Amazon batteries
8 reports to CPSC, the latest made Oct 9, 2026. A report isn’t a recall.
Watch and the shortlist are kept with a free account, on every device. Your watch list. CPSC’s own search is on saferproducts.gov.
At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 29, 2026.
- 8reports to CPSC
- Oct 9, 2026the latest report was made
- Jul 25, 2017the earliest
- 0with the company’s comments
- Brand
- Amazon
- Maker
- Amazon.com LLCMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- BatteriesCPSC’s product type: Batteries (code 884), in Electronics: Batteries & Chargers
Other ways the reports write the brand (4)
“Amazon Basics”, “Amazon Echo Dot”, “AmazonBasics” and “amazon basic”
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| October 2026 | 1 |
| April 2025 | 1 |
| March 2024 | 1 |
| December 2022 | 1 |
| March 2020 | 1 |
| June 2018 | 1 |
| March 2018 | 1 |
| July 2017 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- Seen by a doctor or nurse 1 CPSC: Injury, Seen by Medical Professional
- First aid 2 CPSC: Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional
- No one hurt 5 CPSC: 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 29, 2026. Updated daily.
-
No one hurt Made Oct 9, 2026, sent to the company Oct 14, 2026, published by CPSC Oct 28, 2026
The product, in the report: Amazon Basics 6-Pack LR44 Alkaline Button Cell Replacement Battery, 1.5 Volt, Long Lasting Power, Mercury-Free
Bought batteries from Amazon one of them opened up with all my other batteries and the others are about to. I called Amazon they refunded me and told me to write a review along with sending an email with photos
- Model
- Lr44
- Bought from
- Amazon
- Bought
- Aug 3, 2026
- Where
- williamsville, New York: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Unspecified
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Unspecified
- As this report names them
- Brand Amazon, made or sold by Amazon.com LLC
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
-
First aid Made Apr 12, 2025, sent to the company Apr 15, 2025, published by CPSC Apr 29, 2025
The product, in the report: Amazon Basics 24-Pack Rechargeable AAA NiMH Performance Batteries
Rechargeable battery caught on fire
- Model
- HR-3UTHA-AMZN
- Serial number
- B07NXG4NV9
- Bought from
- Amazon.ca
- Bought
- Jul 12, 2023
- Where
- Canada: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 6, Unspecified
- The reporter’s relation to them
- My Child
- As this report names them
- Brand Amazon, made or sold by Amazon.com LLC
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional
-
First aid Made Mar 4, 2024, sent to the company Mar 7, 2024, published by CPSC Mar 21, 2024
The product, in the report: AA batteries, alkaline
My 6-year-old daughter was holding a battery operated fan in her lap while we were driving in our van. While the fan was in use, suddenly one of the AA batteries from Amazon Basics spilled out its acid onto her legs. She got acid burns approximately 2 in by 3 in on each of her thighs.
- Model
- Amazon Basics 48-Pack AA Alkaline High-Performance
- Bought from
- Amazon.com
- Bought
- Oct 6, 2021
- Where
- Morton Grove, Illinois: Street or Highway
- Who was involved
- Age 6, Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- My Child
- As this report names them
- Brand Amazon Basics, made or sold by Amazon.com LLC
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional
-
No one hurt Made Dec 15, 2022, sent to the company Dec 20, 2022, published by CPSC Jan 5, 2023
The product, in the report: Amazon Echo Dot Gen 1 (white) with Amazon power bank (black). FCC ID 3AHSE-2045
Product was an Echo Dot Gen 1 that I had been using in my guest bedroom for quite some time. I just happened to be in an area I could see into the room, thank god as this room isn’t used much, and I noticed the Echo power bank was smoking while plugged directly into a wall outlet. I quickly unplugged the Echo and found that not only did the Echo produce enough heat to actually burn my outlet and turn it black but the power bank itself began melting. This product, as noted by Amazon, is intended to stay plugged in and always on. It was not “in-use” at the time other than being plugged into the wall.
Had I not been in the room this malfunctioning power bank could have burned down my entire house, and taken the lives of everyone in this house and all our belongings with it.
To put in perspective the danger at play here let’s take a look at the Amazon safety and compliance standards where it says the echo dot gen 1 operating temperature is between 32°-95° F. [REDACTED] has informed me that plastic melts at anywhere between 175°-350° F.
- Model
- Gen 1
- Serial number
- RS03QR
- Bought from
- Amazon.com
- Bought
- Oct 1, 2018
- Where
- Everett, Washington: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 34, Unspecified
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand Amazon Echo Dot, made or sold by Amazon.com LLC
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
-
No one hurt Made Mar 8, 2020, sent to the company Apr 2, 2020, published by CPSC Apr 16, 2020
The product, in the report: Macbook Pro charger, Ac 60W Magsafe 2(T) Shape Power Adapter for Macbook and 13-inch Macbook Pro by RONLY website I bought charger on: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077GNZYD5/ref=ppx_od_dt_b_asin_title_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Loud noise was emitting from the laptop charger. I reached down and the charger was very hot. At the same time my keyboard connected to the same power strip was blinking and would not function. I removed the charger and replaced with the original Mac one and the keyboard worked fine. I suspect that this charger has damaged a light and mouse connected through the same power strip.
Other consumers indicated that this charger was hot and may cause a fire: [REDACTED]
- Where
- Rockville, Maryland: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- made or sold by Amazon.com LLC
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
-
No one hurt Made Jun 5, 2018, sent to the company Aug 23, 2018, published by CPSC Sep 7, 2018
The product, in the report: 10000mAh AmazonBasics’ portable lithium-ion battery chargers/power bank
The device was charging at a hotel when it made a popping sound and started smoking. It was unplugged immediately and disposed of in a metal dumpster outside where it would be contained and not a risk. No further damage occurred.
- Bought from
- Amazon
- Where
- Houston, Texas: Other Public Property/
Office - Who was involved
- Unknown
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Unspecified
- As this report names them
- Brand AmazonBasics, made or sold by Amazon.com LLC
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
-
No one hurt Made Mar 13, 2018, sent to the company Jun 15, 2018, published by CPSC Jun 29, 2018
The product, in the report: amazon brand external battery
I had this model of amazon external battery, B00LRK8JDC . after a year , I noticed it would get too hot to touch, and noticed a burn like mark on one side of the battery. When I asked amazon if this was a known issue or if they could replace it. I was it was out of warranty and that they won’t do anything.
- Model
- B00LRK8JDC
- Bought
- Feb 17, 2015, about then
- Where
- Eden prairie, Minnesota: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 25, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand amazon basic, made or sold by Amazon.com LLC
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
-
Seen by a doctor or nurse Made Jul 25, 2017, sent to the company Aug 2, 2017, published by CPSC Aug 16, 2017
The product, in the report: laptop_battery NEW for 593553-001 584037-001 HPg6 series g6-1c79nr g6-1c81nr Spare Battery USA ship from USA HSTNN-CBOX HSTNN-181C MU06 MU09 WD548AAWD549AA HSTNN-IB1E N8F6A174 588005-361 593553-HS Amazon Order ID: [REDACTED].
DO NOT USE THIS BATTERY. THIS BATTERY EXPLODED in our home and caught fire to our furniture, floors, and walls as well as minor injuries to us. This battery was purchased from AMAZON and less than one year old. Out house was only saved because we were there to put ourselves in harms way to stop the fire. THIS BATTERY COMPROMISES THE SAFETY of ANYONE WHO HAD PURCHASED IT, if not for our incident then simply for the unknown.
This battery showed no indication of problems for eleven months of standard use until the day it caused multiple explosions. The laptop had not been subject to unusual circumstances and exploded without warning.
AMAZON HAS NOT HELPED with this at all and has been completely unwilling to share the manufacturers information with us so that we can file a report with CONSUMER SERVICES. I have spent 6 hours on the phone with Amazon and countless emails with photographic and video evidence on to be run in circles and ignored. Broken promises from AMAZON of even returning my phone call at all. DO NO BUY THIS BATTERY.
We are extremely concerned by the possibility of an even worse outcome. We adamantly affirm that the only reason we did not lose out entire house to fire was because of the good fortuned of being home and close enough at the time of detonation to be able to actively save our house.
- Model
- HSTNN-CBOX HSTNN-181C MU06 MU09 WD548AAWD549AA
- Bought from
- Amazon.com
- Bought
- Jul 31, 2016
- Where
- Signal Mountain, Tennessee: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 48, Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- My Spouse
- As this report names them
- made or sold by Amazon.com LLC
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Injury, Seen by Medical Professional
CPSC’s disclaimer
Disclaimer: CPSC does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of the Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database on SaferProducts.gov, particularly with respect to information submitted by people outside of CPSC.
Word for word, from the disclaimer in CPSC’s export.
Sources
Sources
-
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.
Released Oct 29, 2026 and checked Oct 29, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
Reports of harm are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), on SaferProducts.gov. CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record.