Toro Z Master ZRT Mowers Recalled Due to Injury Hazard (3/30/11)
A Modification Can Be Made by a Consumer or a Dealer
Mowers with the optional deluxe seat have an operator presence switch built into the seat that may activate the mower when the operator vacates the seat, posing an injury hazard from the blade to the operator and anyone in the vicinity of the mower. Toro has received one report of a foot laceration.
These mowers are large commercial duty ZRT (zero radius turn) mowers with 52" to 72" cutting decks. They have light gray seats with an adjustment knob in the front of the bottom of the seat.
The mowers were manufactured in the United States by the Toro Company, Bloomington, Minn., and sold at Toro dealers in the U.S. and Canada from September 2005 through January 2011 for prices ranging from $13,000 to 17,000.
If your machine has the optional deluxe seat installed, which is light gray with adjustment knob on the front, contact Toro to have modification instructions sent to you. Consumers can make that modification themselves, or contact any Toro Dealer to have it completed for them at no charge.
For a list of model numbers and serial numbers, click here.
For additional information, contact Toro at (866) 946-3109, in the U.S. and Canada, between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. CT Monday through Friday or visit the firm's website at www.Toro.com
Note: This product safety recall was voluntarily conducted by the firm in cooperation with the CPSC and Health Canada. Consumers should stop using the product immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
The CPSC is still interested in receiving incident or injury reports that are either directly related to this product recall or involve a different hazard with the same product. Please tell them about it by visiting www.saferproducts.gov
Sources:
In the U.S.: http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml11/11731.html
In Canada: http://cpsr-rspc.hc-sc.gc.ca/PR-RP/recall-retrait-eng.jsp?re_id=1304
Published by R.C. Johnson
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16 Comments
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Nice work Ruth.
great article!!
Good information, thank you!
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Thanks RC!
It's really odd seeing a Toro recall, they're products are very well built. Nice catch, R.C. :)
We have a John Deere mower...thanks for posting the news on this item...safety is number one around mowers...happy to hear that a recall notice was sent out and that you are spreading the word to keep many others safe too.