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CPSC, BRIGGS & STRATTON ANNOUNCE RECALL
By Steve Noe,
Editor-Outdoor Power Equipment Magazine

Washington D.C. — In cooperation with the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Briggs & Stratton Corporation, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is voluntarily recalling about 160,000 engines used on fun karts. Fuel from the engine can spill out if the fun kart overturns, posing serious fire and burn hazards to consumers.

Briggs & Stratton had received nine reports of incidents involving fun karts that overturned and caught fire, including four consumers who suffered burns.

The recalled engines were only used on fun karts. The engine models included in the recall are 5-HP Model Series 1352XX and FunPower Model Series 1362XX. The engines involved in this recall were manufactured in the United States.

Briggs & Stratton sold the engines between May 1992 and June 1995 to fun kart manufacturers such as Avenger, Inc., Bob’s Kart Shop, Brister’s Thunder Karts, Carter Brothers Manufacturing, Hamilton, Kartco Inc., Ken-Bar Manufacturing Co, Manco Products Inc., T&D Metal Products Co., and USA Industries. The engines were also sold separately to authorized distributors and dealers who may have resold them to consumers building homemade go-karts.

Retail, specialty and power equipment stores nationwide sold the fun karts from 1992 through 1997 for between $600 and $2000.

Consumers should stop using the fun karts immediately and contact a local Briggs & Stratton dealer for a free engine repair. Consumers can also contact Briggs & Stratton at 800-999-9444 between 8AM and 5PM Central Time, Monday through Friday. Or log on to the company’s web site at www.briggsandstratton.com to arrange for the free repair or to find a local dealer.

To see a picture of the recalled products on the CPSC’s website, link to the following address: http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml02/02222.html.

Article reprinted with permission from “Outdoor Power Equipment” magazine.

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