Mowers Equipped with Foot Lift Option and Foot Lift Options Kits Recalled by John Deere Due to Injury Hazard
Hazard
A bolt in the right-hand steering lever can catch on the tab of the foot lift stop and lock in place, causing the steering lever to remain in the forward travel position, posing an injury hazard to the driver.
What to do
Customers should stop using the mowers immediately and contact a John Deere dealer to make arrangements to have the lift stop bracket removed from their machine. All John Deere tractor dealers were no
Products
Z445 mowers with 54 inch high capacity deck and Z445 or Z465 Zero-Turn Mower with Premium Foot Lift features. The recalled mowers have the model number at the front of the foot platform and on the serial number tag under the seat. The recall includes the following models and serial numbers of units: Z445 Zero-Turn Mower with 54 High Capacity Deck M0Z445R060001 through M0Z445R062255 M0Z445R084127 through M0Z445R084153 M0Z445R080001 through M0Z445R083720 M0Z445R084155 through M0Z445R084168 M0Z445R083722 through M0Z445R084029 M0Z445R084170 through M0Z445R084192 M0Z445R084031 through M0Z445R084125 M0Z445R084241 through M0Z445R084244 BM22809 Premium Foot Lift Kit - This kit may have been installe
Incidents and injuries
There were no injuries reported.
Text from the US Consumer Product Safety Commission. Official recall notice.
All John Deere dealers in the U.S. with the exception of California. The Z445 Zero-Turn Mower with 54 High Capacity Deck sold from January 2009 to September 2010 for approximately of $5,300; and the BM22809 Premium Foot Lift Kit sold from February 2009 to September 2010 for approximately $80.