NORFOLK, Va. (BRAIN) — A Virginia Beach woman is suing Amazon and a Chinese e-bike brand for $1 million after alleged brake failure led to facial and body injuries.
In June 2024, Kiara Dixon purchased a Luckeep folding Class 3 e-bike from Amazon for $899.94. Luckeep is owned and operated in the U.S. by ZX Motors Inc., associated with manufacturer Jiangsu Zhongxing Motorcycle Co. According to the lawsuit, the e-bike needed "two principal components" connected and came with a single page of instructions, which did not address any brake adjustments nor testing being required.
The components were connected, and the following month, Dixon rode the e-bike for the first time down her street and around the block. As she approached her residence, she applied the brakes, which failed to engage, and the e-bike hit the curb in front of her house, the lawsuit states, adding, "As a result of the crash, (the) plaintiff was violently thrown from the e-bike and onto her face and the front of her body."
In addition to $1 million in damages, interest from July 4, 2024, and court costs, the lawsuit asks for a jury trial. The lawsuit initially was filed in June 2026 in Circuit Court for the City of Norfolk before being transferred to the U.S. Eastern District of Virginia, Norfolk Division, on July 20, 2026.
Last month, a Florida man also sued Amazon and another Chinese direct-to-consumer brand for injuries and damages after his bike's battery exploded and caused a residential fire in 2024.
