STIHL Recalls BR 800 Backpack Blowers Due to Laceration Hazard
- Date
- Nov 6, 2025
- Company
- STIHL Incorporated, of Virginia Beach, Virginia
- Product
- STIHL BR 800 Backpack Blower
- Reason
- The fan wheel inside the backpack blower can break apart, posing a laceration hazard.
- Hazard
- Injury (fall, cut, crash)
- Units
- About 47,800
- Remedy
- Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled STIHL BR 800 backpack blower and bring it to an authorized STIHL servicing dealer for a free inspection and replacement of the fan wheel.
- Source
- CPSC
How to identify the product
- This recall involves the fan wheel of the STIHL BR 800 Magnum, models X and C-E, a backpack blower powered by a combustion engine. The backpack blower is gray and orange. "STIHL," "BR 800," and "X" or "C-E" are printed on the rear of the blower. The recalled blower's serial number is located on a label on the blower tube. Only backpack blowers with serial numbers ranging from 546515117 to 547916107 are included in the recall.
- Sold at: Authorized STIHL independent dealers nationwide from May 2025 through September 2025 for about $600 for the STIHL BR 800 X Magnum model and about $700 for the STIHL BR 800 C-E Magnum model. |
- Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled STIHL BR 800 backpack blower and bring it to an authorized STIHL servicing dealer for a free inspection and replacement of the fan wheel.
Facts are taken from the official notice. If anything here differs from it, the official notice is correct.