Sony Vaio Battery Recall Announced

Sony Japan has announced the Vaio laptop battery recall. The recalled batteries are sold in laptops or on their own in the Asia Pacific region. Sony today asked anyone who owns a VGP-BPS2B or VGP-BPS3A battery pack to return the unit to the company. There is no info about Vaio battery replacement program in the United States, but it is reported that other Sony subsidiaries have yet to announce recalls of their own.

Sony Japan said it expects to replace around 90,000 batteries in the Asia Pacific. The recall only applies to certain battery-pack serial numbers.

Japanese newspaper the Nihon Keizai Shimbun today put the total at 300,000 Vaio batteries to be recalled worldwide.

Sony begins Vaio battery recall | Reg Hardware