More Vendors Recall Laptop Batteries
Please also note that a lot of the vendors have updated the serial number range of the batteries affected
Toshiba, Lenovo, and Fujitsu have hopped on the recall bandwagon for hundreds of thousands of laptop batteries that use defective Sony-made battery cells. Some of the defective batteries pose a fire hazard; others just stop working. To see whether your laptop is affected, check the appropriate link, by the cutoff date of December 31:
- Satellite or Tecra series Toshiba notebooks
- R, T, or X series ThinkPad notebooks
- Apple 15″ MacBook Battery Recall
- Apple 15″ G4 Battery recall
- Apple G3 Power Adapter Recall
- Dell Battery Recall
- Sony Battery Recall
- Fujitsu’s LifeBook models
And be ready for more: Sony says it will announce additional recalls for other laptop batteries that use the defective cells.
