where the black collar joins the green plastic. It does not matter whether or not the spout is depressed to pour, the gas leaks whenever the can is tipped so gas is against the collar.

    Although no one was injured, this volume of gas dripping on a hot mower could cause a fire and personal injury.

    Please check the public comments on the Briggs & Stratton youtube video, and the comments sections were this product is sold on Amazon, Home Depot, Wal-Mart, etc- leaking is a very common problem. I thought that these people must be too dumb to use slightly different technology, but I was wrong. This thing just plain leaks.

    I read on the internet that the old style spouts were banned by the EPA for environmental reasons. Well, far more gas and gas fumes are getting into the environment using this type of spout, at least as a retro-fit on an existing gas can.

    The product is a Briggs & Stratton Smart-Fill replacement spout, sold at Wal-Mart under UPC 6053485040.

    Model
    Smart-Fill
    UPC
    6053485040
    Bought from
    Wal-Mart, Michigan
    Bought
    May 23, 2013
    Where
    Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan: Home/Apartment/Condominium
    Who was involved
    Unspecified
    The reporter’s relation to them
    Unspecified
    As this report names them
    Brand Smart-Fill, made or sold by THE PLASTICS GROUP
    How badly, in CPSC’s words
    Incident, No Injury

CPSC’s disclaimer

Disclaimer: CPSC does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of the Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database on SaferProducts.gov, particularly with respect to information submitted by people outside of CPSC.

Source:

Word for word, from the disclaimer in CPSC’s export.

Sources

Sources

  • 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.

Source:

Reports of harm are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), on SaferProducts.gov. CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record.

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