John Deere E130

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20200604-BE091-1985785. Matched catalog product: John Deere E130. Incident: The consumer was using his lawn mower for approximately forty minutes when he stored it in his garage. On his way out, the consumer pushed the unit back with his leg and received a 1� x 3.5� third-degree burn on the front of his left calf. The consumer notes that the exhaust is about five inches behind the bumper and this is why even though the lawn mower was turned off that the bumper was so hot. The next time the consumer used his lawn mower he noticed that after the unit was off, the bumper was 158 degrees Fahrenheit after using it for forty minutes.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20190720-54ED6-2147379784. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Product: John Deere E130 (John Deere Riding Lawn Mower E130, 22hp, Green and yellow,). Incident: While mowing my yard with a John Deere E130 Riding Lawn Mower purchased from Lowes in Tyler, Tx. on June 29, 2019, the mower caught on fire. Within a matter of minutes, the entire mower was consumed with flames. I'm lucky I saw the flames and got off in time. The wind was blowing and the fire spread. Luckily though, no one was hurt, and I got the flames extinguished in the pasture that kept the fire from spreading and jumping the road that would have contacted other people's domiciles. I had already called the Baxter Volunteer Fire Dept. They sprayed water on the mower that completed its extinguishing. The fireman completed a report for which I have a copy as well as pictures and videos of the fire. I suspect that the muffler emitted a spark onto the dry grass which quickly caught fire. The mower's muffler is very low to the ground and does not have a spark arrestor. My old John Deere LX188 has a spark arrestor around the muffler to prevent this type of incident.