Solar, battery & hot-water recalls: the check-your-system list.

Three steps, about ten minutes. First, find the make and model: it is printed on the compliance label on the unit itself — on a battery usually on the side or front casing, on an inverter under or beside the display — and it also appears in your installation paperwork, your quote and usually your monitoring app. Second, search that model at productsafety.gov.au, the ACCC's official Australian recalls database, which lists every current recall with the affected models or serial ranges, the risk and the remedy. Third, if your model appears, follow the listing's instructions — usually switching the unit off and contacting the supplier for the free remedy — rather than opening or working on anything yourself. Batteries and inverters carry voltages that can kill: reading a label is your job, everything past that is an electrician's. Finally, subscribe to the ACCC's free email alerts so future recalls come to you instead of you having to remember to look.

As at 29 July 2026, three battery recalls matter most. The long-running LG Energy Solution recall (PRA 2022/19550) covers LG RESU batteries and LG cells sold inside other brands' systems — SolaX Power Station and X-Cabinet, Opal Storage, Redback SH5000, Red Earth Sunrise and Drop Bear, Eguana Evolve and VARTA Pulse Neo; affected cells can overheat and catch fire, and the remedy is a free replacement or a full refund. The Tesla Powerwall 2 recall (PRA 2025/20611, published September 2025 and updated April 2026) covers a subset of units sold between 1 November 2020 and 23 August 2025 containing third-party cells that may fail and overheat; Tesla remotely discharges affected units and replaces them free. The Sigenergy SigenStor EC 8, 10 and 12 kW single-phase recall (PRA 2025/20703, November 2025) covers AC plugs that may overheat; the remedy is a free replacement unit with an updated plug. In every case, confirm your own serial against the official listing at productsafety.gov.au — a model name match alone doesn't mean your unit is affected.

Yes, and this is the single biggest trap in the Australian recall list. LG Energy Solution's affected cells were sold inside other companies' cabinets, so the recall covers systems badged SolaX Power Station, SolaX X-Cabinet, Opal Storage, Redback SH5000, Red Earth Sunrise, Red Earth Drop Bear, Eguana Evolve and VARTA Pulse Neo, as well as LG's own RESU 3.3, 6.5, 10 and 13, RESU7H Type-R and RESU10H models. The affected cells were manufactured between 21 January 2016 and 28 March 2017, and between 14 September 2018 and 30 June 2019. If you have any of these systems, check your serial number using LG's online checker at lgessbattery.com or call LG on 1300 677 273 (for SolaX or Opal systems, SolaX on 1300 476 529). The remedy is a free replacement or removal with a full refund, plus compensation for higher electricity costs while the battery is switched off. Because the risk is overheating and fire, the official advice for affected units is to switch the battery off and keep it off until it is remedied.

First, don't panic — the recall (PRA 2025/20611) covers a subset of Powerwall 2 units sold in Australia between 1 November 2020 and 23 August 2025 that contain particular third-party battery cells which may fail and overheat; some units have experienced smoking or flames causing minor property damage. Tesla's approach has been to remotely limit and discharge affected units as a precaution, which is why keeping your system online matters: check that your Powerwall is connected to the internet, then check the Tesla app, which tells owners whether their unit is affected. If it is, Tesla or its service provider contacts you to schedule a free replacement, and Tesla says it will consider compensation for lost energy savings case by case. If you're unsure, call Tesla on 1800 958 369 or check the official listing at productsafety.gov.au. Powerwall 3 is not part of this recall.

Heat pumps, yes — three worth checking as at 29 July 2026. Ariston ARIHPWH-200 and ARIHPWH-280 heat pump water heaters sold 12 June 2024 to 22 September 2025 (PRA 2025/20678) have a manufacturing fault that can cause fire; the supplier Chromagen provides a free inspection and repair, and the official advice is to disconnect the unit from power first. Ecogenica EG-215F units sold May 2022 to September 2023 (PRA 2024/20300) carry an electric-shock risk where the control panel was installed inside the unit; the fix is a free repair. Thermann X Split THP45 outdoor units sold October 2021 to September 2024 (PRA 2024/20323) can expose live parts if the plastic cover is removed; don't remove the cover and contact Reece for the free repair. For home EV chargers, the only listing we found on productsafety.gov.au is the MINI HV Wallbox Gen II (PRA 2021/19243, sold 2020–2021), which BMW replaces free — beyond that, we found no current recalls for home EV chargers as at 29 July 2026, which is itself useful data. Always confirm against the live ACCC database, as new recalls are published year-round.

Usually the opposite of what people assume. A recall means the fault was found, published, and is being fixed at the manufacturer's cost — that's the safety system working exactly as designed, and it's why Australia's ACCC database, state electrical regulators and the Clean Energy Regulator's approved-product lists exist. Tesla, LG and Sigenergy are all major manufacturers that have run recalls and remedied them; full disclosure, Mission Green sells and installs some brands that appear on this page, including Sigenergy and Tesla, and we list their recalls anyway because you deserve the same information we have. The genuinely dangerous scenario isn't a recalled product with a remedy under way — it's the orphaned system nobody is maintaining: the installer has gone bust, no one is monitoring it, and a recall notice never reaches the owner. If that's your situation, checking this list yourself and getting the system inspected matters far more than which logo is on the box.