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More Sony Batteries Recalled

Posted by kdawson on from the i-seem-to-recall dept.

Scott Hagerman passes along news of yet another recall of Sony laptop batteries. The batteries in question, manufactured in the same timeframe as those involved in the massive 2006 recall, are in laptops sold by HP, Dell, Toshiba, Lenovo, and Acer. Neither Apple nor Sony itself used these batteries in their laptops. This time 100,000 batteries are involved — 65,000 of them sold outside of the US — vs. the 10 million recalled in 2006. The Consumer Product Safety Commission fielded 19 reports of batteries overheating and/or catching fire.

5 of 42 comments (clear)

  1. Hm, the smell of exploding lithium in the morning by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I like it!

  2. That does not surprise me! by Wolfmandan72 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Its funny how Sony does not use their own batteries because of this problem!

  3. Re:Obligatory Sony Angst by Finallyjoined!!! · · Score: 2, Funny

    No angst for Sony from this quarter, stupid Chinese walls.

    Without them they'd be one of the best firms on the planet.

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    If I had an Ass, I'd call it Fanny Bottom, then I could slap my Ass; Fanny Bottom, on the Arse.
  4. Re:known issue by Predathar · · Score: 4, Funny

    karma :)

  5. Looks like my laptop's been affected.... by PNP_Transistor · · Score: 2, Funny

    Gotta plug my laptop in and take out the battery before it exp