Harbor Freight Tools Recalls Predator 2000-Watt Power Stations Due to Shock Hazard
Home product recall 25-366. Announced by CPSC on Jul 3, 2025.
- CPSC: stop using it
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Jul 3, 2025. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.
- Stop using it what CPSC tells owners to do now (needs attention)
- Replace what’s offered
- About 6,500 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 wires in the power station’s AC outlet receptacles are reversed when the product is in Emergency Power Supply (“EPS”) mode, posing a shock hazard to consumers operating the power station.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What should you do?
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled power stations and return them to their local Harbor Freight Tools store for a free replacement unit that will be available at the store. Harbor Freight Tools is contacting all known purchasers directly.
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).: replace.
- How to reach the firm: Harbor Freight Tools toll-free at 800-444-3353 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. PT Monday through Friday, email recall@harborfreight.com, or online at https://www.harborfreight.com/customer-service-product-support.html#5 or at www.harborfreight.com and click on “Recall & Safety” at the bottom of the page for more information.
Which ones are recalled?
This recall involves the Predator 2000-Watt Power Station (SKU #70084, UPC 193175488718). The Power Stations are red and black and have “PREDATOR” in large white letters on the top of the front panel. “2000 Power Station” is in large white letters on the bottom of the front panel of the unit. The power stations are portable generators that run on a 1545-Watt lithium-ion phosphate battery that can be charged via A/C, solar power, or car. The power station can power up to 11 devices at once and has four A/C outlets, three USB-C outlets, three USB-A outlets and one 12V DC outlet. The SKU and UPC are located on labels affixed to the product.
About 6,500 units, as CPSC gives them.
Predator 2000W Power Stations.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
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?
- Imported by Harbor Freight Tools, Calabasas, California.
- Harbor Freight Tools stores nationwide from February 2025 through April 2025 for about $950.
- Made in China, as the notice gives it.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Was anyone hurt?
The firm has received one report of the wires being reversed in EPS mode. No injuries have been reported.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
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.
Recalls of kids’ and home products are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record. Copied on Oct 19, 2026.