Goal Zero is recalling 46,200 YETI 3000X portable power stations after the circuit board in the units was found to overheat, creating a fire and burn hazard, according to the CPSC’s recall notice. The fix is a free firmware update, but you have to install it — it doesn’t happen automatically.
Key Points
- Roughly 46,200 units are affected, sold from May 2020 through August 2025 for about $3,000 each.
- Goal Zero has received four reports of units catching fire, overheating, or smoking. No injuries have been reported.
- The remedy is a free firmware update available through the Goal Zero app or by contacting the company directly.
- Units were sold at REI stores, Costco.com, Backcountry.com, Goalzero.com, and other online retailers.
What’s Affected
- Product: Goal Zero YETI 3000X Portable Power Station
- Units: approximately 46,200
- Sold: May 2020 through August 2025
- Price: approximately $3,000
- Retailers: REI, Costco.com, Backcountry.com, Goalzero.com, and other online sellers
Stop using the power station immediately if you own one until you’ve installed the update. The CPSC says the overheating circuit board can pose a fire and burn hazard even when the unit isn’t actively charging something, which matters for anyone who keeps one of these charged and stored as emergency backup power — a common setup heading into hurricane season, when portable power stations see a seasonal sales spike as a generator alternative for keeping refrigerators, medical equipment, and communications devices running through an outage.
What Homeowners Should Do
- Check whether your unit is a YETI 3000X model against the identification details on Goal Zero’s recall support page.
- Stop using the power station until the firmware update is installed.
- Install the free update through the Goal Zero smartphone app, or contact the company for help.
- Call Goal Zero’s toll-free recall line at 888-794-6250 (9 a.m.–2 p.m. MT, Monday through Friday), email [email protected], or visit recallsupport.goalzero.com if the app isn’t an option.
The good news here is that this is a repair-in-place recall, not a return-and-refund one — you keep the unit, and the fix takes a few minutes once you’re in the app. The bad news is that a four-incident, zero-injury track record on a $3,000 device is exactly the kind of recall that’s easy to shrug off and forget, right up until a power station that’s been sitting untouched in a closet since a firmware notice you meant to deal with later decides to overheat while nobody’s watching it.
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