Anker Recalls Over 1.1 Million Power Banks Due To Fire and Burn Risks (theverge.com)
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- News link: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/06/12/1649201/anker-recalls-over-11-million-power-banks-due-to-fire-and-burn-risks
- Source link: https://www.theverge.com/news/686084/anker-recall-uscpsc-power-bank-battery-powercore-a1263
> The company has received 19 reports of fires and explosions that have caused minor burn injuries and resulted in property damage totaling over $60,700, according to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (USCPSC).
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> The recall covers about 1,158,000 units that were sold online through Amazon, Newegg, and eBay between June 2016 and December 2022. The affected batteries can be identified by the Anker logo engraved on the side with the model number A1263 printed on the bottom edge. However, Anker is only recalling units sold in the US with qualifying serial numbers. To check if yours is included, you'll need to visit Anker's website.
[1] https://www.theverge.com/news/686084/anker-recall-uscpsc-power-bank-battery-powercore-a1263
Yikes (Score:1)
I have an Anker Powercore 10400 that looks just like that. Hopefully whatever the problem is doesn't extend to that one as well....
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I guess I'd better figure out where I stashed mine and check this out!
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Mine is a Powercore 10000, but it is model A1229 which is not covered in this recall. No idea where it is at the moment but Amazon can tell me what I ordered.
Recall form is bogus (Score:4, Informative)
I went through the whole recall claim process and then at the end when I tried to submit it, it say my serial number had already been claimed. There is no recourse or any other way to submit.
It's probably just completely bogus.
Re: Recall form is bogus (Score:2)
or your bank got made outside the identified batch of serials.
signed, ISO-compliant QA tech
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> It's probably just completely bogus.
Reach out to customer service, my own personal experience with Anker is that they have been absolutely excellent in that department. They even replaced a charger of mine which failed 3 weeks out of warranty.
3 years old at minimum (Score:2)
These are past warranty, and in some cases the pack is nearly a decade old.
Zero reason for a recall that I see and I am pretty strict when it comes to lithium batteries.
Re:3 years old at minimum (Score:4, Insightful)
Because it's good PR, for once, as opposed to the expected "Oh, sorry, but you're out of warranty and therefore SoL"? It's basically admitting that yes, they (or one of their component suppliers) screwed up, but that they are going to make good and give you either a credit voucher to buy something else from them or an upgraded model of the product. That some of the these are 10 years old and likely long since lost or discarded means that this is going to cost a lot less than the total ~$30m value of the banks being recalled, which could be a hell of a lot less if they were to get sued, especially in the US, gives them an out on any future issues ("they were recalled, why were you still using it?"), and is probably covered by insurance anyway.
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> These are past warranty, and in some cases the pack is nearly a decade old.
> Zero reason for a recall that I see and I am pretty strict when it comes to lithium batteries.
Are you of the delusional that a "warranty period" lets the company off the hook for creating a product that will spontaneously burst into fire?
Re:3 years old at minimum (Score:4, Informative)
Recalls are safety issues, and it doesn't matter if the product is out of warranty or not - if the product is still out there and a safety issue a recall is issued.
Though rare, they can be issued long after a product has be obsoleted on the market if they still pose a safety hazard. Cars can have recalls years after discontinuation if some issue comes up later on.
Product Testing? (Score:3)
Was Mossad involved in product testing?
19 out of a million? (Score:2)
Right, letâ(TM)s recall every car model where it wasnâ(TM)t clear how a crash occurred, even if just 19 out of a million were impacted.
FFS.
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> Right, letâ(TM)s recall every car model where it wasnâ(TM)t clear how a crash occurred
You're assuming it wasn't clear. They are recalling a subset of devices in a particular model group and are checking serial numbers in the process. They know which ones are at risk.
If they don't do this, and someone gets injured they face FUCK YOU levels of lawsuits and liability.
0.000019 percent failure rate (Score:2)
Oh my goodness Iâ(TM)m scared.
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Famous last words.
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> Oh my goodness Iâ(TM)m scared.
Dumb take. You're comment comes across as someone both unconcerned that they have a faulty product subject to a free recall, while also being stupid enough to not take up an offer for a new replacement of a potentially 3-7 year old device. Dumb take.
Yeah I said dumb take twice because your post is stupid for two reasons. Just thought I'd point that out in case you didn't understand my point.
Phew (Score:4, Funny)
Good thing I've got some No Name battery banks not affected by this recall.