Lenovo recalling 200,000 Sanyo Thinkpad batteries
Somewhere at Sony headquarters, someone is breathing a big sigh of relief right now; because when there's a big battery recall going on, and the packs weren't made by Sony, it's a red-letter day indeed. This time around the culprit happens to be Sanyo, and the batteries in question are extended life cells sold with certain R, Z, and T Series Lenovo / IBM Thinkpads between November of 2005 and February of this year. Unlike the 500,000+ Sony batteries affected by the last recall, however, these 200,000-odd packs (100,000 in the US, about 105,000 abroad) don't suffer from any internal problems, but instead are prone to "overheating" if "struck forcefully on the corner" (like when you slip and drop your lappy on the ice). Concerned owners should check to see if their extended battery sports part number FRU P/N 92P1131, and then head here to start the replacement process if necessary. Meanwhile, we're gonna ring up Sony and suggest that they send a nice sympathy bouquet / thank you note over to their colleagues at Sanyo.
[Via ZDnet, thanks Greg]
Filed under: Laptops
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
MearWolf @ Mar 1st 2007 2:20PM
wow what a coincidence, until a week ago i haden't heard of Lenovo and now i've just bought an old one, WOW lol, well not really.
Do you ever find that, you find or learn something new and then it pops up somewhere completelt seperat even though you've never heard of it before
Caleb W @ Mar 1st 2007 2:29PM
"extended life cells".... So does that mean that the standard Lenovo batteries arent' affected?
Jason @ Mar 1st 2007 2:59PM
I so thought that was a PS3 until I read the title.
kaztm @ Mar 1st 2007 3:35PM
"we're gonna ring up Sony and suggest that they send a nice sympathy bouquet / thank you note over to their colleagues at Sanyo."
I would advise against it, as Sanyo's battery problem is last December's news.
Engadget, grow up or shut up.
Denots @ Mar 1st 2007 3:45PM
Hmm, I wonder if it effects me!
*Picks up laptop and checks battery... FRU P/N 92P1139*
PHEW!
*Goes and buys a lotter ticket, while wondering what kaztm's problem is/was*
NHAnimator @ Mar 1st 2007 3:50PM
Okay, that does it! I'm not putting anything in my lap anymore!
(Unless, well, she's cute.)
Fire Hazard @ Mar 1st 2007 10:21PM
What did I do?
"Lenovo Recalls ThinkPad Notebook PC Extended-Life Batteries Due to Fire Hazard"
Reginald @ Mar 1st 2007 11:38PM
My Lenovo battery was affected. Thanks.
Oddly, Lenovo did not contact me at all. Hmm, "Made in China" Oh, that's why!
Andrew @ Mar 3rd 2007 9:23AM
I recently got a Lenovo T60p at work. Turns out I have to have my battery replaced.
I brought this to the attention of our local IT guy who then send an email to our national IT head who sent a notice to all the IT heads in each office in the entire company.
Point is...it was all started because I was the first to hear about it here on Engadget. Thanks guys. Keep up the awesome job!
Denots @ Mar 7th 2007 4:06PM
Let's see...
*Takes out battery and checks the numbers.... FRU P/N 92P1139*
PHEW! That was close!
*Goes out to buy a lottery ticket*