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Product Recall Number: 16-202

Why was Lithium-ion batteries recalled?

The lithium-ion laptop battery packs can overheat, posing fire and burn hazards.

Lithium-ion batteries
Here's product recall specific data for Lithium-ion batteries.

  • Product Recall Number: 16-202

  • Product Safety Warning Number:

  • Date: 2016-06-23

  • Product Safety Warning Date:

  • Name Of Product: Lithium-ion batteries

  • Description: The battery packs can overheat.

  • Hazard Description: The lithium-ion laptop battery packs can overheat, posing fire and burn hazards.

  • Consumer Action: None Listed

  • Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed

  • Remedy Type: Replace

  • Units: About 41,000 (In addition, about 2,600 were sold in Canada and about 4,500 were sold in Mexico)

  • Incidents: HP has received seven reports of battery packs overheating, melting or charring, including four reports of property damage of about $4,000 total.

  • Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled batteries, remove them from the notebook computers and contact HP for a free replacement battery.

  • Sold At: " Best Buy, Wal-Mart, and Staples and authorized dealers nationwide and online at www.hp.com from March 2013 through August 2015. The batteries were sold with notebook computers for between $300 and $1,700.  The batteries were also sold separately for between $50 and $90. "

  • Importers: HP Inc., of Palo Alto, Calif.

  • Manufacturers: None Listed

  • Distributors: None Listed

  • Manufactured In: China

  • Custom Label: None Listed

  • Custom Field: None Listed