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HP Laptop Battery Recall: Fire Hazard

HP Laptop Battery Recall: Fire Hazard

By: Alan Ng | May 15, 2009 | 8 Comments

Attention all HP laptop owners now, as it has been confirmed that 70,000 HP battery units have been recalled due to a fire hazard. Hewlett Packard are now working together with The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to solve the situation.

As stated here on the official site, owners with the affected batteries in question are advised to stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. The official hazard stated on the site claims that the batteries have the potential to overheat, pose a fire and cause a burn hazard to consumers.

The affected battery chart below lists all the laptops with the problem:

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Customers are advised to remove the recalled battery from their notebook computer straight away and then contact HP to see if their battery is in the affected list. Customers will then be able to get details on how to recieve a free replacement battery.

More details in the link above. Let us know if you are experiencing any problems with your HP battery.

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  • sandra hoff

    Will try again,my name is Sandra Hoff And I live in Blaine Minnesota.I bought my laptop at circuit city which no longer exist,so where do I take my battery to for exchange or will you send one to me.my model is hp pavilion dv9429….will await your reply and thanks for making a lovely machine.I really enjoy it……………SANDY

  • sheila

    My computer is a dv6-1236dx. I bought it last Wednesday and talked to service person later that same evening. there was no mention of a problem. Is my battery one that is affected?

  • sheila

    iS THE DV6-1236DX

  • http://eavijo@gmail.com Viola Jones

    I have a HP Pavilion hp2000. Is this on recall and if so what should I do?

    Thank you!

    Viola Jones

  • Rick Vasser

    I have an HP zd7360us and the 2 hour battery only last an 45 minutes to an hour. Is mine a problem.dangerous battery?

  • stanly

    Contact HP customer support.

    I’ve read this earlier and it scared me to death. The big Lenovo IBM recalls were not fun either. My wife has Lenovo laptop. You can see on YouTube at anytime how all of the laptops blow up because of this batteries. It’s very scary movies. I have continued to purchase 3rd parties for my HPs and have yet to have any problems. Most recently at NewPCBattery.com. A lot of companies like this have full warranties anyway instead of the limited ones that come with the stock batteries when you buy the laptop. And you are saving almost half of what you pay HP-Compaq for it.

  • Zachary

    Hi, My Hp Laptop is a dv1000 model… My laptop overheats very very fast…is it possible its because of the battery, and if so should I be concerned?

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