Burned before, Kyocera recalls cell phone batteries
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Cell phone maker flags defects in three product lines. The recall follows a rash of flaming or exploding devices.
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Hitachi Ltd. (6501.T) said on Friday it  will recall 16,000 batteries made by Sony Corp. (6758.T) for  laptop computers, joining a growing list of PC makers recalling  Sony batteries.
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By Rachel Konrad< Associated Press  SAN FRANCISCO - Apple Computer Inc. on Thursday recalled 1.8 million Sony-built notebook batteries that could overheat and catch fire, just 10 days after Dell Inc.'s record-setting recall involving the same problem and the same supplier.
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Blog: A Chinese welder has died after a cell phone battery exploded in his chest pocket, according to county officials. Motorola is investigating.
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Apple announced a recall of some 28,000 lithium-ion rechargeable batteries used in the 15-inch model of its PowerBook G4 laptops. The computer maker said the batteries could overheat, creating a fire hazard. They will be replaced at no ...
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Apple Computer Inc.  will  recall 1.8 million lithium-ion notebook PC batteries after nine  overheated, the second major recall in the past 10 days  involving battery cells made by Sony Corp.
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Dell Inc. said Monday it will recall 4.1 million notebook computer batteries because they can overheat and catch fire. Dell negotiated conditions of the recall with the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission, which called it the largest electronics-related recall ever conducted by the agency.
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Problems with the battery pack's latch could lead to overheating, company says.
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By PHILLIP NIFIELD South Wales Echo  Almost 150 batteries in Dell laptops used by Cardiff councillors and officials are being recalled because of fears that they might burst into flames.
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Toshiba Corp. said on Thursday it has  recalled more Sony Corp. laptop computer batteries due to fire  risk, rekindling concerns over the safety of Sony-made  batteries.
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Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd.   6752.T said on Tuesday it had started recalling 6,000 PC   batteries as they could overheat when subjected to a strong   impact -- the latest battery recall involving Japanese   electronics makers.
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(InfoWorld) - Hitachi Ltd. joins most of the leading notebook computer makers in recalling batteries from Sony Corp. that are known to overheat and potentially cause fires. The recall is one of the smaller ones, affecting 16,000 units only sold in Japan. The Hitachi Flora 210W and Flora Se210 laptops ship with the Sony batteries, Hitachi said. Hitachi doesn't use the batteries in any other products and hasn't received any complaints from users about problems with them. Hitachi's recall pales compared to Dell Inc.'s, which was the first and affected 4.1 million of the Sony batteries. Apple Computer Inc. recalled 1.8 million batteries and Toshiba Corp., Lenovo Group Ltd., IBM Corp. and Fujitsu Ltd. have recalled hundreds of thousands each.Â Combined, the companies have recalled more than 7.9 million batteries. Hewlett-Packard Co. is one of the few remaining large computer makers not to issue a recall, claiming that an HP system configuration prevents overheating. Acer Inc. is considering issuing a recall but is still investigating the issue. Sony is hammering out a plan with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to launchÂ a global replacement programÂ for the batteries. Sony blames the problem, which affects some lithium ion batteries, on tiny metal particles that might come in contact with parts of the battery, possibly triggering a short circuit. Normally, the battery should power off when that happens, Sony said, but in some cases the short circuit could cause overheating and flames. Â
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Japanese tech firms Sony Corp (6758.T)  and Kyocera Corp (6971.T) said they have halted some production  in the San Diego, California, area because of fires raging in  the southern part of the state.
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(InfoWorld) - Matsushita Electric IndustrialÂ (MEI) will cover the direct costs of a battery recall affecting 46 million Nokia mobile phones, which could be as high as $172 million. MEI is the parent company of Matsushita Battery Industrial, which manufactured the batteries. The estimated costs will be between Â¥10 billion and Â¥20 billion ($86 million and $172 million), Matsushita said in a Friday press release. The company will accrue those costs in the first half of 2008, the vendor added. The costs include money Nokia had to spend on logistics and call centers as well as the replacement battery costs. Nokia announced Aug. 14 that it wasÂ recalling the Nokia-branded BL-5C batteries, made by Matsushita, because of a risk of overheating. The batteries were sold with a wide range of Nokia phones. Any Nokia consumer who is currently using a Nokia product containing a BL-5C battery subject to the product advisory can request a replacement battery free of charge. Customers who would like to check if their BL-5C battery is subject to the advisory should visit the recall Web site or contact their local Nokia call center, Nokia said. Nokia's top priorities are "the safety of our customers and the reliability and quality of our products," Robert Andersson [cq], head of Nokia customer and market operations, said in a statement. Matsushita has established a corporate lithium-ion battery customer support and management division to help deal with the impact of the recall, the company said. Â
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Japan's Hitachi Corp. said Friday that it plans to recall about 16,000 laptop battery packs made by Sony Corp., a company spokesman said, the latest in a massive global recall of the batteries that can overheat and catch fire.
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Chinese computer maker Lenovo and IBM announced the worldwide recall of more than 500,000 laptop batteries made by Sony after a ThinkPad notebook caught fire at Los Angeles airport.
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NTT DoCoMo and Mitsubishi say that Sanyo-made batteries may overheat and catch fire.