fitbit ionic recall

Mar 02 2022 1143 AM ET Last Updated. Fitbit has announced a voluntary recall of its Ionic Smartwatch amid more than 170 reports that the battery has overheated causing more than 100 reports of burn injuries.

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Fitbit announced today that its working with the Consumer Product Safety Commission to voluntarily recall its Ionic smartwatchThe company says its received over 100 reports of the watchs.

. Fitbit sold 1 million Ionic watches in the US. Fitbit issued a nationwide recall on Wednesday for its Ionic smartwatch due to a burn hazard. Fitbits Ionic Smartwatch is being recalled.

Upon receipt of the device consumers will be issued a refund of 299. Fitbit will also provide participating consumers with a discount code for 40 off select Fitbit devices. And an additional 693000 internationally but stopped selling the watch in 2020.

Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled Ionic smartwatches and contact Fitbit to receive pre-paid packaging to return the device. The company has now voluntarily recalled the Ionic and is offering 299 refunds in addition to a 40 discount for select Fitbits. The voluntary recall exclusively involves Fitbit Ionic smartwatch models which contain a lithium-ion battery that can potentially overheat and pose a burn hazard to consumers according to the CPSC.

Fitbit has issued a voluntary recall for Ionic smartwatches that it manufactured and sold from 2017 through 2020. The Ionic smartwatch is the not the first product Fitbit which was founded in San Francisco in 2007 has recalled. The recall applies to Ionic devices with the model number FB503 amounting to one million in the US.

Ionic owners can request a refund from Fitbit by visiting the companys support page. In 2014 it voluntarily recalled its Force device after some customers developed. It follows reports of the lithium battery overheating and.

The Fitbit Ionic smartwatch has been recalled in the US Canada and Mexico The Canadian Press Posted.

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