CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using Swagtron SG-5 Swagger 5 Boost Commuter Electric Scooters Due to Fire and Burn Hazards; Risk of Serious Injury and Death
Product: Swagtron SG-5 Swagger 5 Boost Commuter Electric Scooters
This is a CPSC Warning, not a recall.
CPSC issues a warning when it has asked a firm to recall a product and no recall has been agreed. The notice below gives an instruction (stop using the product) and does not announce a recall remedy. We do not describe this product as recalled.
Warning number: 25-014
- Hazard
The scooters pose fire and burn hazards.
- What CPSC says to do
CPSC urges consumers to immediately stop using and charging these electric scooters and dispose of them following local hazardous waste disposal procedures.
- Description
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is warning consumers to immediately stop using Swagtron SG-5 Swagger 5 Boost Commuter Electric Scooters because they pose fire and burn hazards. CPSC has received seven reports of the electric scooters overheating, smoking, melting, or igniting, with one ignition resulting in a fire causing a burn injury and substantial property damage to a residential apartment building in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in November 2023.Swagtron, of South Bend, Indiana has not been responsive to CPSC’s request for information about this product or for CPSC’s request for a recall. CPSC is also aware of 139 reports of fire or other thermal incidents involving other Swagtron products. Consumers should consider these reports, the lack of information about compliance with voluntary safety standards, and the company’s failure to provide safety information about their products to CPSC when deciding whether to buy or use the company’s products. CPSC urges consumers to immediately stop using and charging these electric scooters and dispose of them following local hazardous waste disposal procedures. The electric scooters are sold in black or silver colors. “SWAGGER 5” is printed in large lettering on the stem of the handlebars. […] Do not throw this battery in the trash. Report incidents involving these electric scooters, or any product-related injury, on www. SaferProducts.gov. Individual Commissioners may have statements related to this topic. Please visit www.cpsc.gov/commissioners to search for statements related to this or other topics.
- Published
- October 17, 2024
Regulator & source
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) · cpsc.gov
Official CPSC warning: cpsc.gov/Warnings/2025/CPSC-Warns-Consumers-to-Immediately-Stop-Using-Swagtron-SG-5-Swagger-5-Boost-Commuter-Electric-Scooters-Due-to-Fire-and-Burn-Hazards-Risk-of-Serious-Injury-and-Death
Last updated November 8, 2026
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Source: cpsc.gov/Warnings/2025/CPSC-Warns-Consumers-to-Immediately-Stop-Using-Swagtron-SG-5-Swagger-5-Boost-Commuter-Electric-Scooters-Due-to-Fire-and-Burn-Hazards-Risk-of-Serious-Injury-and-Death