{"id":1679,"date":"2025-11-14T20:39:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T16:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/belkin-is-recalling-its-iphone-tracking-stand-and-two-power-banks-due-to-fire-risks\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T20:39:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T16:39:05","slug":"belkin-is-recalling-its-iphone-tracking-stand-and-two-power-banks-due-to-fire-risks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/belkin-is-recalling-its-iphone-tracking-stand-and-two-power-banks-due-to-fire-risks\/","title":{"rendered":"Belkin is recalling its iPhone tracking stand and two power banks due to fire risks"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Belkin Auto-Tracking Stand Pro with an iPhone attached and a person dancing on screen.\" data-caption=\"If you have any of the three recalled products you should stop using them immediately. | Image: Belkin\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Belkin\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/belkin_recall1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\tIf you have any of the three recalled products you should stop using them immediately. | Image: Belkin\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Belkin has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.belkin.com\/support-article\/?articleNum=337290\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">issued a recall<\/a> for its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/1\/7\/24023612\/belkin-stand-pro-iphone-dockkit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Auto-Tracking Stand Pro<\/a> for the iPhone and two versions of its 20,000mAh BoostCharge USB-C PD Power Bank because a \u201cmanufacturing defect may cause the products\u2019 lithium-ion cell components to overheat,\u201d posing a fire and burn risk to users. While there\u2019s been just one report of a fire in the US, there have been 15 reports in other countries including two minor burn injuries and $37,765 of property damage, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cpsc.gov\/Recalls\/2026\/Belkin-Recalls-Portable-Power-Banks-and-Wireless-Charging-Stands-Due-to-Fire-and-Burn-Hazards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">There were about 83,500 of the stands and power banks sold in the US between August 2020 and August 2025 through Belkin\u2019s online store and retailers including Best Buy, Target, Walmart, and Amazon, while an additional 2,385 of them were sold in Canada. The recalled devices can be identified by their model numbers printed on the bottom or sides of the devices. The Auto-Tracking Stand Pro will have model number MMA008, while the power banks will have model numbers BPB002 or PB0003.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/belkin_recall2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" alt=\"Three Belkin products that have been recalled due to battery defects.\" title=\"Three Belkin products that have been recalled due to battery defects.\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"&lt;em&gt;The model and serial numbers of the recalled Belkin devices can be found on the bottom or sides of each one.&lt;\/em&gt; | Image: Belkin\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Belkin\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Customers are urged to stop using the recalled devices immediately and to contact Belkin for either a complete refund or <a href=\"http:\/\/belkin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Belkin.com<\/a> store credit for the full purchase amount plus a 20 percent bonus. A <a href=\"https:\/\/belkin.my.site.com\/supportforms\/product-recall-form\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recall claim form is available on Belkin\u2019s website<\/a> and asks for a valid receipt and the device\u2019s serial number to \u201cexpedite\u201d the refund process. Once your claim has been filed, the recalled devices should be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/692218\/power-banks-safety-disposal-how-to\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">properly disposed of at a facility<\/a> that can safely handle defective lithium-ion batteries, and not placed in the garbage, recycling bins, or the battery collection boxes found at many retailers.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have any of the three recalled products you should stop using them immediately. | Image: Belkin Belkin has [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1679\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}