Hitachi recalls Sony laptop batteries
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Overheating risk Hitachi has asked for 16,000 Sony-made laptop batteries which may pose a fire risk to be returned for a free replacement, the Japanese computer company said today, the second notebook maker to launch such a recall this week.â¦
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WASHINGTON -- Consumers are being asked to return 526,000 laptop batteries made by Sony Corp. because they could catch fire, the latest in a record-setting recall involving nearly 7 million computers.
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WASHINGTON -- IBM Corp. is recalling 526,000 laptop batteries worldwide made by Sony Corp., the latest in a series of problems with Sony batteries, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said Thursday.
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Toshiba is to replace 340,000 laptop batteries, the third recall of faulty batteries made by Sony since mid-August.
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Toshiba Corp. said on Tuesday it would replace about 340,000 laptop computer batteries worldwide, the third recall of faulty batteries made by Sony Corp. in less than 40 days.
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IBM Corp. is recalling 526,000 laptop batteries worldwide made by Sony Corp., the latest in a series of problems with Sony batteries, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said Thursday.
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Lenovo Group Ltd. (0992.HK) and  IBM  are recalling more than half a million notebook  computer batteries made by Sony Corp. (6758.T) after a computer  caught fire at the Los Angeles International Airport, Lenovo  and U.S. safety officials said on Thursday.
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Toshiba is recalling about 5100 Sony-made notebook batteries that could overheat.
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Blog: The PC maker says it is voluntarily taking back 14,000 notebook batteries, but this time, they're not made by Sony.
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(InfoWorld) - Fujitsu'sÂ recall of defective batteriesÂ will affect 287,000 notebook PCs, including 63,000 in Japan, the company said Wednesday. Fujitsu last week became the fifth recent PC vendor to recall batteries using lithium-ion cells made by Sony Energy Devices. A manufacturing defect can cause those cells to short circuit, overheating and in some cases catching fire. So Fujitsu has asked both users of certain notebook PCs and dealers with unsold computers in their inventory to return the affected batteries, said Sean Nemoto, investor relations manager for Fujitsu. Dell started the rush when it announced on Aug. 14 it wouldÂ recall 4.1 million batteries, following complaints from a handful of customers that their PCs had burst into flames. Other vendors quickly followed, includingÂ Apple Computer,Â Toshiba,Â Lenovo Group, IBM, andÂ Fujitsu. Together they have recalled 7.9 million batteries. Sony has beenÂ pushing vendors to recall its batteriesÂ even in the absence of customer complaints. Sony said Thursday that it was working with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to recall any remaining defective cells in notebooks worldwide. The move will not affect other types of consumer electronics that use lithium-ion cells, such as cameras and music players. Notebook vendors insist that the number of actual fires is very small, amounting to just fractions of a percent compared to the many millions of batteries recalled. The Consumer Product Safety Commission has counted 47 incidents of smoke or fire coming from notebook computers from January 2001 to August 2006. Sony and the vendors continue to debate whether the fault lies solely in battery cell manufacturing, or also in the design of notebook PCs. Sony designs its batteries to shut down after a short circuit, but in certain occasions they will continue to overheat. "The potential for this to occur can be affected by variations in the system configurations found in different notebook computers," the company said. Hewlett-Packard said Monday that its customers had not experienced any overheated batteries thanks to redundant safety features used in HP notebooks. "Because of HP's PC system configuration, HP notebooks using Sony battery cells are not prone to overheating issues that have recently been observed," the companies said in a joint statement. However, other vendors insist their designs are also safe. Dell's recall is careful to state that "only the described batteries are subject to this recall and not the notebook computers themselves."
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Japanese electronics giant Toshiba said it will recall 340,000 laptop computers worldwide due to problems with batteries made by rival Sony, which is already reeling over defective products.
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Dell Inc. has now recalled 4.2 million battery packs made by Sony, 100,000 more than  it initially recalled in August. Altogether, various laptop makers have recalled 6.5 million batteries because of fire hazards.
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Toshiba Corp. and Fujitsu Ltd. joined a  growing list of computer makers recalling Sony Corp. batteries  in the latest blow to consumer confidence in Sony's reputation  as a manufacturer.
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Japan's Hitachi Ltd. 6501.T said on   Friday it would recall 16,000 laptop batteries made by Sony   Corp. 6758.T, taking part in Sony's worldwide battery   exchange program.
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By From news reports  Toshiba issued a worldwide recall Tuesday of 340,000 batteries made by Sony for its laptop computers, citing recharging problems. The recall is the latest in a series of embarrassing manufacturing slips for Sony.
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Japanese electronics maker Fujitsu Ltd.  said on Wednesday it would recall 287,000 notebook PC batteries made by Sony Corp. .
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(InfoWorld) - Japanese electronics company Sanyo Electric and computer vendor Lenovo Group are discussing how to pay for theÂ recall of over 200,000 laptop PC batteries, and may end up sharing the burden. "We are discussing the recall with Lenovo right now," said Akihiko Oiwa, a spokesman for Sanyo. He said it's too early to say how the companies might pay for the recall. A Reuters report said the two companies will share the cost, but Oiwa said that is not yet certain. The companies have determined that the battery packs suffer from a faulty design, but they are not immediately dangerous unless they have been dropped or otherwise damaged, he said. The companies are recalling the batteries to ensure the safety of users, who could end up with overheating or smoking laptop batteries. The recall is unrelated to the manufacturing problem that left metal shards inside battery cells made by Sony and caused some to overheat and catch fire.Â Sony's troublesÂ could lead to the recall of as many as 9.6 million batteries and cost the company an estimated Â¥51.2 billion ($433.5 million). Oiwa declined to comment on how much the latest recall might cost Sanyo or Lenovo. The recall affects batter packs sold by Lenovo as an option on certain versions of ThinkPad notebook PCs in the R series, T series and Z series model lines. The faulty packs have the part number FRU P/N 92P1131. Â