PTX Performance Products Recalls Self-Balancing Scooters/Hoverboards Due to Fire Hazard
Home product recall 16-208. Announced by CPSC on Jul 6, 2016.
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Jul 6, 2016. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.
- No Remedy Available what’s offered
- About 4,900 units, as CPSC gives them
- None injuries, CPSC’s notice says
Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
The lithium-ion battery packs in the self-balancing scooters/hoverboards can overheat, posing a risk of the products smoking, catching fire and/or exploding.
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What should you do?
The firm is no longer in business. The remedy is no longer available.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
- What the company offers to fix a recalled product or vehicle: a repair, a replacement or a refund, as the recall notice says. For a vehicle, dealers make the safety repair free. Follow the notice’s own steps, or contact the company it names. Source: CPSC; NHTSA (49 U.S.C. 30120).: no remedy available.
Which ones are recalled?
This recall involves Airwalk brand self-balancing scooters, commonly referred to as hoverboards. The hoverboards have two wheels at either end of a platform and are powered by lithium-ion battery packs. Airwalk brand hoverboards were sold in black or white colors. The AIRWALK logo is printed on the front right foot pad.
About 4,900 units, as CPSC gives them.
Self-balancing scooters/hoverboards.
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CPSC’s photos
CPSC shows 2 photos on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.
Who made and sold it?
- Made by PTX Performance Products USA, Irvine, Calif.
- Imported by PTX Performance Products USA, Irvine, Calif.
- The Sports Authority, MC Sports stores nationwide and online at Academy.com and DICKS.com from December 2015 through May 2016 for about $500.
- Made in China, as the notice gives it.
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Was anyone hurt?
None reported
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What the record doesn’t say
- The notice lists no UPCs, so check the model, the description and the photos.
- The notice lists no model numbers in a field of their own; its description may give them.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Recalls API.
Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
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