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Product

Toro 38282

Category

Home & Garden

Report number

20121107-8044D-2147462152

Ownership age

About 24 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20121107-8044D-2147462152. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Toro 38282. Incident: Toro Model 38282, S/N 311019462. Toro Power Clear 180 Snow Thrower. Relate to July 14, 2010 CPSC Release #10-299. My unit is also leaking fuel in the same manner as descriped in release 10-299. Called Toro to check if my unit is part of the recal and was told it was not. Last fall, the unit leaked 1/2 tank of gas onto the flor of the garrage. This posed a severe potential for fire. I checked the unit today and found it is leaking gass uncontrollably from the carburator.

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