The Recall Desk
CriticalCPSC·23299·Announced 2023-09-29

Future Motion Onewheel Electric Skateboards Recalled for Crash Hazard

Future Motion is recalling approximately 300,000 Onewheel self-balancing electric skateboards because they can stop balancing and cause the rider to crash. Four deaths and dozens of injuries including head trauma, fractures, and paralysis have been reported.

What this means for you

Highest-severity recall. Risk of serious injury or death is documented or strongly suspected. Stop using the product now and follow the agency's instructions.

Our severity reasoning: The source text explicitly reports four deaths associated with the recalled product. Per the severity rubric, if reported deaths exist anywhere in the source text, the score is 5 regardless of other factors.

Plain-English summary

Future Motion Inc. of Santa Cruz, California, is recalling all models of Onewheel self-balancing electric skateboards, including the original Onewheel, Onewheel+, Onewheel+ XR, Onewheel Pint, Onewheel Pint X, and Onewheel GT. Approximately 300,000 units are affected.

The skateboards can stop balancing the rider if the board's limits are exceeded, posing a crash hazard that can result in serious injury or death. Future Motion has received dozens of reports of incidents, including four reported deaths between 2019 and 2021. Reported injuries include traumatic brain injury, concussion, paralysis, upper-body fractures, lower-body fractures, and ligament damage. The reported deaths resulted from head trauma, and in at least three of those incidents, the rider was not wearing a helmet.

The recalled skateboards were sold online at www.onewheel.com and other websites, and at independent shops nationwide from January 2014 through September 2023, for between $1,050 and $2,200.

Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled Onewheel electric skateboards. Consumers with the Onewheel GT, Onewheel Pint X, Onewheel Pint, or Onewheel+ XR should download or update the Onewheel app and use it to update the firmware on their board to include Haptic Buzz alert functionality, a tactile and audible warning system that alerts the rider when nearing the board's limits or in low battery or error states. The firmware update for the Onewheel GT will be available within one week, with updates for the Pint X, Pint, and XR launching within six weeks. Consumers can contact Future Motion online at https://recall.onewheel.com or https://onewheel.com (click on "Recall") or by phone at 800-283-7943 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. PT Monday through Friday for more information. Refund and repair options are available.

The recalled product

Product
Onewheel Electric Skateboards (all models)
Manufacturer
Future Motion Inc., of Santa Cruz, California
Category
Consumer Product — Self-Balancing Electric Skateboard
Hazard
  • crash-hazard
  • loss-of-balance
  • head-trauma
Affected units
300,000

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

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