JBL Charge 3

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20230428-44447-2147347808. Matched catalog product: JBL Charge 3. Incident: Hi! I recently had a JBL Charge 3 speaker burst into smoke and flames on my sofa during the middle of the night. Apparently these speakers �blowing up� is very common, which can be pretty easily searched online.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20260902-841C0-2147310668. Severity: No Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: JBL Charge 3. Incident: JBL Charge 3 speaker was charging using JBL charger and cord. JBL speaker found to be melting, foul smelling smoke filling room and adjacent room. No involvement of charger or charger cable. Scorched counter top.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20240111-17E9E-2147342837. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: JBL Charge 3. Source model text: JBL Charge 3. Incident: I received this device, a JBL Charge 3 Bluetooth speaker, as a sales award from my company, [REDACTED], in 2018. It has always worked well. I used it on Saturday, 6 Jan 2024 while cleaning the basement where I ran it out of charge. On Sunday, 7 Jan 2024, I plugged the JBL Charge 3 in to charge at noon. The speaker was on the hardwood floor in my office. At about 2:00 PM my wife heard a snap and looked up to find smoke billowing out of my office. She ran in and observed fire and smoke pouring out of the speaker. Quickly, she unplugged the device and threw it out into the driveway. We opened up all windows and doors, and the smoke cleared. There was minor maring on the hard wood floor which buffed out. Thankfully we were home when this happened. I imagine if unattended, the floor would have caught fire and significanlty hurt or destroyed my home.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20220212-E2711-2147357606. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: JBL Charge 3. Incident: JBL Charge 3 was being charged, battery exploded, filled room with smoke, scorched paperwork, we were lucky to be home.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20230214-8E4F9-2147350708. Severity: Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received. Matched catalog product: JBL Charge 3. Incident: JBL Charge 3 was being charged, it exploded, filled room with smoke, scorched paperwork, we were lucky to be home. The smoke was white and thick and difficult to remove. Not sure what we have breathed it so far. Pets as well

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20240229-B4C6A-2147340706. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: JBL Charge 3. Incident: My JBL Charge 3 bluetooth speaker exploded and caught fire. I had to put the fire out with a fire extinguisher to keep it from spreading. The explosion and fire caused damage to furniture and other items near the fire.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20200906-299C2-2147369976. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: JBL Charge 3. Incident: JBL Charge 3 speaker caught fire [REDACTED]. It appeared to occur where the charging cable that came with the unit inserts into the back. I was not home, thankfully the unit was not near flammable materials, no damages or injuries. I purchased the unit in late 2017/early 2018. The number is GG0304-BH0110208. The metal portion of the power cord that inserts into the back has always seemed flimsy/easily bendable.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20190411-D7869-2147381726. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Product: JBL Charge 3 (Bluetooth wireless speaker, brand JBL, model Charge 3, color gray. This is a link to the product on company�s website https://www.jbl.com/bluetooth-speakers/JBL+CHARGE+III.html). Incident: My wireless speaker caught fire while charging. I was at home at the time and managed to limit the amount of damage this incident could have resulted in. It still damaged a brand new chest of drawers that the speaker was placed on while charging, and smoke damage made the room uninhabitable, I had spend time and money to repaint the room so we could use it again. It was a Bluetooth wireless speaker, brand JBL, model Charge 3. I�ve had the speaker for about a year and four months at the time of the incident and never had any issues with it. I plugged the charger into the speaker and about an hour later I heard a noise and the fire alarm went off. I opened the door to the room and it was filled with thick smoke. The speaker unit was hot to touch and melted burned plastic was oozing out from it. I threw a T-shirt over it to be able to grab it and I threw it out of the window.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20200229-DD851-2147374566. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Product: JBL Charge3 (The unit is a JBL Charge3 bluetooth speaker). Incident: I was home with my girlfriend, when she smelled smoke. I went upstairs to find my bluetooth speaker was very hot and smoking profusedly. At the time it had been plugged in for approximately an hour to the charger supplied by the manufacturer. I unplugged the speaker and ran with it downstairs, and put it outside. The speaker got hot enough to melt the polyurathane coating on my wood floor. I reported the issue to the manufacturer the following morning. I brought the speaker and charger to my work the next day so that I could document the issue and sent that info to the manufacturer. I requested that they inspect the unit with me, so far they have declined to do so. In the pictures I am submitting you can observe the swelling of the unit near the battery, the polyurathane melted to the unit's base, and the damage done to the floor. Thermal damage to the unit is also visible. It is my belief that in unplugging and removing the unit I was able to avoid a much more damaging and dangerous situation.