Hoveround MPV5Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 39 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00859781000019), received between Jul 26, 2019 and Aug 25, 2025 — classified as 2 deaths, 37 injuries.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Use of Device Problem” (38 reports).

Reports come from manufacturers, hospitals and patients and are not verified by the FDA. A report does not prove the device caused the event, and counts can't be used to compare devices or estimate failure rates. How this data works · Data updated Oct 13, 2026.

Most reported problems

Recent adverse event reports

The 25 most recent of 39 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• InjuryAug 25, 2025Use of Device Problem; Use of Device Problem

  CLIENT STATES AS HE WAS RIDING DOWN THE SIDE WALK ON N KNOXVILLE AVE, A PICK UP TRUCK WITH TRAILER TURNED CORNER AND THE TRAILER HIT CLIENT. CLIENT STATES HE FELL OVER IN THE PWC, POLICE AND AMBULANCE WAS CALLED.

  Patient problems: Unspecified Tissue Injury

  MAUDE report 22883897 ↗
• InjuryAug 25, 2025Use of Device Problem; Use of Device Problem

  CLIENT STATES WHEN SHE GETS IN OR OUT OF PWC, THE FOOTPLATE FALLS DOWN AND HITS THE FRONT OF HER LEGS BELOW THE KNEE, ON THE SHINS. CLIENT STATES SHE HAS LARGE SORES AND THIS HAS MADE HER WEAK TO THE POINT SHE IS UNABLE TO TRANSFER, AMBULANCE WAS CALLED AND SHE WAS TAKE TO HOSPITAL.

  Patient problems: Skin Infection; Skin Inflammation/ Irritation

  MAUDE report 22883867 ↗
• InjuryAug 25, 2025Use of Device Problem; Use of Device Problem

  CLIENT STATES AS SHE WAS APPROACHING THE ENTRANCE/EXIT TO DOLLAR GENERAL, SHE SAW A CAR SITTING THERE AND WAS BEHIND THE SIDEWALK CROSSING. CLIENT THOUGHT DRIVER SAW HER AS TO WHY SHE WAS SITTING FURTHER BACK. CLIENT STATES AS SHE STARTED TO CROSS THE ENTRANCE, SHE NOTICED THE DRIVER LOOKING TO HER LEFT AND STARTED TO MOVE TO EXIT. CLIENT STATES SHE WAS YELLING AND WAVING HER ARMS UP, BUT DRIVER DID NOT SEE HER UNTIL SHE HIT HER ON THE FRONT LEFT SIDE. CLIENT STATES DRIVER DROVE OVER HER FEET.

  Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s)

  MAUDE report 22883843 ↗
• InjuryAug 25, 2025Use of Device Problem; Use of Device Problem

  CLIENT STATES A FEW GUYS ON 4-WHEELER'S WERE RIDING ON THE WALK PATH AND HE WENT OFF OF IT TO GET OUT OF THE WAY AND PWC FELL OVER. CLIENT STATES THE PWC ROLLED OVER A COUPLE OF TIMES, SLIDING OFF OF THE LEVY. CLIENT STATES HE FELL OUT OF PWC JUST BEFORE IT STOPPED FROM SLIDING OVER THE LEVY. CLIENT STATES HE WAS ABLE TO GET HIS CELL PHONE OUT AND CALL 911.

  Patient problems: Concussion; Headache; Intracranial Hemorrhage

  MAUDE report 22883401 ↗
• InjuryAug 25, 2025Use of Device Problem; Use of Device Problem

  CLIENT STATES SHE WAS IN HER BEDROOM AND THE PWC LUNGED FORWARD CAUSING HER TO RUN INTO THE WALL. CLIENT STATES AS SHE WAS IN THE KITCHEN TRYING TO GO TO THE DOOR TO GET A PACKAGE, CLIENT STATES PWC VEERED IN TO THE WALL WHERE HER RIGHT TOES WENT UNDER FOOTPLATE AND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE PWC AND FOOTPLATE. CLIENT STATES HER BROTHER CAME TO HELP HER AND MOVED HER BACK FROM THE WALL, HE UNLATCHED SEAT BELT TO HELP HER UP. CLIENT STATES AS SHE WENT TO PIVOT (CLIENT'S LEFT LEG HAS BEEN AMPUTATED) SHE FELL TO THE GROUND.

  Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s); Bruise/Contusion

  MAUDE report 22883237 ↗
• InjuryAug 25, 2025Use of Device Problem; Use of Device Problem

  THE CLIENT STATES AS SHE WAS ON HER WAY HOME AND CROSSING THE STREET TO GET TO THE SIDEWALK, A BIG TRUCK HIT HER. THE CLIENT STATES SHE WAS ON THE GROUND, DOES NOT REMEMBER WHAT SIDE SHE WAS HIT ON AND SHE WAS GOING IN AND OUT OF CONSCIOUSNESS. THE CLIENT STATES HER NEXT MEMORY IS WAKING UP IN THE HOSPITAL.

  Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s)

  MAUDE report 22882899 ↗
• DeathJan 12, 2024Use of Device Problem; Use of Device Problem

  THE USER'S MOTHER REPORTED USER WAS DECEASED AFTER BEING HIT BY A MOTOR VEHICLE WHILE OPERATING THE POWER WHEELCHAIR AT NIGHT.

  Patient problems: Fall

  MAUDE report 18503001 ↗
• InjuryJan 4, 2024Use of Device Problem; Use of Device Problem

  THE END USER STATED WHILE OPERATING THE POWER WHEELCHAIR ACROSS A STREET THEY WERE STRUCK BY A MOTOR VEHICLE.

  Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s); Fall

  MAUDE report 18448322 ↗
• InjuryNov 22, 2023Use of Device Problem; Use of Device Problem

  THE END USER STATED WHILE OPERATING THE POWER WHEELCHAIR OUTDOORS ON A SIDEWALK THE POWER WHEELCHAIR VEERED OFF THE SIDEWALK AND THE USER FELL.

  Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s); Fall

  MAUDE report 18195696 ↗
• InjuryNov 6, 2023Use of Device Problem; Use of Device Problem

  THE END USER STATED WHILE OPERATING THE POWER WHEELCHAIR IN BIKE LANE ON THE ROADWAY THE END USER WAS STRUCK BY A MOTOR VEHICLE.

  Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s); Fall

  MAUDE report 18074808 ↗
• InjuryOct 18, 2023Use of Device Problem; Use of Device Problem

  THE END USER STATED WHILE OPERATING THE POWER WHEELCHAIR IN A FAST FOOD PARKING LOT THE END USER WAS STRUCK BY A MOTOR VEHICLE.

  Patient problems: Fall; Limb Fracture

  MAUDE report 17961216 ↗
• InjuryOct 3, 2023Use of Device Problem; Use of Device Problem

  THE END USER STATED WHILE SEATED IN THE POWER WHEELCHAIR THE USER FELL ASLEEP AND FELL OUT OF THE CHAIR.

  Patient problems: Fall; Limb Fracture

  MAUDE report 17860984 ↗
• InjurySep 27, 2023Use of Device Problem; Use of Device Problem

  THE END USER STATED WHILE OPERATING THE POWER WHEELCHAIR OUTDOORS ON THE DECK IT STOPPED AND SHE FELL.

  Patient problems: Fall; Limb Fracture

  MAUDE report 17828241 ↗
• InjuryAug 18, 2023Use of Device Problem; Use of Device Problem

  THE END USER STATED WHILE OPERATING THE POWER WHEELCHAIR IT STOPPED SUDDENLY AND SHE FELL.

  Patient problems: Fall; Limb Fracture

  MAUDE report 17572359 ↗
• InjuryJun 1, 2023Use of Device Problem; Use of Device Problem

  THE END USER'S DAUGHTER REPORTS THAT WHILE OPERATING THE POWER WHEELCHAIR IN THE BATHROOM THE USER LOST CONTROL OF THE POWER WHEELCHAIR AND FELL. THE END USER WAS NOT USING THE SEAT BELT.

  Patient problems: Fall; Limb Fracture

  MAUDE report 17043288 ↗
• InjuryApr 21, 2023Use of Device Problem; Use of Device Problem

  THE END USER'S SPOUSE REPORTS THAT WHILE OPERATING THE POWER WHEELCHAIR IN A PARKING LOT THE CHAIR STOPPED SUDDENLY AND THE END USER FELL. THE END USER DOES NOT WEAR THE SEAT BELT.

  Patient problems: Fall; Limb Fracture

  MAUDE report 16788939 ↗
• InjuryMar 22, 2023Use of Device Problem; Use of Device Problem

  THE END USER REPORTS THAT WHILE OPERATING THE POWER WHEELCHAIR ON A STEEP SIDEWALK IN THE RAIN THEY LOST CONTROL AND FELL..

  Patient problems: Fall

  MAUDE report 16590175 ↗
• InjurySep 12, 2022Use of Device Problem; Use of Device Problem

  THE END USER REPORTS THAT WHILE OPERATING THE POWER WHEELCHAIR ON A SIDEWALK THEIR HAND SLIPPED AND THEY DROVE OFF THE CURB AND FELL.

  Patient problems: Fall

  MAUDE report 15406556 ↗
• InjuryJan 21, 2022Use of Device Problem; Use of Device Problem

  THE END USER'S DAUGHTER STATED WHILE THE END USER WAS OPERATING THEIR POWER WHEELCHAIR IN A MCDONALD'S PARKING LOT, THE END USER WAS STRUCK BY A MOTOR VEHICLE.

  Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s); Fall

  MAUDE report 13314156 ↗
• InjuryOct 20, 2021Use of Device Problem; Use of Device Problem

  THE END USER STATED WHILE OPERATING THEIR POWER WHEELCHAIR CROSSING A STREET, THE END USER WAS STRUCK BY A MOTOR VEHICLE.

  Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s); Fall

  MAUDE report 12664314 ↗
• InjuryOct 20, 2021Use of Device Problem; Use of Device Problem

  THE END USER STATED WHILE OPERATING THEIR POWER WHEELCHAIR THEY WENT AROUND A SNOWBANK, DROVE OFF THE CURB AND FELL.

  Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s); Fall

  MAUDE report 12664311 ↗
• InjuryJul 16, 2021Use of Device Problem; Use of Device Problem

  THE END USER STATED WHILE OPERATING THEIR POWER WHEELCHAIR CROSSING A STREET, THE END USER WAS STRUCK BY A MOTOR VEHICLE.

  Patient problems: Fall; Vertebral Fracture

  MAUDE report 12184235 ↗
• InjuryMar 23, 2021Use of Device Problem; Use of Device Problem

  THE END USER STATED WHILE OPERATING THEIR POWER WHEELCHAIR OUTDOORS, THE END USER DROVE OFF OVER A DIP IN THE SIDEWALK AND FELL.

  Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s); Fall

  MAUDE report 11556151 ↗
• InjuryDec 31, 2020Use of Device Problem; Use of Device Problem

  THE END USER REPORTED WHILE OPERATING THEIR POWER WHEELCHAIR OUTSIDE ON A SIDEWALK, THE END USER HOT AN UNEVEN PATCH IN THE SIDEWALK AND FELL.

  Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s)

  MAUDE report 11101732 ↗
• InjuryDec 30, 2020Use of Device Problem; Use of Device Problem

  THE END USER REPORTED WHILE CROSSING THE STREET IN THEIR POWER WHEELCHAIR, THE END USER WAS STRUCK BY A MOTOR VEHICLE.

  Patient problems: Multiple Fractures

  MAUDE report 11095795 ↗