Panasonic Recalls Laptop Batteries

It looks like everyone is worried about batteries, and to make sure Panasonic does not have to deal with any explosive lawsuits, they have initiated a recall of 6,000 laptop batteries over fears that they may overheat. The Matsushita owned company is recalling the affected batteries in Japan.

Akira Kadota, the Matsushita spokesperson, told the agency that the batteries in question are used in the Let’s Note CF-W4G model. It is important to not that unlike the recent Dell and Apple recalls, the batteries are not manufactured by Sony.

Mr. Kadota declined to name the manufacturer because of an agreement not to disclose the information. Problems with the CF-W4G manufactured in April and May of 2005 were reported earlier in the year.

According to Kadota, the battery cover can come loose which could cause the cells to heat up and change shape if the cover is damaged.

The recall is significantly smaller than those involving faulty battery units supplied by Sony last month.

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