NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 About 780,000 pressure washers sold at retailers like Home Depot are being recalled across the U.S. and Canada, due to a projectile hazard that has resulted in fractures and other injuries among some consumers.<\/p>\n
According to a Thursday recall notice<\/a> published by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, TTI Outdoor Power Equipment is recalling certain models of its Ryobi-branded electric pressure washers because the products\u2019 capacitor can overheat and burst, \u201ccausing parts to be forcefully ejected.\u201d<\/p>\n That poses serious impact risks to users or bystanders. To date, the CPSC notes, the power tool and equipment company has received 135 reports of capacitors overheating in the U.S. \u2014 including 41 reports of explosions that resulted in 32 injuries and\/or fractures to consumers\u2019 fingers, hands, face and eyes. A corresponding notice from Health Canada<\/a> noted that no additional incidents were reported in Canada.<\/p>\n Consumers in possession of the now-recalled pressure washers are urged to stop using them immediately and visit Ryobi\u2019s recall website<\/a> to learn about how to receive a free repair kit, which includes a replacement capacitor.<\/p>\n The Ryobi washers under recall have model numbers RY142300 and RY142711VNM. About 764,000 were sold in the U.S., in addition to 16,000 in Canada.<\/p>\n In the U.S. these products were sold at Home Depot and Direct Tools Factory Outlet between July 2017 and June 2024, the CPSC notes, for about $300 to $400 in stores and online.<\/p>\n TTI Outdoor Power Equipment is a subsidary of Techtronic Industries (TTI). The Associated Press reached out to the company for further comments on Thursday.<\/p>\n Beyond Thursday\u2019s pressure washer recall, TTI also recalled Ryobi-branded mowers<\/a> and hedge trimmers<\/a> earlier this year \u2014 due to fire and laceration hazards, respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 About 780,000 pressure washers sold at retailers like Home Depot are being recalled across…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117605,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[28,103,18319,793,1304,54603,20999,795],"class_list":["post-117604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-canada","tag-general-domestic-news","tag-general-news","tag-product-recalls","tag-product-safety","tag-retail-and-wholesale","tag-u-s-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}