{"@context":{"@vocab":"https://schema.org/"},"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/api/v1/nhtsa/complaints/check?make=CEN-TECH","name":"CEN-TECH","_source":{"data_provider":"AI Analytics","data_provider_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","primary_source":"https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/","generated_at":"2026-09-14T17:13:52.824Z"},"summary":{"total_complaints":2,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fires":2},"top_components":[{"component_desc":"EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL","n":1},{"component_desc":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","n":1}],"recent_complaints":[{"cmplid":"1789597","date_received":"2022-01-21","make":"CEN-TECH","model":"BATTERY FLOAT CHARGER","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","description":"During pandemic, I am allowed to work from home 5 days a week. I haven't used my car a lot like I used to.  So I bought 2 battery tenders from Harbor Freight in 2020 to keep my batteries full charge. This morning I needed to use the car so I removed one of the charger, and used it for 1/2 hour then parked in the garage. Fast forward to this evening I  proceeded to rehook up the charger to the car, parking in garage, the car was not used for 10 hours so it was as cold as my garage temp, 20 degrees F. After reconnecting all leads, red clamp to positive post, black clamp to negative post, I plugged the charger adapter into an extension cable (about 6 feet), and then felt the need to clean up some trash in the garage. This impromptu helped me avert the disaster. When I was done with the trash outside, I went back into the garage to find out my garage was filled with smoke. Running to my car, lifted it hood, the charge was on fires and flame shooting out. I quickly ripped the charger, threw it on ground and stamped it my foot to extinguish the fire. It was shooting flames and chars everywhere.  Had I not cleaned my trash, it would have burnt my car and garage down. I was shaken to my core. For now, I have unplugged the second unit.   This unit I believe is still being sold in Harbor Freight. I hope my incident report would help people to be aware of the fire hazard and to not facing into same situation like mine.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1789597"},{"cmplid":"1750077","date_received":"2021-06-01","make":"CEN-TECH","model":"12V BATTERY CHARGER","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL","description":"A plug-in battery charger failed. You may inspect it. It got hot and smoked, and I suppose was a fire hazard. The problem has not been confirmed nor inspected. There were no symptoms of the problem before the failure.  - - - - I used the automotive charger to charge a battery after a light had been on overnight, discharging the battery. I removed the battery from the vehicle because the terminals might have been corroded. When I first put the charger on the battery it indicated full and did not start to recharge it, so I used jumper cables to charge the discharged battery from a good battery in my car and left the charger at 10 amps on the good battery at the same time so that battery would not become discharged. I left it to sit, figuring it would take several hours at that setting, and after about 5 minutes I saw smoke. Both 12v wires were hot and insulation burned or melted off. There is damage to the car where the wires rested on the painted plastic bumper and a plastic bit near the battery, and of course the charger is useless. I wrote to the manufacturer on March 28 to make them aware, and ask how to avoid it in the future, and ask if it can be repaired. I have not heard back. - - - - The user manual for this product is at http://manuals.harborfreight.com/manuals/60000-60999/60653.pdf The current year model of this product is at https://www.harborfreight.com/10250a-12v-manual-charger-with-engine-start-60581.html - - - - The charger is sold by Harbor Freight Tools under ","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1750077"}]}