Power bank and charger recalls in CPSC notices

Between 5 January 2023 and 8 October 2026, 23 CPSC recall notices mention "power bank", and 22 of those name China as a country of manufacture; 15 notices mention "charger", and all 15 name China. Three notices contain both words, so the two counts overlap and cannot be added; together they are 35 different notices. The hazard words that appear most often in those notices are fire, burn and injury — all counts below were made by this site from CPSC's recall data, not published by CPSC.

How the notices were found

The CPSC recall data interface was searched for the word "power bank" and the word "charger", case-insensitive, plurals included. A notice is counted under "power bank" when the word appears in its title, product name or hazard text, and under "charger" on the same basis. A count is a number of notices that mention the word — not a number of products, injuries or units.

Three notices contain both words, so the two counts overlap and cannot be added; together they are 35 different notices.

"Made in China" means a country of manufacture in the notice that starts with China. Hong Kong and Taiwan are not counted as China. A notice can name more than one country.

Notices by year

Year	Mention 'power bank'	of which made in China	Mention 'charger'	of which made in China
2023	3	3	2	2
2024	5	5	5	5
2025	10	10	2	2
2026, to 8 October	5	4	6	6
Total	23	22	15	15

The 2026 row is not a full year. It covers notices up to 8 October 2026, so it should not be compared with the complete years above.

Hazard words in the notices

Word	Notices (of the 35 different notices)	Made in China
ingestion or swallowing	2 of 35	2 of 34
fire	31 of 35	30 of 34
burn	24 of 35	23 of 34
electric shock or electrocution	1 of 35	1 of 34
death	6 of 35	6 of 34
injury	7 of 35	7 of 34

These rows cannot be added up: one notice can contain several of these words, and the right-hand column counts the 34 notices that name China. The word search is a count made by this site, not CPSC's own hazard classification.

What the notices say

Notice No. 26792, 24 September 2026: "The lithium-ion battery in the power banks can explode or ignite, posing fire and burn hazards to consumers."

Notice No. 26575, 25 June 2026: "The solar power bank's lithium-ion battery can swell and overheat, posing a burn hazard to consumers."

Notice No. 26379, 2 April 2026: "The chargers can ignite or cause a connected battery to ignite, posing a fire hazard and risk of serious injury and death."

Notice No. 25066, 12 December 2024: "The chargers can ignite or cause a connected battery to ignite, posing fire and burn hazards and risk of serious injury and death."

Notice No. 24125, 22 February 2024: "The USB charger's cable can become damaged or break over time, posing burn and electric shock hazards."

Notice No. 24031, 22 November 2023: "The power bank's internal screws can come loose, causing a short circuit and overheating of the lithium-ion battery, posing a fire hazard."

Using the wording in a checklist

The words fire and burn in these notices describe overheating and ignition of a lithium-ion battery. Whether a battery does that is shown by testing, not by looking at a unit on site.

What the counts do not tell you

These counts describe notices, not products on the market. They do not show how many units were involved, and unit numbers in the notices are not added up here. The interface's own product-type field is filled for only a small share of the notices in this period and its hazard-type field is empty, so the grouping above is a word search by this site rather than an official CPSC category. Nothing on this page shows that a product meets a safety regulation.

Sources

• CPSC recall data interface (Recall web service), all recalls from 1 January 2023, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

Checked 11 October 2026.

This page is an unofficial summary and is not affiliated with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission; the notice text on cpsc.gov governs.