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Product

Cub Cadet Lawn Tractor Cub Cadet Hydrostatic Lawn Tractor LTX 1045

Category

Electronics

Report number

20141123-5F2D1-2147438584

Ownership age

About 27 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20141123-5F2D1-2147438584. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Cub Cadet Lawn Tractor Cub Cadet Hydrostatic Lawn Tractor LTX 1045. Source model text: 13WX91AT056 LTX1045. Incident: I had been mowing the yard for approximately 1 1/2 hours when I stopped to blow off the driveway. After blowing off the drive I returned approximately 15 minutes later to find the mower on fire. Flames had already thru the hood and were reaching 6 feet in height. I grabbed a fire extinguisher and put the fire out. The front and top of the motor was where the fire started. All the plastic on the top of the motor and the hood and the wiring were melted.

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Official report number: 20141123-5F2D1-2147438584. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.