Grass and debris can pile up inside DR Power’s Pilot and Premier trimmer mowers and catch fire, and the company is offering owners of about 42,860 of them a free repair kit. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission posted the recall on Oct. 8, 2026 as number 27-016, and it says owners should stop using the machines immediately.
The machines sold for between $380 and $550, so a repair that costs the owner nothing is worth a good deal against buying a replacement. The commission counts 19 reports of the trimmer mowers catching fire and two reports of minor injuries, such as blisters on hands and feet.
What owners need first is the model number on the machine. All serial numbers of eight models are covered, so a match on the model is a match on the recall, and the owner then contacts DR Power for the kit, or asks the company to arrange installation by an authorized dealer at no charge.
The count of 19 fire reports in the commission’s Oct. 8 notice is the figure to watch if more owners report incidents.
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The eight model numbers on the recall
The commission lists the recalled models, and each is covered regardless of its serial number:
- T4X1076DMN
- T4X1076DMNR
- T4X1076DMNSD
- T4X1176DMN
- T4X1176DMN-1
- T4X1176DMNR
- TR43076DMN
- TR43076DMNR
The machines were sold from November 2022 through July 2026, which means the oldest units have been in sheds and garages for almost four years. The sales channel was wide. The CPSC names Ace, TSC and Bomgaars, along with other home improvement, hardware and independent power equipment stores nationwide, and online at drpower.com. Roughly 340 more were sold in Canada, on top of the 42,860 in the United States.
How a lawn tool becomes a fire hazard
The commission’s hazard description is short: grass and debris can accumulate in the trimmer mowers and ignite. A trimmer mower works at ground level in grass and debris, and the CPSC’s 19 fire reports show the failure happening in use. The two injuries were minor, and the commission’s notice gives no figure for property damage.
The notice’s instruction is blunt: stop using the recalled trimmer mowers immediately. The remedy is a repair kit for the mower the owner already has, not a refund or a replacement.
Set against the number of machines sold, 19 fire reports across 42,860 U.S. units comes to about one report for every 2,250 mowers. That ratio is arithmetic on the commission’s figures. It is a count of reports and not a failure rate, because the commission can only count the incidents that owners and the company passed along. The commission judged the pattern serious enough to treat as a risk of serious injury or death, which is the wording in the recall’s title, and the minor injuries it lists were blisters on hands and feet.
What the free kit and free installation are worth
At the commission’s price range of $380 to $550, the repair kit is a saving of the full cost of a new machine for an owner who wants to keep using the mower. DR Power also says, per the notice, that an owner unsure about installing the kit can ask the company to arrange a free installation by an authorized dealer.
Multiplied across the recalled units, the numbers get large: 42,860 machines at $380 to $550 each is roughly $16 million to $24 million in original retail value. That total is arithmetic on the commission’s figures, not a number the commission or the company has published.
The company’s own recall-notice page, which the drpower.com/recalls address leads to, lists release 27-016 and carries a submission form for the free repair kit, at drpower.com/Trimmer-FreeRepairKit. The page identifies itself as DR Power and Generac Power Products recall notices, so an owner who reaches it through the recalls address is on the company’s own site and not a lookalike.
Three routes lead to the same remedy. An owner can phone DR Power, email the recall address or fill in the online form for the kit, and an owner who would rather not do the work can ask in the same request for dealer installation. The CPSC notice lists the phone and email routes and the company’s page adds the form.
Getting the DR Power repair kit
The contact routes in the CPSC notice are the free ones. DR Power takes calls at 800-854-3194 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern, Monday through Friday, and email at recall@drpower.com. The company’s recall address is drpower.com/recalls, and the commission’s recall list shows the notice under Oct. 8.
Have the model number from the machine on hand when contacting the company, along with a note of where and roughly when the mower was bought. A model on the list above is covered whatever its serial number. Until the kit is installed, the commission’s instruction is to leave the mower unused.
Owners who cannot install the kit themselves should say so at the first contact, since the offer of free installation by an authorized dealer comes from the same notice.
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This article was produced with AI assistance and reviewed by The Financial Wire’s editorial team.
Warren Cohen is a finance writer based in Phoenix, Arizona, covering personal finance topics including credit, banking, and beginner investing. He earned his degree in business administration from Arizona State University and began his career working in consumer finance, where he gained direct experience with lending and credit systems. He now writes for personal finance websites and fintech platforms, focusing on clear, practical content that helps readers make informed financial decisions.
