Incident · Recall
Fitbit Ionic burn-hazard recall (~1M US units); $12.25M CPSC penalty in 2025
SCOPE CAP-FLAG: this concerns the discontinued Fitbit Ionic (FB503) standalone smartwatch, a different product generation than current Fitbit trackers, recorded under the fitbit-tracker maker entity. On Mar 2 2022 ~1.0M US units (~1.7M global) were recalled for lithium-ion battery overheating (115 US overheating reports, 78 burns incl. second/third-degree). In 2025 Fitbit/Google agreed a $12.25M CPSC civil penalty for failing to immediately report the defect during 2018-2020. The most physically-harmful biometric incident in the cohort (real burn injuries).
Occurred 2022-03-02 · Fitbit (Charge / Sense / Versa)
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /incidents/fitbit-ionic-burn-recall-cpsc-2022.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/incidents/319d4efa-4c90-406f-a92d-580900b58eee
- Data documentation: /data
Sources (2)
- CPSC (recall) · https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2022/Fitbit-Recalls-Ionic-Smartwatches-Due-to-Burn-Hazard-One-Million-Sold-in-the-U-S
- CPSC (penalty) · https://www.cpsc.gov/Newsroom/News-Releases/2025/Fitbit-Agrees-to-Pay-12-25-Million-Civil-Penalty-for-Failure-to-Immediately-Report-Serious-Burn-Hazard-with-Ionic-Smartwatches
Common questions
- What happened in Fitbit Ionic burn-hazard recall (~1M US units); $12.25M CPSC penalty in 2025?
- SCOPE CAP-FLAG: this concerns the discontinued Fitbit Ionic (FB503) standalone smartwatch, a different product generation than current Fitbit trackers, recorded under the fitbit-tracker maker entity. On Mar 2 2022 ~1.0M US units (~1.7M global) were recalled for lithium-ion battery overheating (115 US overheating reports, 78 burns incl. second/third-degree). In 2025 Fitbit/Google agreed a $12.25M CPSC civil penalty for failing to immediately report the defect during 2018-2020. The most physically-harmful biometric incident in the cohort (real burn injuries).
- When did this incident occur?
- The incident is recorded as occurring on March 2, 2022 on the DEPLOY registry. The date reflects the underlying real-world event, not the registry record's creation date.
- What robot was involved in Fitbit Ionic burn-hazard recall (~1M US units); $12.25M CPSC penalty in 2025?
- Fitbit (Charge / Sense / Versa) is the recorded robot involved in this incident.
- Has anyone responded to Fitbit Ionic burn-hazard recall (~1M US units); $12.25M CPSC penalty in 2025?
- No responses to this incident are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Operators, manufacturers, or affected parties can submit responses to the editorial team; absence is not a guarantee no response was issued.
- What is the current status of Fitbit Ionic burn-hazard recall (~1M US units); $12.25M CPSC penalty in 2025?
- This incident is an active record on the DEPLOY registry; no retraction or correction has been issued.
Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-04
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-06-04
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Fitbit Ionic burn-hazard recall (~1M US units); $12.25M CPSC penalty in 2025.Canonical ID 319d4efa-4c90-406f-a92d-580900b58eee