Dell plans to recall 4.1 million laptop batteries after a series of public reports of systems catching fire
Recall affects users of Dell Latitude, Inspiron and Precision notebooks

Dell recalls 4 million laptop batteries

Largest recall in company's history as notebooks catch fire

Tom Sanders in California

Dell plans to recall 4.1 million laptop batteries after a series of public reports of systems catching fire. 

The batteries were originally manufactured by Sony and were used in laptops sold between 1 April 2004 and 18 July 2006.

Advertisement

Users of Dell Latitude, Inspiron and Precision notebooks are urged to visit a special Dell Battery Recall website scheduled to go live on 15 August. They can still use the notebook systems with an AC adapter but with the battery removed. 

"There were very few incidents to go on here, and it would have been easy to justify them as anomalies," Alex Gruzen, senior vice president of Dell's mobility product group, wrote on the company blog. 

"But we are not willing to do that because, in everything that we do, it is absolutely about safety first."

The issue of Dell laptops catching fire got some major exposure after photos were published of an exploding unit in Osaka followed by additional pictures of charred systems.

Gruzen insisted that the recall was not related to the reports. "We are looking at safety data every single day, and this did not start when we heard about the incident in Osaka," he said.

The recall is the largest such programme in Dell's history.

  • Have your say
  • Send to a friend
  • Print
  • Digg
  • Reddit
  • Share

Tags:

Do you agree?

Related whitepapers

Related jobs

Most watched

Xperia X1

Video Review: Sony Ericsson Xperia X1

First Looks Editor Ian Williams gets hands on with the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1

iPhone

Video Review: iPhone 3GS

We put Apple's latest iPhone through its paces

IT white papers

Search white papers

Top categories

Poll

Poll: Summer smartphones

Poll: Summer smartphones

Which smartphone will you be taking to the beach this summer?

View poll results

Advertisement

Advertisement

Newsletter signup

Sign up for our range of FREE newsletters:

Existing User

Newsletter user login:

Enter email address to edit your newsletter preferences

Job of the week

Search thousands of IT jobs :

Search thousands of IT jobs:

Advanced search

Hiring now on ComputingCareers:

Related IT jobs

Search thousands of IT jobs :

Search thousands of IT jobs:

Advanced search

Spotlight

a padlock

Microsoft to plug security holes

Microsoft has given advance warning of a number of security...

Nokia handset

Top 10 articles, 10 July 09

No Nokia Android phone, ActiveX attacks and Google enters into...

Can Google beat Microsoft at its own game?

Google's announcement this week that it plans to step into...

iPhone

Video Review: iPhone 3GS

We put Apple's latest iPhone through its paces

Primary Navigation