Product Recall Number: 16-202
Why was Lithium-ion batteries recalled?
The lithium-ion laptop battery packs can overheat, posing fire and burn hazards.
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