Toshiba Reminds Users to Replace Recalled Batteries

Toshiba Corporation today unveiled that one of its notebook computers with a Sony battery pack recently caught fire, and announced the additional measures to encourage customer participation in the global Sony battery packs replacement program, which started last year.

“On May 24, 2007, a Toshiba portable computer with a Sony battery pack caught fire. Toshiba immediately asked Sony to investigate. The investigation confirmed that the cause of the fire was the battery pack, as in other incidents reported earlier,” the Company’s press release says.

Accordingly, Toshiba is now embarking on a new round of efforts to encourage customers to check their PCs and to get the battery replaced if it is on the list of affected products. The recalled battery packs will be replaced free of charge.

In the U.S. market, these units were sold as accessory, or as a main batteries
in select Toshiba Satellite, Portege, Tecra and Qosmio notebooks.