Taiwanese computer maker Acer announced a voluntary recall of 27,000 lithium-ion laptop batteries Wednesday. The batteries, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said, may overheat and pose a potential fire hazard to consumers. “Acer advises customers to stop using these recalled batteries immediately and contact Acer to receive a free replacement battery,” the company said. With the announcement Acer is just the latest system manufacturer to recall the batteries produced by Sony. Dell was the first to do so in August 2006, with Apple, Toshiba, Panasonic and Lenovo quickly following suit.
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Acer Recalls 27,000 Batteries From Sony’s Bad Batch
Posted by: Walaika Haskins April 26, 2007 01:04 PMTaiwanese computer maker Acer announced a voluntary recall of 27,000 lithium-ion laptop batteries Wednesday. The batteries, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said, may overheat and pose a potential fire hazard to consumers. “Acer advises customers to stop using these recalled batteries immediately and contact Acer to receive a free replacement battery,” the company said. With the announcement Acer is just the latest system manufacturer to recall the batteries produced by Sony. Dell was the first to do so in August 2006, with Apple, Toshiba, Panasonic and Lenovo quickly following suit.