ECHO Inc. 2024-08-01 Kitchen serious CPSC
Kitchen · CPSC · Recall #CPSC-24329
ECHO gas-powered backpack blowers Recall
Issued August 1, 2024 · ECHO Inc. · 3,900 units affected
In August 2024, ECHO Inc. recalled the ECHO gas-powered backpack blowers, a serious kitchen recall reported by the CPSC.
Compiled by Maya Ellison, RecallCheckr
What this means for you
The fuel supply line can leak gas, posing a fire hazard.
What you should do
- 1 Keep using ECHO gas-powered backpack blowers only as advised. See the remedy below.
- 2 Set it aside where it won't be used by mistake.
- 3 Contact ECHO Inc. to arrange your repair. See the official notice below for contact details.
- 4 Keep the product until your remedy is fully processed. You may need it.
Official remedy (Repair): Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled blowers, and contact an authorized ECHO dealer (www.echo-usa.com/store-locator) to schedule an appointment to bring the ECHO gas-powered backpack blower in for free installation of a new replacement fuel line. ECHO is contacting all known purchasers directly.
Recall details
- Brand
- ECHO Inc.
- Category
- Kitchen
- Recall date
- August 1, 2024
- Units affected
- 3,900
- Sold at
- Golden Eagle Distributing Company, of Rocklin, California, and independent dealers nationwide from May 2024 through June 2024 for about $430.
- Recall number
- CPSC-24329
- Made in
- United States
- Issuing agency
- CPSC
In context
- ECHO Inc. has 2 recalls in our database.
- We're tracking 296 Kitchen recalls in our database.
- 3,900 units is enough to reach roughly 1 in every 33,590 US households.
- This is the 47th Kitchen recall we've logged in 2024.