SaferProducts incident

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20150505-0131D-1483486. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Product: Champion 41532 (Generator 9000 starting watts and 7000 running watts). Incident: Generator being reported as having the same hazard as recalled earlier manufactured of same His generator is leaking fuel from the carburetor just as the November/December 2011 manufactured units recalled with release# 13-026. The caller's model# is listed on this release but his was not manufactured until May 2013. The caller purchased in generator he believes around the Summer of 2014 from Costco in VA. The caller had no problems with his generator but states that it wasn't used frequently and was used as more of a "standby" in case electricity was lost. He started the generator on May 4th, 2015 and noticed that fuel was leaking from and around the carburetor. He shut the fuel line off and turned the generator off. He is reporting his generator as a fire hazard and is asking that this manufacture date be added to the recall. He would like to receive a free repair kit or return to Costco for full refund. There are no injuries being reported The caller has not contacted the manufacturer but does intend to contact them.