Baseus Power Bank Battery Recall: What the CPSC Record Shows

Is Your Baseus Power Bank One of the Affected Products?

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) published the Baseus recall notice on June 27, 2024, as recall number 24-287. The notice names the product "Baseus Magnetic Wireless Charging Power Banks." It lists the importer as "Shenzhen Baseus Technology Co. Ltd., of China," states that the product was manufactured in China, and gives the number of units as "About 132,000." The page also labels the action a "Fast Track Recall."

The recall covers one product line in one notice. It does not describe every Baseus product, and nothing in it speaks to other chargers, cables or devices sold under the same name.

The notice states where the product was sold in one line: "Online at Amazon.com, AliExpress.com and Baseus.com from April 2022 through April 2024 for between $18 and $55."

What is at stake is simple: the remedy applies only to the recalled units, so if your power bank is not one of them, this notice offers it no refund. A purchase from one of those sites in that window is a starting point, and the model number, covered next, settles the question. The site's lithium battery recall lookup guide walks through how a CPSC notice's fields are read against a product in hand.

How to Tell Whether Your Unit Matches the Affected Models

The CPSC notice is precise about the models: "This recall involves Baseus power banks with model numbers PPCXM06 and PPCXW06." It adds: "Only power banks with model numbers PPCXM06 and PPCXW06 are part of this recall."

The notice describes how the units can be identified, including these details:

• Both models were offered in white, black, light blue and light pink.
• Both have a magnetic side that attaches to phones with magnetic charging.
• The model number appears on the magnetic side, and "20W" appears on the non-magnetic side.
• Model PPCXM06 measures about 4 in. x 2-½ in. x 0.64 in., and model PPCXW06 measures about 4 in. x 2-½ in. x ½ in.

One more line matters for anyone who bought online. The notice states: "Some power banks were listed on Amazon under the model number PPXCW06." That listing number differs by one transposed letter from the recalled model, so an order history may not match the label on the device exactly.

The CPSC notice for recall 24-287 lists only the two model numbers above, and this page names no others. If you are checking a unit, the label on the magnetic side, the order record and the photographs on the CPSC page are the three things to compare. If the unit was damaged in a fire and the label is unreadable, the order history may be what remains to show which model it was.

The Hazard the Recall Identifies

The CPSC notice states the hazard in one sentence: "The lithium-ion battery in the power banks can overheat, posing a fire hazard."

A lithium-ion battery stores a lot of energy in a small space. When something goes wrong inside one, heat can build. The most serious form of that is thermal runaway, a condition in which a lithium-ion battery's internal temperature rises faster than it can release heat. That can lead to fire or rupture. In general terms, overheating can start with internal damage, a flaw in a cell, a problem in the charging electronics or physical stress on the pack. Swelling, sometimes called bulging, is one way a battery under stress can show itself. This is a general description of how such batteries can fail. It is not a finding about what happened inside any Baseus unit.

For someone who keeps a power bank against a phone in a pocket, in a purse or on a nightstand, this hazard is concrete. The notice describes a battery that can overheat close to the body and close to things that burn.

A recall is a safety action, and it is not a defect finding. The notice does not state that any specific fire or burn was caused by a defect in these units, and it does not decide why any individual battery failed. A recall is not a finding that the product was defective in a particular case, an incident report does not prove what caused an injury, a lawsuit is not a finding of liability, and an allegation is not a fact.

If your unit has swollen, overheated or burned, the questions worth noting are when it happened, whether it was charging, where it was and what condition it is in now. Those details, rather than the recall itself, are what would bear on why that battery failed.

What the Refund Remedy Asks of You

The notice's remedy field reads simply "Refund." Its remedy section then sets out the details, which this page reports as the CPSC states them.

The notice says consumers "should immediately stop using the recalled Baseus power bank models, and contact Baseus for a full refund with proof of purchase, or a $36 cash refund without proof of purchase." It states that consumers "will need to submit a photo of the recalled power bank showing the model number to the firm's recall registration page," and that consumers "without an order number will need to submit a photo of the power bank with their name and the date written in permanent marker." It adds: "Baseus and Amazon are notifying all known purchasers directly."

The notice lists these consumer contacts: Baseus toll-free at 855-215-5824 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday; email at care@baseus.com; online at https://baseuspowerbankrecall.expertinquiry.com; or www.baseus.com, under "Product Recall Information" at the bottom of the page.

On disposal, the notice says recalled lithium-ion batteries should be disposed of "in accordance with local and state ordinances," following the procedures of the municipal recycling center for damaged or recalled lithium batteries. It says not to throw the battery in the trash and not to put it in used-battery recycling boxes at retail and home improvement stores.

For a person who was hurt, the remedy and the evidence can pull in different directions. A refund process asks for photos and disposal. A fire may also raise questions about the unit itself as evidence. The CPSC page also offers a complaint form for anyone who believes a company "is being non-responsive to your remedy request."

What the CPSC Reported About Incidents

The notice reports incidents in one sentence: "Baseus has received 171 reports of incidents, including 132 reports of bulging or swelling batteries and 39 reports of fires, resulting in 13 burn injuries and about $20,000 in property damage."

An incident report is a report a consumer submits to a manufacturer or to the CPSC describing what happened. It is a description, not a finding of what caused it. The sentence above counts reports received by Baseus, as the CPSC relayed them. The count of 171 reports is not 171 proven injuries caused by a product defect. Most of the reports involve swelling, and the 13 burn injuries are reported injuries, not injuries a court or agency has tied to a cause.

Under 15 U.S.C. § 2064(i)(2), a recall notice required under a CPSC order generally includes, among other items, "The number and a description of any injuries or deaths associated with the product." The word "associated" is not a word of proven cause.

If you were burned, or your home was damaged, it can be unsettling to see your experience reduced to one line in a federal notice. That line does not decide your situation. These reports describe one recall of two models; they do not show a pattern across a brand or that any company caused any particular injury. What matters for an individual injury is that person's own record: what happened, when, and what was documented at the time, including any report made to Baseus or the CPSC.

If You Were Hurt: What the Recall Record Establishes — and What It Does Not

A recall is a safety action in which a manufacturer or importer, working with the CPSC, asks consumers to stop using a product and offers a remedy. It is not a court finding and not an admission of liability. Recall 24-287 establishes that the CPSC published this notice on June 27, 2024, describing these models, this hazard, these reported incidents and this remedy. It does not establish that the product injured anyone, why any battery failed, or that anyone is legally responsible. For someone who was hurt, that means the recall is background, not proof; the cause of a particular fire remains an open question.

Under 16 C.F.R. § 1115.4, "a defect is a fault, flaw, or irregularity that causes weakness, failure, or inadequacy in form or function." The regulation explains that a defect may come from a manufacturing or production error, from a product's design or materials, or from its "contents, construction, finish, packaging, warnings, and/or instructions." That regulation guides what firms report to the CPSC; it does not decide an injury claim.

Injury claims are decided under state product liability law. For a person hurt by a power bank, that law asks whether the manufacturer, importer or seller can be held responsible, which turns on showing that the product had a defect and that the defect caused the injury. The kind of defect shapes what evidence matters. A design defect (the product as designed carries a risk) points to the model as a whole. A manufacturing defect (the unit differs from its design) points to the specific unit, which is why its remains can matter. A warning defect (missing or inadequate warnings or instructions) points to the packaging, labels and instructions that came with it. Whether those elements are met depends on the facts. A lawsuit, if one is ever filed, is also not a finding of liability.

The records that usually matter include medical records, photos and video of the scene and the unit, the power bank itself or what remains of it, the packaging and instructions, the order history or receipt, and any fire or incident reports. Questions about how the refund's photo and disposal steps relate to keeping the unit are the kind of thing a conversation with our attorney can help sort out.

Why Limitation Periods and Fault Rules Differ by State

If you are considering a claim after a battery fire, there is a deadline. A statute of limitations sets the time by which a legal claim must be filed in court, and after it passes a court may refuse to hear the case. Missing that deadline can end a claim before it begins. Each state sets its own periods for injury and product liability claims, and some states have other time limits as well.

The rules that decide how a claim plays out also change with the state. Comparative or contributory fault rules govern how a person's own conduct can reduce or bar recovery, and damages rules vary too. No single rule applies everywhere, and no one state's rule, California's included, is the rule for the country. The state whose law governs often depends on where the injury happened, and that question can itself depend on the facts.

When a battery fire ends in a death, the family's claim is called wrongful death: a legal claim brought by the family or estate of a person who died as a result of another party's alleged wrongdoing. States set their own rules for who may bring it and when.

The categories of damages state law may allow in an injury case can include medical expenses, lost income, pain and suffering, property damage and, where a death occurred, wrongful-death damages. What any law allows depends on the state and on the facts. The date of the fire, the place it happened and the dates of treatment are the details that point to which state's timing and fault rules apply, and they are questions an attorney can help work through.