Product recall · June 3, 2015
Apple Recalls Beats Pill XL Portable Wireless Speakers Due to Fire Hazard
Hazard: The battery can overheat, posing a fire hazard.
What to do: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled product and contact Apple for a $325 Apple Store credit or electronic payment. Apple will provide a postage paid box for consumers to send their Pill XL speaker to Apple.
- Recall number
- 15156
- Announced
- Product
- Beats Pill XL speaker
- Importer
- Beats Electronics LLC, of Culver City, Calif., Apple Inc., of Cupertino, Calif.
- Made in
- China
- Affected products
- This recall involves all Beats Pill XL portable, wireless speakers. The recalled products are plastic, capsule-shaped speakers about 4 inches tall by 13 inches wide by 4 inches deep with a plastic mesh grille on the front and a built-in carrying handle to the rear. The small "b" Beats logo is on the grille and "beatspillXL" is on the handle. The speakers come in five colors black, white, pink, metallic sky and titanium.
- Units
- About 222,000 in the U.S. (and about 11,000 in Canada)
- Incidents / injuries
- Apple has received eight reports of incidents of the speakers overheating, including one with a burn to a consumer's finger and one with damage to a consumer's desk.
- Sold at
- Apple Retail Stores and major retail stores nationwide and online at Apple.com and Beatsbydre.com from January 2014 through June 2015 for about $300.
- Consumer contact
- Apple Inc. online at www.apple.com or www.beatsbydre.com or www.apple.com/support/beats-pillxl-recall or contact Apple Support toll-free at (800) 275-2273 anytime for more information.
- Source
- U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recall notice 15156
- Last checked
What to do if you own this product
- Stop using the product if the notice tells you to.
- Find the model number, serial number or date code on the product and compare it with the notice.
- Contact the company using the details above for the refund, repair or replacement.
- Report an injury or a safety problem at SaferProducts.gov.
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