Product
Cub Cadet LT50 24HP CUB CADET
Category
Home & Garden
Report number
20190927-FA310-2147377438
Ownership age
About 40 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)
Failure type
Fire / ignition
Incident narrative
SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20190927-FA310-2147377438. Severity: Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received. Product: cub cadet LT50 24HP CUB CADET (cub cadet riding lawn mower, 50 in cut yellow in color,model num. [REDACTED. LT50 24HP. sn. 2840968). Incident: I have bout a cub cadet riding mower June 9 2016 at tractor supply .I had mower deck problems the first 6 weeks of mowing,they kept fixing it,findy putting a new mower deck under it, on or about 09/10/2019, i have just mowed my lawn loaded the mower onto my trailer to have it worked on once again, seconds after i got of the mower the busted out in flames, i barley escaped the fire, the mower was a total loss in just mins.I contacted club cadet on the same date. they assigned me a case num. #[REDACTED]. the man i spoke with said the did have some trouble with there movers catching fire,but not that one. also advised me he didn't see them doing anything to help me. but he wanted pics. witch i sent 3 times, the frie damage 75% of my trailer also. i'm lucky i wasn't burn to death .
Official report number: 20190927-FA310-2147377438. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.