http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/ Engadget Comments for Lenovo issues battery "service and warranty extension" for six ThinkPad models http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/Aug 14th 2009 10:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/Aug 14th 2009 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/Aug 14th 2009 11:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/Aug 14th 2009 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/Aug 14th 2009 10:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/Aug 14th 2009 1:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/Aug 14th 2009 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/
Warranty repair is just as nice- overnight shipping all ways and my W500 was repaired and shipped back the same day it was received.]]>Aug 14th 2009 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/Aug 14th 2009 1:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/Aug 14th 2009 3:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/Aug 14th 2009 10:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/Aug 14th 2009 10:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/
Purchasing Lenovo ThinkPads has been probably one our worst decisions.]]>Aug 14th 2009 10:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/Aug 14th 2009 11:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/Aug 14th 2009 11:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/Aug 14th 2009 1:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/
I had a little bit of trouble getting Lenovo to recognize it, but once they did, they shipped out a brand new one next day air for free. Not bad at all.]]>Aug 14th 2009 11:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/Aug 14th 2009 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/Aug 14th 2009 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/Aug 14th 2009 11:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/Aug 14th 2009 11:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/

ok, but is it going to blow up? gee thanks lenovo.]]>Aug 14th 2009 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/Aug 14th 2009 11:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/
ANYONE WANNA BUY A THINKPAD WITH A BRAND NEW BATTERY?

:)]]>Aug 14th 2009 11:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/I also replaced my battery after it failed, meanwhile it was a defective battery. I am going to hassle Lenovo about this because it is their fault.]]>Aug 19th 2009 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/Aug 14th 2009 12:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/Turns out we have about 30 batteries that fall into those FRUs.

30 free replacement batteries would be really nice :-)]]>Aug 14th 2009 11:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/Aug 14th 2009 11:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/Aug 14th 2009 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/]]>Aug 14th 2009 11:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/]]>Aug 14th 2009 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/Aug 14th 2009 12:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/Aug 14th 2009 3:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/Aug 14th 2009 3:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/Aug 14th 2009 6:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/Aug 14th 2009 6:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/ http://download.lenovo.com/lenovo/content/batt/082009/LandingPage.html

@Michael : what's the landing page from that tool?]]>Aug 14th 2009 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/Aug 14th 2009 7:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/Aug 14th 2009 7:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/Aug 15th 2009 1:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/Aug 16th 2009 7:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/
But the customer support under Lenovo has slipped and I don't think they care about good customer relations any more. When I bought my Thinkpad I also bought an extra battery which I rarely used because the battery life was so good. I was shocked when the battery failed with irreparable battery damage message after only 30 charging cycles. When I called Lenovo customer support, they refused to replace the battery, even though they have already done two recalls - they said mine was not the failing type. But I had proof with the battery utility that the battery failed with only 30 cycles.

Now there is another recall, and again they say my battery does not qualify because it is not the failing type. My P/N is 92P1174 and only 92P1173 is on the list. They should replace every battery which fails below a certain number of cycles because the product clearly did not perform to its design specs.
]]>Aug 16th 2009 12:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/thx]]>Aug 16th 2009 1:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/Aug 17th 2009 3:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/My X60 battery is listed on Lenovo website, but I'm running Linux here so there's no way I can use their BS diagnostic tool...]]>Aug 18th 2009 7:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/lenovo-issues-battery-recall-for-six-thinkpad-models/
Here's my Facebook Page

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lenovoa-Warranty/283178835374]]>Oct 8th 2009 7:44PM