Sony, along with Hewlett-Packard, Dell and Toshiba, announced that recall of thousands of faulty Sony-made lithium-ion notebook battery backs after customers reported more than a dozen incidents of laptops bursting into flames.

All together, the three notebook vendors and Sony are recalling about 100,000 notebook battery packs worldwide. In the United States, about 35,000 notebooks shipped with these faulty lithium-ion battery packs between 2004 and 2006, according to an Oct. 30 report from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

To date, there have been 19 separate incidents of batteries overheating, according to the CPSC. Of those 19 incidents, 17 involved fire and flames, and 10 consumers also reported some minor property damage. At least two people suffered minor burns after the batteries caught on fire, according to the CPSC.


The recalled Sony Lithium Ion batteries were included with, and sold separately for use in, the following notebook computer models:

Dell
Dell Latitude 110L
Dell Inspiron 1100
Dell Inspiron 1150
Dell Inspiron 5100
Dell Inspiron 5150
Dell Inspiron 5160

Hewlett-Packard Pavilion, Compaq and Compaq Presario
HP Pavilion dv1000, dv8000
HP Pavilion zd8000
HP Compaq Presario v2000
HP Compaq Presario v2400
HP Compaq nc6110
HP Compaq nc6120
HP Compaq nc6140
HP Compaq nc6220
HP Compaq nc6230
HP Compaq nx4800
HP Compaq nx4820
HP Compaq nx6110
HP Compaq nx6120
HP Compaq nx9600

Toshiba
Toshiba Satellite A70/A75
Toshiba Satellite P30/P5
Toshiba Satellite M30X/M35X
Toshiba Satellite M50/M55