SaferProducts incident

Failure type

Battery failure

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20260302-0F6A5-2147323062. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Product: Goat Power Bikes King Goat V1 (Brand: Goat Power Bikes (San Diego, CA) Model: King Goat - 8000 watt mid drive 200lbs with PAS pedals. Color: Black). Incident: 1.) Goat Power Bikes Sold me an Ebike with pedals that goes 50+ mph & weighs 200lbs on November 19th 2025 with extensive mechanical & safety issues. 2.) Bait & Switch on there website they stated minor performance issues and that a New Controller would need to be installed to improve said issues. 3.) Apon receipt of the vehicle 11/27/2026 I test road the bike with the "faulty/original controller" & discovered the following issues: a.) No uphill performance/low torque b.) Random power cutoffs. Complete bike shut down at random times. c.) Stripped screws on battery tray and controller power wires. d.) Excessive water & mud entering & settling in controller compartment. e.) Cramped & Crimped wires due to limited space in controller compartment potentially leading to failure's f.) Partially cut and exposed wires attached to primary power cord to cut expense of replacing new power cord. g.) having to replace both the controller and 12v converter to improve performance issues. 4.) After receiving the new controller several weeks later I installed it according to their directions only to discover the following additional or persistent issues: a.) Throttle inconsistency - Throttle jerky having power at times and limited to no power at other times. b.) Controller & Motor over heating cutting or reducing power. c.) Ghost peddling - The pedals and PAS system are inconsistent often over powered at times or under powered at others. d.) Stripped controller screws persistent making firm connections impossible. e.) Complete 12v converter failure resulting in a lack of a function front head