diff --git a/app/src/organisms/LabwarePositionCheck/FatalErrorModal.tsx b/app/src/organisms/LabwarePositionCheck/FatalErrorModal.tsx
index 55193ca1b91..cc011792d9c 100644
--- a/app/src/organisms/LabwarePositionCheck/FatalErrorModal.tsx
+++ b/app/src/organisms/LabwarePositionCheck/FatalErrorModal.tsx
@@ -27,9 +27,11 @@ const SUPPORT_EMAIL = 'support@opentrons.com'
 
 interface FatalErrorModalProps {
   errorMessage: string
+  shouldUseMetalProbe: boolean
   onClose: () => void
 }
 export function FatalErrorModal(props: FatalErrorModalProps): JSX.Element {
+  const { errorMessage, shouldUseMetalProbe, onClose } = props
   const { t } = useTranslation(['labware_position_check', 'shared'])
   return (
     <Portal level="top">
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ export function FatalErrorModal(props: FatalErrorModalProps): JSX.Element {
         header={
           <WizardHeader
             title={t('labware_position_check_title')}
-            onExit={props.onClose}
+            onExit={onClose}
           />
         }
       >
@@ -58,6 +60,15 @@ export function FatalErrorModal(props: FatalErrorModalProps): JSX.Element {
           <ErrorHeader>
             {i18n.format(t('shared:something_went_wrong'), 'sentenceCase')}
           </ErrorHeader>
+          {shouldUseMetalProbe ? (
+            <StyledText
+              as="p"
+              fontWeight={TYPOGRAPHY.fontWeightSemiBold}
+              textAlign={TEXT_ALIGN_CENTER}
+            >
+              {t('remove_probe_before_exit')}
+            </StyledText>
+          ) : null}
           <StyledText as="p" textAlign={TEXT_ALIGN_CENTER}>
             {t('shared:help_us_improve_send_error_report', {
               support_email: SUPPORT_EMAIL,
@@ -65,13 +76,13 @@ export function FatalErrorModal(props: FatalErrorModalProps): JSX.Element {
           </StyledText>
           <ErrorTextArea
             readOnly
-            value={props.errorMessage ?? ''}
+            value={errorMessage ?? ''}
             spellCheck={false}
           />
           <PrimaryButton
             textTransform={TEXT_TRANSFORM_CAPITALIZE}
             alignSelf={ALIGN_FLEX_END}
-            onClick={props.onClose}
+            onClick={onClose}
           >
             {t('shared:exit')}
           </PrimaryButton>
diff --git a/app/src/organisms/LabwarePositionCheck/LabwarePositionCheckComponent.tsx b/app/src/organisms/LabwarePositionCheck/LabwarePositionCheckComponent.tsx
index d06c38dd189..530a4952bc2 100644
--- a/app/src/organisms/LabwarePositionCheck/LabwarePositionCheckComponent.tsx
+++ b/app/src/organisms/LabwarePositionCheck/LabwarePositionCheckComponent.tsx
@@ -334,6 +334,7 @@ export const LabwarePositionCheckComponent = (
     modalContent = (
       <FatalErrorModal
         errorMessage={fatalError}
+        shouldUseMetalProbe={shouldUseMetalProbe}
         onClose={handleCleanUpAndClose}
       />
     )
diff --git a/app/src/organisms/LabwarePositionCheck/index.tsx b/app/src/organisms/LabwarePositionCheck/index.tsx
index 44e2da2b5c4..34e0c809c12 100644
--- a/app/src/organisms/LabwarePositionCheck/index.tsx
+++ b/app/src/organisms/LabwarePositionCheck/index.tsx
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ import { useLogger } from '../../logger'
 import { LabwarePositionCheckComponent } from './LabwarePositionCheckComponent'
 import { FatalErrorModal } from './FatalErrorModal'
 
-import type {
+import {
   CompletedProtocolAnalysis,
+  FLEX_ROBOT_TYPE,
   RobotType,
 } from '@opentrons/shared-data'
 import type { LabwareOffset } from '@opentrons/api-client'
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ export const LabwarePositionCheck = (
     <ErrorBoundary
       logger={logger}
       ErrorComponent={FatalErrorModal}
+      shouldUseMetalProbe={props.robotType === FLEX_ROBOT_TYPE}
       onClose={props.onCloseClick}
     >
       <LabwarePositionCheckComponent {...props} />
@@ -44,9 +46,11 @@ export const LabwarePositionCheck = (
 interface ErrorBoundaryProps {
   children: React.ReactNode
   onClose: () => void
+  shouldUseMetalProbe: boolean
   logger: ReturnType<typeof useLogger>
   ErrorComponent: (props: {
     errorMessage: string
+    shouldUseMetalProbe: boolean
     onClose: () => void
   }) => JSX.Element
 }
@@ -70,12 +74,13 @@ class ErrorBoundary extends React.Component<
   }
 
   render(): ErrorBoundaryProps['children'] | JSX.Element {
-    const { ErrorComponent, children } = this.props
+    const { ErrorComponent, children, shouldUseMetalProbe } = this.props
     const { error } = this.state
     if (error != null)
       return (
         <ErrorComponent
           errorMessage={error.message}
+          shouldUseMetalProbe={shouldUseMetalProbe}
           onClose={this.props.onClose}
         />
       )