Traxxas toy vehicles
7 reports to CPSC, the latest made Jan 6, 2025. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 7reports to CPSC
- Jan 6, 2025the latest report was made
- Jun 18, 2016the earliest
- 6with the company’s comments
- Brand
- Traxxas
- Maker
- TRAXXASMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Toy vehiclesNot riding toysCPSC’s product type: Toy Vehicles (Excluding Riding Toys) (code 5021), in Toys & Children: Toys
Other ways the reports write the brand (1)
“Traxxas XMaxx Model 77086-4”
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| January 2025 | 2 |
| January 2021 | 1 |
| September 2018 | 1 |
| December 2017 | 1 |
| July 2016 | 1 |
| June 2016 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- First aid 1 CPSC: Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional
- Hurt, no treatment 2 CPSC: Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received
- No one hurt 3 CPSC: Incident, No Injury
- No incident, no one hurt 1 CPSC: No Incident, No Injury
As each report says it, in short words; CPSC’s own words are under each.
The reports, as CPSC published them
Reports people made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC publishes each one after sending it to the company named, and doesn’t guarantee they’re accurate. A report isn’t a recall.
Each report is the words of the person who made it, as CPSC published them. The company’s comments, where CPSC published any, are set apart as the company’s own.
CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.
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Hurt, no treatment Made Jan 6, 2025, sent to the company Jan 31, 2025, published by CPSC Feb 21, 2025
The product, in the report: Traxxas FORD F-150 RAPTOR described at https://traxxas.com/products/models/electric/58094-8-raptor On the Traxxas recalls listed at https://traxxas.com/recalls, this particular model is not directly listed. However, the RC platform is the “Slash, 580XX” and the plastic decorative truck body is a special edition. Our model contains the affected Slipper Clutch component (the 5552X slipper clutch pads), which are listed at https://traxxas.com/products/parts/5552X It is a grey colored RC truck in the style of a Ford F-150 Raptor. The vehicle is about 22 inches long, 11 inches wide, and 8 inches tall. The slipper or brake pads sold as parts or sold installed in the affected radio-controlled vehicles contain chrysotile asbestos. Asbestos fibres may be released from the slipper pad in the vehicle through friction and users may be exposed to asbestos fibres if the vehicle is disassembled for repair or maintenance.
My son owns a Traxxas remote control toy car that has been recalled in the EU, Australia, and Sweden due to components containing chrysotile asbestos. The toys were also sold in the United States, but the company has not issued a US recall.
Details of the recalls are available at https://traxxas.com/recalls and according to the model number and serial numbers described on those pages, my son’s vehicle does contain the chrysotile asbestos parts.
Specific answers to the “What happened” questions:
What happened that made you want to report? Saw the open recalls on the Traxxas web site.
What type of product(s) were being used? Remote controlled cars/trucks.
Who was using the product(s)? Teenage son.
How were the product(s) being used? Driving the RC car, disassembling it for maintenance (include touching the affected parts).
Were there any injuries that happened or may have happened while using the product? Potential exposure to chrysotile asbestos.
How did any injuries occur? Nothing to report at this time.
- Model
- 5552X Slipper Clutch Pads in the Slash/
580XX - Serial number
- A6003056
- Where
- Ellicott City, Maryland: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 16, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- My Child
- As this report names them
- Brand Traxxas, made or sold by TRAXXAS
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received
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No incident, no one hurt Made Jan 6, 2025, sent to the company Jan 31, 2025, published by CPSC Feb 21, 2025
The product, in the report: Remote control cars and trucks
Asbestos in slupper clutch/brakes
https://traxxas.com/recall/eu-slipper-pad-recall
- Where
- El Paso, Texas: Other
- Who was involved
- Unknown
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Unspecified
- As this report names them
- Brand Traxxas, made or sold by TRAXXAS
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- No Incident, No Injury
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No one hurt Made Jan 26, 2021, sent to the company Feb 17, 2021, published by CPSC Mar 3, 2021
The product, in the report: Traxxas rustler 1/10 scale 4x4 VXL remote control vehicle
Traxxas rustler remote control car FIRE
- Model
- Rustler 4x4 VXL m my
- Serial number
- A5024826
- Bought from
- Atlanta Hobby
- Bought
- Jan 1, 2021, about then
- Where
- LaPlata, Maryland: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 9, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- My Child
- As this report names them
- Brand Traxxas, made or sold by TRAXXAS
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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Hurt, no treatment Made Sep 24, 2018, sent to the company Oct 2, 2018, published by CPSC Oct 17, 2018
The product, in the report: Traxxas Xmaxx 8S battery powered RC car.
I connected the batteries in my sons Traxxas X-Maxx and an electrical arc occurred. It began smoking and popping. The connector started burning. I was able to disconnect the batteries before it caught on fire but burned my hand in the process. The ESC smells like it burned internally.
- Model
- XMaxx 8S Model 77086-4
- Serial number
- E16017694
- Bought from
- JEGS Online
- Bought
- Dec 27, 2017
- Where
- Jackson, Tennessee: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 46, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand Traxxas XMaxx Model 77086-4, made or sold by TRAXXAS
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received
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No one hurt Made Dec 10, 2017, sent to the company Jan 17, 2018, published by CPSC Feb 1, 2018
The product, in the report: traxxas xmaxx rc monster truck
i bought a traxxas xmaxx over a month ago. i used it three times when it just stopped working. the next day i tried to use it, it nearly caught my house on fire as it erupted into smoke. after it was repaired by an authorized traxxas dealer, (traxxas sent the parts they thought were bad) they called me to pick up my repaired truck. well, it almost caught that building on fire as well for the second time. traxxas has a problem with these trucks and they know it. a short google search for xmaxx fire and boom there you have it. they said they wont replace the truck so now i have a non functioning rc truck that costs $1,200.00 with batteries. id just like a refund at this point. uugghhh
- Model
- tra77086-4-combo
- Bought from
- Rc Hobbies, Washington
- Bought
- Nov 4, 2017
- Where
- Lacey, Washington: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 34, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand Traxxas, made or sold by TRAXXAS
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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No one hurt Made Jul 21, 2016, sent to the company Aug 2, 2016, published by CPSC Aug 23, 2016
The product, in the report: Traxxas remote control car
I purchased a Traxxas remote control car for my son two days ago. The battery was sitting on the front seat of a car charging, when it exploded, burning a hole in the seat.
- Where
- Luling La, Louisiana: Other
- Who was involved
- Unspecified
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Unspecified
- As this report names them
- Brand Traxxas, made or sold by TRAXXAS
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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First aid Made Jun 18, 2016, sent to the company Jun 27, 2016, published by CPSC Jul 19, 2016
The product, in the report: my model is a traxxas rustler vxl brushless remote control car with stock electronics and traxxas brand lithium 11.1 battery
I own a traxxas rustler vxl and I was driving my model in the field across from my house, it was a nice day no rain sunny, and my model all of the sudden started billowing white smoke from under the shell, I started running towards it and I see that there are also flames and a loud hissing sound si I tried grabbing my car and running towards my house to get the water hose to put the fire out. well needless to say I only got little burns on my hand, not too much worse than a bad sunburn, but my car wiring, battery, e.s.c., receiver, fans, motor, almost everything ruint and I emailed and called traxxas about my problem and they said that I needed to pay them $85 dollors to repair it...the man at the hobby shop, an authorized traxxas dealer and repair shop told me that traxxas discontinued my esc and motor and they should have replaced it...well here my car still sits damaged, my hands you cant even tell anything and I am ok but it was very scary
- Model
- rustler vxl brushless
- Bought from
- toy castle, California
- Where
- stockton, California: Other
- Who was involved
- Age 35, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand traxxas, made or sold by TRAXXAS
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional
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