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5 official CPSC notices naming Apple, 2001–2019, across home electronics, covering at least 3.1 million units. The most recent: Apple 15-inch MacBook Pro laptop computers, June 27, 2019.
Type the model number from your Apple product's label. Every model number named in a Apple recall is listed below, grouped by notice.
1 model number
Apple Macintosh PowerBook 45W AC Adapters · 01-188 · 2001
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3 notices where the recalled products are battery chargers.
The two-prong wall plug adapters for Australia/New Zealand/Argentina, Brazil, Continental Europe and Korea can break and expose the metal portion of the adapter, posing an electric shock risk.
These lithium-ion batteries can overheat, posing a fire hazard to consumers.
These AC adapters could overheat, posing a fire hazard.
One notice where the recalled product is a speaker.
Apple notices outside the product types above.
The batteries in the recalled laptop computers can overheat, posing a fire hazard.
Totals add up the figures the notices state, counting a reannounced or restated recall once. A notice that gives no number adds nothing.
Counted across all 5 notices on file as of October 31, 2026. Each line says how many notices it rests on.
No national chain is named in the 5 notices that say where Apple products were sold. All 5 notices mention online sales.
The 5 notices that give a price range from $30 to $2,300. Half of them name a price of $130 or less.
By the 5 notices that give sale dates, half the products were on sale for 23 months or less; the longest for 12 years. Half the recalls came within 3 years of the first sale; the other half reached products that had been on sale longer.
A refund in 1 of the 3 notices that name a remedy, a repair in 1, a replacement in 1. Some notices offer more than one.
Fire is named in 4 of the 5 notices (80%), against 24% of all CPSC notices on file. Then electric shock (1).
All 5 notices that describe incidents report at least one.
1 of the 5 notices lists model numbers. They also name serial numbers in 2. A matching model number is a reason to open the notice, not the last word.
China (4), Japan (1) and Taiwan (1), in the 4 notices that name a manufacturing country.
The recall contact each official notice gives, newest first. Contacts can change after a notice is published; the notice itself is the final word.
As of October 31, 2026, CPSC has published 5 recall notices naming Apple consumer products between 2001 and 2019, covering at least 3.1 million units.
No. As of October 31, 2026, CPSC has published no recall notice naming Apple consumer products in 2026. The most recent was announced June 27, 2019 (CPSC 19-152).
Battery chargers (3), speakers (1) and 1 other notice.
“Apple Announces Recall of Batteries Used in Previous iBook and PowerBook Computers Due to Fire Hazard” (CPSC 06-245), announced August 24, 2006: about 1.1 million units.
Find the model number on the product's rating label, then type it into the model-number lookup on this page. A match means the number appears in an official CPSC notice; open that notice to confirm any date codes or serial ranges it lists. No match is not proof that a product is safe. 1 of the 5 notices here lists model numbers. They also name serial numbers in 2.
Each notice names its own recall contact; the contacts for every Apple notice are listed on this page. For the most recent one, Apple 15-inch MacBook Pro laptop computers (CPSC 19-152), call 800-275-2273 and go to www.apple.com.
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