Toshiba recalls yet another batch of Sony batteries

by Evan Blass, posted Aug 10th 2007 at 2:59PM

In the latest development to the story that never seems to die, Toshiba has issued a recall on yet another batch of Sony-made batteries, with the latest offenders having shipped in Satellite A100 and A105 and Tecra A7 models sold between January and April of last year. Although there are only about 1,400 affected packs, this is the third recall by Toshiba since the whole unfortunate matter began, with the company's total now standing at 851,400 by our count -- and that's not including the 300,000-some they recalled for an unrelated power issue, also last year. C'mon guys, it's been almost a year since Dell got the ball rolling on this thing (and nearly as long since Sony promised an end to the fiasco); let's get it sorted already, yeah?

Filed under: Laptops

Tags: battery recall, BatteryRecall, laptop, notebook, satellite, tecra, toshiba

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SteveMB @ Aug 10th 2007 3:22PM

Sony batteries are worse than Toyota vehicles, quality-wise, and that's pretty bad.

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Matt @ Aug 10th 2007 3:28PM

Loser link spammer.

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michael @ Aug 10th 2007 3:36PM

I've always wondered - Why doesn't Sony's laptop get recalled? I'm quite sure Sony would use their own batteries, and if there's so many problems with them, why aren't Sony laptops ever recalled?

Just wondering. I really like their sleek Vaio laptops, yet I'm still wondering if those things have problems too like the other ones.

Does anyone have an answer for this?

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Glazun @ Aug 10th 2007 3:49PM

I wonder if my NEC battery needs replacing, lately when I unplug my laptop it makes weird noises...

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Revrant2394 @ Aug 11th 2007 7:03AM

Lord...I wonder how much dough Toshiba has lost over Sony's failure, anyone have numbers?

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austin @ Aug 11th 2007 4:19PM

i have the a105 and had problems with it since i bought it. heres another one

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mfed3 @ Aug 21st 2007 1:51PM

LOL SONY PWNT AGAIN

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