Bob-Cat Recalls Zero Turn Mowers Due to Crash Hazard (Recall Alert)

Recall Insight

This CPSC action (record #15708) was formally reported on November 20, 2014. It is classified under Moderate severity, with a current status of Active. Schiller Grounds Care, Inc., of Johnson Creek, Wisc. is listed as the recalling firm. Federal records indicate About 4,900 units are affected.

The documented reason for this recall is: The steering control arm component can break under normal use, causing driver to lose control and crash. Distribution information was not included in the agency filing, so consumers should assume broad potential exposure until the firm publishes point-of-sale details. The remedy documented by the agency is: Mower should be returned to the dealer where purchased for free repair with a newly designed control arm component. Consumers who completed the warranty registration card were contacted directly by S… — consumers holding this product should act on that instruction rather than relying on general guidance.

To put this record in context, PlainRecalls indexes 83,949 recalls across the FDA, CPSC, NHTSA and USDA FSIS going back to 1995. Within the same product category, the database holds 6 closely related recalls, of which 1 were also issued by CPSC. That clustering is a signal — repeated actions in a narrow category often indicate a systemic quality-control issue, a supplier-wide contamination, or a design defect that has propagated across product lines. This recall is roughly 12 years old; older recalls can remain relevant because many units enter resale, rental, and secondary-market channels where the original warning never reaches the end user. Always cross-check the recall number against the official agency page before relying on any summary.