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Product

Valve Valve steam deck lcd 512 gb

Category

Gaming Console

Report number

20260825-24704-2147311909

Ownership age

About 26 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20260825-24704-2147311909. Severity: No Incident, No Injury. Product: Valve Valve steam deck lcd 512 gb (Steam deck hand held console 512 gb lcd). Incident: The plastic casing of the handheld console has physically warped, bubbled, and melted due to an extreme internal thermal failure adjacent to the battery charging circuit/USB-C power management system. The product is an immediate fire hazard. The steam deck has had multiple charging issues and a charging port replacement by valve 12/25. The steamdeck was purchased june of 24 and had charging issues shortly thereafter which required multiple messages to valve who sent new chargers rather than fixing the charging issue. The port failed 12/25 and was replaced by valve under a warranty exception. 8/17/26 the steam deck had a burning smell and the case melted. The steam deck is no longer operative amd is a hazard to plug in. Valve wants me to pay to have it repaired by their 3rd party repair service rather than replacing a defectvie unit. This is a severe failure in the hardware and fire risk not a typical wear and tear issue.

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Official report number: 20260825-24704-2147311909. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.