RSSAnother 100,000 Sony batteries recalled
By Tim Conneally | Published October 31, 2008, 11:04 AM
A voluntary recall has been issued for another 100,000 Sony batteries that power notebooks from HP, Toshiba, and Dell.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recall yesterday for approximately 35,150 laptops in the US and said another 65,000 were sold worldwide. The Commission said there have been 19 reports of these batteries overheating, 17 of which described overheating to the point of incineration.
Models included in the recall: Hewlett-Packard: HP Pavilion: dv1000, dv8000 and zd8000, Compaq Presario: v2000 and v2400, HP Compaq: nc6110, nc6120, nc6140, nc6220, nc6230, nx4800, nx4820, nx6110, nx6120, nx9600, Toshiba: Satellite: A70/A75, P30/P5, M30X/M35X, M50/M55, Tecra: A3, A5, S2, Dell: Latitude: 110L,
Inspiron: 1100, 1150, 5100, 5150, 5160.
Sony laptop batteries produced between 2004 and 2006 have been subject to massive recalls on several occasions. The most prolific instance affected upwards of 9.6 million notebooks by Fujitsu, Toshiba, Dell in 2006. Other instances have been chronologically staggered, but were nonetheless frequent.
In September, Sony recalled overheating batteries from its own Vaio line of portables.
This list is expected to grow today as other Sony customers issue statements. BetaNews will update this story as more affected models are disclosed.
Great. We have 4 f those ancient 1150's still in use in various areas.
This is most excellent.
Now I finally have an excuse to force their retirement.
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I get a kick out of the fanboy treatment of this technology.
Anyone who pushes the energy density of the lithium ion technology a little to far - meaning in effect that they have given you a bit too much bang for the buck, risks this heat and combustion issue with the technology.
But then the same idiots would be whining that they were ripped off if such an envelope were less than optimal - something that is largely dependent upon the usage configuration and pattern employed by a user rather than the norm.
(Edit: Damn I hate having to use kludgy IE instead of Firefox on this unit! Spell check? Download management? Process control? Pswd management? Are you kidding!? )
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You can try to defend this all you want, but the fact of the matter is Sony tried to get more out of MANY of their batteries than they could handle. It is THEIR JOB to make sure that these batteries are utilized at the best possible capacity and still be safe.
It is either this or they just are using poor manufacturers which is just as easily a possibility as well. Again though picking a good manufacturer is Sony's responsibility.(Especially if they are manufacturing them themselves)
No matter how you spin it the blame is still going to point right back in Sony's face on this one.(And the countless other faulty Sony battery articles)
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Defend this?
Get your head out of you posterior and enjoy a different perspetive on the world for a change!
I don't give a rat's posterior about your grudge with Sony.
And Sony is not the only manufacturer who has encountered similar problems with the technology.
I am sorry if understanding the limitations of the basis technology spoil your anti-Sony rant, but the facts remain the same.
I really don't care who is having problems this time. The fundamental cause of all of the Lithium ion battery failures is the same. And this is also partially load dependent!
Whereas if you brain was similarly load dependent considering what you are full of, your head would have spontaneously combusted long ago.
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17? So that means I can get 17 of my friends to call a company and say this... and they will issue a recall?
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...wonders if ladylust read the article at all...
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You have 17 friends?
I don't think fellow patients at the clinic technically qualify. They must voluntarily associate with you...
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I used to LOVE sony.. but for the past 10 years the products have sucked so bad....
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On the other hand, my 20 year old radio from them still works :P
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Exactly...You used to look at a Sony product and assume it was quality. Now you look at them and see overpriced for same/lesser quality as everything else.
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yeah, the problem started when it decided to diversify.
sony should have stuck with making cassette tapes.
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Damn,
I have an HP dv6000 series. So Close.
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Oh FFS, this time it includes my old Dell model, but neither of the dead batteries I have.
I want a free battery, damnit!
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