RELATED: Walmart Is Pulling This Product From Shelves, Effective Immediately. Earlier this week, SafeRacks/Monsterrax recalled its overhead garage storage racks as they pose a risk of detaching from the ceiling and falling on anyone below. Now, a new product recall affects an appliance that could pose another danger behind your garage door. According to a recall notice dated April 28 on the website for the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (USPC), Generac and DR Power brand electric start pressure washers are currently being recalled. The affected products have model numbers DPW3100DEN, DPW3101DEN, DPW3102DEN, G0071320, G0071321, G0071430, and G0071431. About 53,000 units sold around the country are affected. (In addition, 1,750 were sold in Canada.) The company has received nine reports of the pressure washers starting and operating without being connected to a water supply. This malfunctioning self-start feature poses a risk of carbon monoxide poisoning to anyone using the unit in a confined space. Fortunately, no injuries or property damage have been reported at this stage. The company is conducting the recall voluntarily, under the CPSC’s Fast Track Recall process, intended to quickly announce the recall and remedy to protect consumers. RELATED: If You’re Over 65, Never Use This Furniture in Your Home. To check to confirm whether a product you bought is subject to the recall, look for the model and serial numbers printed on a label located on the product’s frame. Consumers can check specific unit type, model number, and serial number location information at a dedicated page on Generac’s website. Each recalled electric start pressure washer has an electric start/stop button to operate its gasoline-powered engine, plus a rechargeable battery used to power the button. RELATED: For more product recall news and safety advice delivered straight to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter. If you have one of the recalled units at home, the UPSC notice advises you to stop using it immediately—unless you have removed the rechargeable battery. You can continue to use your power washer with the battery removed, using the pull-start option to start the unit. Contact the company to arrange for an authorized dealer to replace the start/stop switch on the pressure washer at no cost to you. Generac is also contacting known purchasers of the product directly to provide more details about the needed repair and the steps to remedy it for free. RELATED: Family Dollar Just Issued This Urgent Warning to Shoppers.
