Anker Innovations Facing Class Action Lawsuit After 2025 Power Bank Recall

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Anker Innovations faces a proposed class action lawsuit after recalling last month several models of PowerCore lithium-ion portable power banks due to a risk of overheating, fire and/or explosion.

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According to the 25-page false advertising lawsuit, the Chinese tech company on June 25 announced a global recall of multiple models of its PowerCore 10000 lithium-ion battery-powered portable chargers, which Anker acknowledged “may pose a fire safety risk due to a potential issue with the lithium-ion battery.” The filing says that the Anker products at issue, A1263 models sold in the United States between June 2016 and December 2022, may overheat, which may result in the melting of plastic components, smoke and/or fire.

Roughly five days later, the suit adds, Anker voluntarily recalled five more power bank models, this time including Power Bank 20000 models, due to the same fire risk plaguing the lithium-ion batteries.

Although Anker touts itself as a company that “takes safety seriously,” the lawsuit alleges that the defendant knew or should have known about the defects plaguing the Anker PowerCore models at issue, especially given that the company had implemented prior recalls over lithium-ion battery overheating concerns in March 2023 and June and October 2024.

“Those representations about safety were false and misleading, and the Affected Products, by Anker’s own admission, are not safe,” the class action lawsuit reads, noting that Anker last month also rolled out recalls in China, the United Kingdom and Australia for the PowerCore power banks.

The Anker power bank models recalled in the U.S. include:

• Anker PowerCore 10000 Model A1263;
• Anker Power Bank 10000 Model A1257;
• Anker Power Bank  20000 Model A1647;
• Anker MagGo Power Bank 10000 Model A1652;
• Anker Zolo Power Bank 20000 Model A1681; and
• Anker Zolo Power Bank 20000 Model A1689.

The complaint contends that consumers are aware of the risks of lithium-ion batteries and must decide whether they will buy a more expensive option that purportedly has more safety features or a cheaper model without any, or as many, safety features. According to the lawsuit, the Anker power banks are marketed as having top-notch safety features and retail at a price nearly twice that of some generic competitors that reportedly do not advertise the same or any safety certifications.

The suit claims that consumers who purchased the Anker power banks were willing to pay a higher price because of the company’s safety claims and were cheated of both the money they spent and the product safety they expected due to the dangerous defects that prompted the recall.

Finally, the complaint argues that the Anker recall provides insufficient reimbursement—a replacement item or $30 gift card “from a company they may not trust anymore”—to consumers who paid a premium price for the products.

The Anker Innovations class action lawsuit seeks to represent anyone who bought one of the affected portable chargers in the U.S. for personal or household use within the applicable statute of limitations period.

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