Goal Zero Recalls YETI 3000X Power Stations Due to Serious Risk of Injury from Fire and Burn Hazards
The stated hazard: The recalled power station's circuit board can overheat, posing a risk of serious injury from fire and burn hazards.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a recall of Goal Zero YETI 3000X Portable Power Stations on August 20, 2026. CPSC
What the record shows
About 46,200 units are covered. What to do: Consumers should stop using the power stations immediately and install the free repair in the form of a firmware update available through the Goal Zero application or contact Goal Zero for firmware… Goal Zero has received four reports of the power stations catching fire, overheating and smoking. No injuries have been reported. Sold rEI stores nationwide and online at Costco.com, Backcountry.com, Goalzero.com and other online retailers from May 2020 through August 2025 for about… This is a national recall issued by a federal agency; it is not specific to New Carlisle or to Ohio. CPSC
Context
By the numbers
- Date of record: August 20, 2026 CPSC
- Recall number: 26712 CPSC
- Recall date: August 20, 2026 CPSC
- Product: Goal Zero YETI 3000X Portable Power Stations CPSC
- Units: About 46,200 CPSC
- Hazard: The recalled power station's circuit board can overheat, posing a risk of serious injury from fire and burn hazards. CPSC
- Remedy: Consumers should stop using the power stations immediately and install the free repair in the form of a firmware update CPSC
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Sources
The source filing
| Recall number | 26712 |
|---|---|
| Recall date | August 20, 2026 |
| Product | Goal Zero YETI 3000X Portable Power Stations |
| Units | About 46,200 |
| Hazard | The recalled power station's circuit board can overheat, posing a risk of serious injury from fire and burn hazards. |
| Remedy | Consumers should stop using the power stations immediately and install the free repair in the form of a firmware update available through the Goal Zero application or contact Goal Zero for firmware installation at no cost. |
| Remedy type | Repair |
| Injuries reported | Goal Zero has received four reports of the power stations catching fire, overheating and smoking. No injuries have been reported. |
| Sold at | REI stores nationwide and online at Costco.com, Backcountry.com, Goalzero.com and other online retailers from May 2020 through August 2025 for about $3,00. |
| Company | Goal Zero, of Draper, Utah |
| Manufactured in | China |
| Scope | National recall — CPSC publishes no state or ZIP breakdown |
| Consumer contact | Goal Zero toll-free at 888-794-6250 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. MT Monday through Friday, email at support@goalzero.com or online at https://recallsupport.goalzero.com/hc/en-us/requests/new or Goalzero.com and click on "IMPORTANT RECALL INFORMATION and Firmware Update" at the top of the page for more information. |
Published by U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (saferproducts.gov). This is the agency's public filing as The Lantern received it, shown with its fields named in plain English.