Apple Recalls 1.8 Million Laptop Batteries

Apple with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is announcing the recall of 1.8 million iBook G4 and PowerBook G4 laptop lithium-ion batteries with cells manufactured by Sony. A 1.1 million of these batteries are sold in notebooks within the United States, while an additional 700,000 battery packs were sold outside the U.S.

It is published that these lithium-ion batteries, used with the 12-inch iBook G4, 12-inch PowerBook G4 and 15-inch PowerBook G4, can overheat, posing a fire hazard to consumers. “Apple has received nine reports of batteries overheating, including two reports of minor burns from handling overheated computers and other reports of minor property damage. No serious injuries were reported”, the press release says.

The recalled Apple laptop batteries were sold from October 2003 through August 2006.