Toshiba Widens Notebook Battery Recall

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

I have a Toshiba laptop A105 and was wondering do I have to send the battery to where I purchased the laptop or is there a central address where I can send the recalled battery to?

I CALLED TOSHIBA BECAUSE MY BATTERY DIED AND THERE WASN’T ANY POWER TO MY SATELLITE A105. I BOUGHT MY COMPUTER ON JUNE 2006 FROM MICRO-CENTERS IN VIRGINIA. THEY TOLD ME TO TAKE MY LABTOP TO THE GEEK SQUAD IN BEST BUY. SHOULD I TAKE IT OR CAN I REQUEST A BATTERY FROM TOSHIBA, EVEN THOUGH THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY CANOT REPLACE MY BATTERY BECAUSE THEY SAY IT WAS MY FAUL FOR OVER HEATING IT.