Belkin Recall Notices Citing Burn Hazards: What the CPSC Records Show

Affected Products and the Recall at a Glance

The official record is the CPSC notice titled "Belkin Recalls Portable Power Banks and Wireless Charging Stands Due to Fire and Burn Hazards". That page is the authoritative source, and every product fact below comes from it.

As the notice states them:

• Recall number: 26-090 (recorded in the CPSC's database as 26090).
• Recall date: November 13, 2025.
• Name of product: portable power banks and wireless charging stands.
• Units: "About 83,500 (In addition, about 2,385 were sold in Canada)."
• Manufacturer: Belkin International Inc.
• Manufactured in: Vietnam for the MMA008, and China for the BPB002 and PB0003.
• Remedy: refund.

The notice marks the recall as a Fast Track Recall and lists Canada under "In Conjunction With." It lists sales at Best Buy, Target, Walmart and other stores nationwide, plus online at Belkin.com, Amazon.com and TikTok, from August 2020 through August 2025, for between $29 and $180.

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A recall like this one is not a finding that the product injured anyone, or that the firm is liable to anyone. It is a public notice of a stated hazard and a remedy for the specific products and units the notice names, not Belkin products in general. If you are trying to match your own device to a notice, the site's lithium battery recall lookup guide explains how to read a CPSC notice field by field.

Is Your Charger or Power Bank One of the Models Covered?

The notice's description says: "This recall involves charging stands with model number MMA008 and power banks with model numbers BPB002 and PB0003."

For the MMA008 charging stand, the model number "is printed on the bottom of the charging stand." Only 14-digit serial numbers starting with "57X" are included, also printed on the bottom.

For the BPB002 power bank, the model number "is printed on the back top of the power bank." Only 14-digit serial numbers starting with "35S" are included, and those are printed on the back.

For the PB0003 power bank, the model number "is printed on the back of the power bank," and the notice states: "All serial numbers are included in this recall."

The charging stands and BPB002 power banks were sold in black, and the PB0003 power banks in black or white. The notice carries photographs showing where each model number appears.

If you are checking a unit, a model match alone does not always settle the question. For two of the three models, the serial number prefix decides coverage. A BPB002 with a serial number that starts differently is outside this notice as written, while every PB0003 is inside it.

This list is the CPSC notice's own, not an independent determination by this site. This notice names only the three models above, and the CPSC page is the place to verify a unit against the photos and serial ranges.

What the Overheating Hazard Means If You Were Burned

The hazard, in the notice's own words, reads: "The lithium-ion battery in the power banks and charging stands can overheat, posing fire and burn hazards to consumers."

If the device that burned you was a phone charger or power bank, the battery inside it was almost certainly a lithium-ion battery, the rechargeable kind that stores energy by moving lithium ions between two electrodes, separated by a thin layer, inside a sealed cell. That design packs a lot of energy into a small space, which is why heat inside the cell matters to anyone who handled or charged one.

You may hear engineers or investigators use the term thermal runaway: a condition in which a battery cell makes heat faster than it can shed it, so the temperature keeps climbing and can spread to nearby cells and set off a fire. You may also hear about a battery management system, the circuit meant to keep charging, voltage and temperature within safe limits. These terms can help you follow what an expert says about a device that overheated.

The notice itself says only that the battery "can overheat." It does not name thermal runaway, the battery management system or any internal cause. Those terms describe lithium-ion overheating in general, not the CPSC's description of what went wrong in these units.

For someone who was burned, the hazard statement establishes that the CPSC notice identifies a risk of overheating, fire and burns in these products. It is not a finding that any specific burn was caused this way. For the broader picture, the site's page on lithium battery burn injuries covers how battery fires cause burns.

What the Refund Remedy Covers, and What It Does Not

The notice lists the remedy as a refund, and its remedy section reads in part: "Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled power banks and charging stands and contact Belkin to receive a full refund or store credit."

Those are the CPSC's directions to consumers, quoted from the notice. The same section adds three details:

• Photos: consumers are asked to "submit photos showing the front and back of the product with their recall submission form."
• Refund amount: a full refund "for the amount on the purchase receipt, if provided." Without a receipt, "consumers can receive the average sales price for the model."
• Store credit: as an alternative, "a Belkin store credit worth 20 percent more than the average sales price of the model."

The notice lists a Belkin toll-free line with weekday hours, two recall web pages (one for the MMA008, one for the BPB002), and Belkin's website, where consumers can click "Product Recalls" at the bottom of the page. The CPSC page is the authoritative source for current remedy instructions.

The notice also warns not to throw the recalled battery or device "in the trash, the general recycling stream (e.g., street-level or curbside recycling bins), or used battery recycling boxes" at retail stores. It says a municipal household hazardous waste collection center may accept it, and that it is best to call that office first and ask whether it accepts recalled lithium-ion batteries. It also links a CPSC form for people who have trouble with a recall remedy or believe a company is not responding.

If you were hurt, the refund program and your injury are separate matters. The refund addresses the purchase price. It says nothing about medical bills, a damaged home or a burn. People who were hurt sometimes weigh how the photo and return steps fit with keeping the product itself, since the device can matter later as physical evidence.

What the Reported Incidents Say About Your Own Burn

The incident section of the notice reads, word for word: "The firm has received one report of a fire incident in the U.S. (and 15 reports internationally). Two minor burn injuries and property damage totaling $37,765 have been reported outside of the U.S."

That sentence describes reports, not conclusions. The fire reports are ones "the firm has received." The burn injuries and property damage figure are ones "reported outside of the U.S." The notice reports no injuries in the United States.

An incident report is an account of an event that someone sends to a company or an agency. It does not, by itself, establish what caused the event, whether the product was used as intended, or whether anyone is responsible. An incident report is not proven causation.

Under 15 U.S.C. § 2064, a recall notice required under a CPSC order generally must include, among other items, "The number and a description of any injuries or deaths associated with the product, the ages of any individuals injured or killed, and the dates on which the Commission received information about such injuries or deaths." The statute lets the Commission omit an item it finds unnecessary or inappropriate for a particular product. The incident count is disclosure, not a verdict.

If your own burn is not reflected in this sentence, that does not mean it did not happen or is unrelated. A report count reflects what was reported, not every event. For someone who was hurt, the records that usually matter include medical records describing the burn and its treatment, photos and video of the device and the scene, the product itself, a receipt or order history, and any fire department or incident report.

What a Recall Does and Does Not Establish

A product recall is a public action, announced with the CPSC, in which a company tells consumers about a stated hazard in specific products and offers a remedy, such as a refund, repair or replacement. Recall 26-090 offers a refund.

What a recall establishes is narrow: that a notice was issued, on a date, for named products and units, describing a stated hazard and a remedy. It does not establish that the product injured any particular person, and it is not a finding that the firm is liable. A recall is not a defect finding, a lawsuit is not a liability finding, and an allegation is not a fact.

If you were burned, the legal question is one of product liability: whether the maker or seller is legally responsible for an injury the product caused. Those claims usually turn on whether the product had a defect and whether that defect caused the harm. In practice, that means asking what may have gone wrong with your unit. It might have been unsafe as designed (a design defect), a particular unit might not have been made the way it was designed (a manufacturing defect), or the instructions or warnings might have been inadequate (a warning defect). Which of these, if any, fits a burn depends on evidence about the device and how it failed.

Federal regulations use a similar idea for a different purpose. For deciding what a company must report to the CPSC, 16 C.F.R. § 1115.4 says "a defect is a fault, flaw, or irregularity that causes weakness, failure, or inadequacy in form or function," and adds that a defect "can also occur in a product's contents, construction, finish, packaging, warnings, and/or instructions." That definition guides company reporting. It is not a court's ruling about any product, and this notice does not use the word "defect" at all.

In an injury case, a recall can be one piece of evidence, alongside the device, medical records and other proof. Its relevance to a specific burn depends on the model and serial number, how the device was used, what the fire looked like and what the injuries were. Similar notices appear on the site's pages for the Anker burn hazard recalls and the INIU power bank recall, each limited to what its own notice says.

If you are trying to understand what this notice means alongside your own injury and records, you may want to consider a conversation with our attorney about where the record fits and what questions it leaves open.

Why Limitation Periods and Fault Rules Matter If You Were Burned

A statute of limitations is a law that sets a deadline for filing a lawsuit. Once that deadline passes, a court can generally refuse to hear the claim, which is why the deadline question comes up early.

These deadlines are set by state law and differ from state to state, as do the rules about when a deadline starts to run and what can pause it. No single state's rule, California's included, is the rule everywhere. This page states no specific period for any state, because the answer depends on the law of the state where the injury happened and on the facts.

Fault rules differ too. Some states reduce what an injured person may recover by their own share of fault, usually called comparative fault. A few apply contributory fault, which can bar recovery for any share of fault at all. Damages rules, which set what kinds of losses the law may allow, such as medical expenses, lost earnings and pain and suffering, also vary.

When a battery fire takes a life, a family's claim is usually called wrongful death: a claim brought by surviving family members, or a representative, for a death caused by someone else's wrongful conduct or a defective product. Who may bring it, and on what timeline, is again set state by state.

For a person living with burns, or a family after a fire, these rules shape what is possible. A conversation with an attorney is how someone learns which state's deadlines and fault rules apply to their situation.