Letter from Ariens regarding possible fire - Stop using your snow thrower until they find the cause

ecarrot

Joined: Oct 31, 2006
Points: 4

Letter from Ariens regarding possible fire - Stop using your snow thrower until they find the cause
Original Message Mar 29, 2007 10:03 am

I bought an Ariens 8524E snow thrower last November and today I received this Important Safety Information letter from Ariens. I am not too happy about this.

Snowmann

Joined: Dec 3, 2003
Points: 494

Re: Letter from Ariens regarding possible fire - Stop using your snow thrower until they find the cause
Reply #6 Mar 30, 2007 10:47 am

RickJ wrote:

I agree with nibbler, and I think that Ariens is doing the right thing here. They have identified a problem, notified the owners of the affected machines, and are working on a solution. It sounds like it's a brigss & stratton problem, not an Ariens problem. While I would be disappointed if I had bought one of these machines and received this letter, I would rather have them inform me of the problem early, instead of waiting for years before they tell me about it. If this only affects a limited number of machines, then it's not worthy of a full scale recall. But I do hope that they go public with this, or post notifications in the stores that these machines were sold in, so that customers who did not send in their registration cards can find out about the problem.

I wonder if B&S engines on other brands are also affected?

Rick,

I believe this letter went to all registered owners and dealers of Briggs & Stratton powered Ariens Snothros. This would include models: 932043, 932044, 932045, 926007, 926008, 926009, 926010, 926011, 926012, 926014, 926015. These models include various Intek Snow and Powerbuilt Snow specs for model 12, 15, 20, and 21 engines (206cc, 249cc, 305cc, 342cc)

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