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Ariens Recalls Snow Throwers Due to Laceration Hazard
Official action
Source. US Consumer Product Safety Commission
Official identifier. 25-124
Date. 2025-02-06
Jurisdiction. United States
Hazard (official). The recalled snow thrower impeller and auger assembly can continue rotating even after the operator control lever is released, posing a laceration hazard if a user makes contact with the rotating parts inside the housing enclosure at the front of the machine.
Action / remedy (official). Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled snow throwers and contact Ariens Company or an authorized dealer for a free repair at their local dealership. The dealer locator is available at here. Ariens Company and its authorized dealers will confirm whether a unit has already been inspected and/or repaired and will perform all necessary repairs on affected units.
Product. Ariens® DELUXE-, PLATINUM- and PROFESSIONAL-series Snow Throwers
Identification details. This recall involves certain Ariens DELUXE-, PLATINUM- and PROFESSIONAL-series Sno-Thro® models. The recalled snow throwers were sold in a bright orange color and are equipped with either rear wheels or tracks. The model and serial numbers are located on the white square ID tag on the frame. Some recalled snowblowers have already been inspected and repaired.Consumers are urged to visit https://www.ariensco.com/safetyrecall for a list of recalled units.
Units. About 6,260 (In addition, about 1,100 were sold in Canada)
Incidents reported by CPSC. None reported
Remedy type. Repair
Sold at. Authorized Ariens dealers nationwide, Ace Hardware, Blain’s Farm & Fleet, Do It Best, Family Farm & Home, Mills Fleet Farm, Northern Tool and Equipment, Lowe’s and True Value and online at AceHardware.com, Farmandfleet.com, Doitbest.com, familyfarmandhome.com, Lowes.com, fleetfarm.com, northerntool.com and TrueValue.com from August 2024 through October 2024 for between $1,770 and $5,440.
Licence: US Government recall data made available for business and application reuse
Attribution: Source: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recall notice
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