If you run a Goal Zero Yeti 3000X, stop using it and install the firmware update. The Consumer Product Safety Commission posted the recall on August 20, 2026 under recall number 26712, covering about 46,200 units sold from May 2020 through August 2025. Read September 24, 2026.
CPSC’s record states the hazard plainly: “The recalled power station’s circuit board can overheat, posing a risk of serious injury from fire and burn hazards.” It also records what prompted it. Goal Zero received four reports of the power stations catching fire, overheating and smoking. No injuries have been reported.
What makes this one different
Most recalls end with a box going back to a store. This one does not. Goal Zero’s recall page says the firmware update “is the recall remedy and does not require returning the product to the original place of purchase.” CPSC’s record matches: install the free repair through the Goal Zero application, or contact Goal Zero for installation at no cost.
That is convenient, and it is also the problem. A replacement remedy happens to you. This one happens only if you go and get it: Goal Zero’s own steps end with you tapping install. A 3000X that lives in a van, gets charged off solar, and has never been paired to a phone is not going to receive this on its own.
The app route needs Wi-Fi. Goal Zero’s steps are: download the Goal Zero app, connect to Wi-Fi, then tap the update banner or go to Settings, then Firmware Update. The unit shows “upd” on its display while the install runs. When it finishes, the app reads version 1.9.5 and the power station’s own display reads 195.
Wi-Fi is the one thing most people reading this do not have at camp. Put this on the town-stop list, next to laundry and water.
How to tell if yours is in it
Goal Zero gives three places to check: the name YETI 3000X on the front bar of the cart, the same name on the bottom front of the power station, and the nameplate on the underside of the lid, which carries the product name and serial number.
One more thing worth knowing. Goal Zero’s notices page lists a second, separate recall for the Yeti Link and related EC8 power cables. If you have run a Link module, read that notice too rather than assuming this firmware update covers it.
What to do
Check the nameplate under the lid. If it says YETI 3000X, install the update at the next Wi-Fi you sit still for. If the app will not cooperate, CPSC’s record lists Goal Zero at 888-794-6250, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mountain time, Monday through Friday.
Goal Zero’s own recall page and the CPSC record are the authority here, not this page. Read them before you decide anything, and do not treat a working unit as an exception.
For what a 3000X actually covers in a day, our power budget guide does the arithmetic, and the power station comparison shows where this size sits.