Toshiba widens its laptop battery recall to 830,000 batteries, after recalled 340,000 notebook batteries worldwide on September 19, Reuters reported. Toshiba said that recall could affect customers of the Satellite A100, A105, M50, M55, M100 and M105 laptops, as well as the Toshiba Tecra A6 and Tecra A7 notebooks. Only computers purchased between March and May of 2006 are affected. The recalled batteries do not overheat, or pose any safety related issue or concern, the Toshiba laptop battery recall page says.
The affected batteries simply stop working, i.e. they stop accepting a charge, and they no longer supply power to the computer, according to the Toshiba.
Toshiba is offering to replace affected batteries with new batteries, free of charge. The company will replace affected batteries whether or not they have actually failed, with the intention that as few customers as possible will ever experience the problem”, the recall page says.
There is no information how many recalled batteries are sold in the United States.
Toshiba Laptop Battery Recall Page
