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Official U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission consumer incident report from the SaferProducts.gov public database. Use the verification links below to confirm the record on SaferProducts.gov or via the public database export.

Product

Kobalt KM2040X-06 Item 506586

Category

Home & Garden

Report number

20180610-2BFDF-2147387447

Ownership age

About 48 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)

Failure type

Overheating

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20180610-2BFDF-2147387447. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Kobalt KM2040X-06 Item 506586. Source model text: KM2040X-06. Incident: While mowing my lawn, smoke started coming from both the right and left hand sides of the mower. I took out the batteries, let it cool for a long time, and tried to use it again but the smoking started up again.

This is a consumer incident report published on SaferProducts.gov. CPSC does not guarantee the accuracy of information submitted by people outside of CPSC. It is not automatically an official recall or manufacturer admission.

Official report number: 20180610-2BFDF-2147387447. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.