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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

John Deere Gator� John Deere Gator� RSX850i

Category

Home & Garden

Report number

20220304-D3A93-2147357353

Ownership age

About 51 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)

Failure type

Leak

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20220304-D3A93-2147357353. Severity: No Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: John Deere Gator� John Deere Gator� RSX850i. Source model text: Gator 590M S4 XUV. Incident: 3 incidents. First I was using the Gator 590M when I noticed front wheel was was not working right. Noticed rod was broken and lots of rust on both front wheels. Changed out all parts on front end for safety reasons. 2nd. After the changeout, my Wife was driving on city street when the left front wheel came off the frame where connected, causing loss of control. 3rd time. Wife was driving on city street with son and the left rear wheel came off the Gator, pulling the drive shaft out of the tramssion and causing fluid leak and became unuseable. All three incidents could have caused a crash or injury to occupants or others. Unit just turned 4 years old. First 2 incidents occurred in year 2 and 3

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Official report number: 20220304-D3A93-2147357353. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.