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JBL Bar 2.1

1 source-linked failure report. Most reported: Fire / ignition. Typical failure around 3.9 yr.

Reliability signal — · Insufficient data · data confidence Very Low

1 confirmed failure reports

Reliability summary

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1 confirmed failure report · Insufficient data · Data confidence: Very Low

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Most common issue
Fire / ignition
Typical first failure
3.9 yr
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  • Fire / ignition1 · 100%

When does it break?

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Median months to failure

47

Failure reports

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What breaks?

What breaks? · reports

Fire / ignition

Stereo or Hi-fi Components or Accessories (546)

47 months

Government / agencyIndexed Oct 16, 2026Source-linkedVerify source — SaferProducts.gov incident

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20260501-412B2-2147319878. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Product: JBL Bar 2.1 (JBL Bar 2.1. 2.1 channel soundbar with wireless subwoofer.). Incident: My wife and I were in bed when my wife smelled smoke. She woke me and we traced the smoke to a JBL 2.1 bass soundbar subwoofer located in the corner of our living room, behind the wedge part of our sectional sofa. The subwoofer was not in use at the time (but it had been earlier in the evening) and had visible smoke coming from the bass tube located on the side of the subwoofer. I grabbed the subwoofer to unplug it and the bass speaker, which is located on the underside of the subwoofer box, was vibrating in and out extremely fast. I took the entire speaker box to the garage and pulled the bass speaker to see if there was an active fire or only smoldering. Luckily, the unit was only smoldering. The speaker magnet was extremely hot to the touch, checked at 139 degrees Fahrenheit with a digital temperature gun. The coil that drives the speaker was also discolored from the heat. There is no doubt that the speaker would have caught fire very soon if not found at that time. As a side note, there was a power outage from a storm the night before. Could it have caused an issue with the speaker? I have several videos from my wife and son that shows much of the above event.

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Months until failure

47 months

Repair cost

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88%

Verification status

Unverified

Evidence quality

★★★★☆ (4/5)

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