BowFlex Class Action Lawsuit Filed After Manufacturer Recalls Over 3.8M Adjustable Dumbbells

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Fitness equipment manufacturer Johnson Health Tech faces a proposed class action lawsuit after more than 3.8 million BowFlex-brand adjustable dumbbells were recalled in June 2025 due to an apparent impact hazard.

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According to the 28-page lawsuit, the manufacturer and the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced a recall of BowFlex 552 52.5-pound adjustable dumbbells and BowFlex 1090 90-pound adjustable dumbbells following reports that the products’ weight plates can come loose from the handle during use.

Per the CPSC’s June 5 announcement, there have been nearly 350 reports of the dumbbells’ weight plates dislodging during use, including 111 instances that resulted in injuries such as concussions, abrasions, broken toes or contusions.

The CPSC says the recall includes BowFlex 552 adjustable dumbbells with serial numbers that fall within the following ranges:

• 00182M243902233 through 00182M243902592;
• 00182MAG220200463C through 00182MAG221204535C;
• 00182SFE213414844C through 00182SFE234002231C;
• 100182M242800001 through 100182M250201440;
• 100182MAG20431227C through 100182MAG233500372;
• 100182P244100067 through 100182P244602976;
• 100182SFE213709609 through 100182SFE235206276;
• 100748M243200001 through 100748M244300252;
• 100748MAG222400734 through 100748MAG23500660;
• 100748P242900001 through 100748P245205632;
• 100748SFE220908785 through 100748SFE233513811;
• X00748MAG233003670 through X00748MAG233003672;
• X00748SFE233202493 through X00748SFE233203161; and
• Z00748MAG233003670.

In addition, for BowFlex 1090 adjustable dumbbells, the recall covers products with serial numbers between 4551MAG21452813 and 4551MAG23350381, and 4551SFE23320001 and 4551SFE23501949, the CPSC relays.

The BowFlex recall lawsuit alleges that the products, despite being advertised as safe, reliable and durable, pose an unreasonable safety hazard to users.

What’s more, the manufacturer includes no warning on product packaging or in marketing materials that the weight plates are prone to dislodge from the handle, the suit claims.

According to the case, the recalled dumbbells were sold until April 2024 by now-defunct BowFlex, Inc. The complaint explains that the products were then sold by Johnson Health Tech, which acquired BowFlex’s assets after its bankruptcy, between April 23, 2024 and May 2025.

The filing contends that Johnson Health Tech’s recall is insufficient and that it unfairly distinguishes between consumers who purchased the dumbbells before the company took over in April 2024 and those who bought the products afterward.

For instance, consumers who purchased the items between April 23, 2024 and May 2025 are entitled to receive replacement dumbbells or a full refund in the form of a voucher, the lawsuit says. As the suit tells it, customers who bought the dumbbells before April 23, 2024, who account for roughly 3.7 million of the recalled dumbbells, have been offered neither option and are instead only eligible to receive a pro-rated refund voucher for use on BowFlex.com and a year-long subscription to Johnson Health Tech’s fitness app.

The pro-rated vouchers reportedly vary in amounts from $20 to $95, the case says, noting that a new set of BowFlex dumbbells retails for between $429 and $799.

“The prorated vouchers are effectively worthless because customers will be forced to shell out hundreds of dollars to replace their defective and unsafe products with comparable dumbbells,” the complaint charges.

The lawsuit looks to represent all California residents who purchased Johnson Health Tech’s products before April 23, 2024 in California.

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