Fire Hazard Prompts Laptop Battery Recall Expansion
After burn injuries and fire reports, a Hewlett-Packard and Compaq laptop battery recall is being expanded, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The laptop computer batteries pose a burn injury hazard to consumers.
More than 50,000 lithium-ion batteries are being added to the recall, which initially included 70,000 potentially overheating laptop batteries. Since then, HP is aware of 38 incidents of laptop batteries overheating and rupturing, which included 11 injuries and 31 instances of property damage.
The rechargeable lithium-ion batteries were sold with the following HP notebook computers and Compaq notebook computers:
| Notebook Model Number | Battery Bar Codes (^ in the code can be any letter or number) |
|
|---|---|---|
| HP Pavilion | dv2000, dv2500, dv2700 dv6000, dv6500, dv6700 dx6000, dx6500, dx6700 |
62940^^AXV^^^^, 65035^^B7U^^^^, 65035^^B7V^^^^, 65035^^BGU^^^^, 65035^^BGV^^^^ |
| dv9000, dv9500, dv9700 | 65033^^B7U^^^^, 65033^^B7V, 65033^^BGU^^^^ |
|
| Compaq Presario | A900 C700 F500, F700 V3000, V3500, V3700 V6000, V6500, V6700 |
62940^^AXV^^^^, 65035^^B7U^^^^, 65035^^B7V^^^^, 65035^^BGU^^^^, 65035^^BGV^^^^ |
| HP | G6000, G7000 | 62940^^AXV^^^^, 65035^^B7U^^^^, 65035^^B7V^^^^, 65035^^BGU^^^^, 65035^^BGV^^^^ |
| HP Compaq | 6510b, 6515b 6710b, 6710s 6715b, 6715s |
65000^^B5V^^^^ |
| 6720s | 67059^^V8U^^^^, 67059^^V8V^^^^ | |
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