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Product Recall Number: 15-156

Why was Beats Pill XL speaker recalled?

The battery can overheat, posing a fire hazard.

Beats Pill XL speaker
Here's product recall specific data for Beats Pill XL speaker.

  • Product Recall Number: 15-156

  • Product Safety Warning Number:

  • Date: 2015-06-03

  • Product Safety Warning Date:

  • Name Of Product: Beats Pill XL speaker

  • Description: The battery can overheat, posing a fire hazard.

  • Hazard Description: The battery can overheat, posing a fire hazard.

  • Consumer Action: None Listed

  • Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed

  • Remedy Type: Refund

  • Units: About 222,000 in the U.S. (and about 11,000 in Canada)

  • Incidents: Apple has received eight reports of incidents of the speakers overheating, including one with a burn to a consumer's finger and one with damage to a consumer's desk.

  • Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled product and contact Apple for a $325 Apple Store credit or electronic payment. Apple will provide a postage paid box for consumers to send their Pill XL speaker to Apple.

  • Sold At: Apple Retail Stores and major retail stores nationwide and online at Apple.com and Beatsbydre.com from January 2014 through June 2015 for about $300.

  • Importers: Beats Electronics LLC, of Culver City, Calif. and Apple Inc., of Cupertino, Calif.

  • Manufacturers: None Listed

  • Distributors: None Listed

  • Manufactured In: China

  • Custom Label: None Listed

  • Custom Field: None Listed