Generators should help power your home after a hurricane, not cause you to lose use of — or just lose — a finger. That’s why Generac recalled about 325,735 portable generators. The exact problem, as ...

First, you spend a small fortune just to buy the unit and install it. Then comes the real nightmare: maintenance and repairs that are outrageously expensive, to the point where it feels like a scam.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission today reannounced the recall of 321,160 Generac and DR 6500-watt and 8000-watt portable generators sold in the United States, plus another 4,575 sold in Canada.

A class action lawsuit claims Generac sold standby generators with a hidden defect that causes them to fail during power outages, despite being marketed as reliable backup power. Plaintiffs James W.