HP battery recall

HP has expanded its voluntary recall and replacement program for batteries sold with its HP laptops. This is a continuation of a recall that started in 2010. If your model is verified to be on the affected list HP will send you a replacement battery pack and no cost.

From the HP recall site (LINK) http://bpr.hpordercenter.com/hbpr/M14.aspx (http://bpr NULL.hpordercenter NULL.com/hbpr/M14 NULL.aspx)

We are taking this action as part of our commitment to provide the highest quality of service to our notebook customers. We are proactively notifying you of this issue and are prepared to replace all verified battery packs.

The batteries in question can overheat, which could cause a fire and burn hazard.

If you need to find the product / serial number information, look for a tag that looks like the following

The affected list of laptops is as follows

In addition, you can use the following HP link http://bpr.hpordercenter.com/hbpr/default.aspx#1 (http://bpr NULL.hpordercenter NULL.com/hbpr/default NULL.aspx#1) to have your pc scanned to see if it is an affected model. Even if you checked your laptop during the initial recall, you want to check it again, with the expanded recall to make sure it wasn’t recently added.

This week (Week ending May 16th, 2009), HP has announced a voluntary recall of laptop batteries. Its estimated that about 70,000 batteries that were made in China for both the HP and Compaq brands are at Risk. These batteries have a chance of overheating, which could cause then to do anything from catch fire up to exploding if the batteries rupture. Not all HP/Compaq batteries are affected by this recall.

You can find specific model and serial number information for each of the affected batteries at the Consumer Product Safety Commission Website http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09221.html (http://www NULL.cpsc NULL.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09221 NULL.html) or from the HP website at http://bpr.hpordercenter.com/hbpr/ (http://bpr NULL.hpordercenter NULL.com/hbpr/) .

Some of the affected models are -

HP dv2000, dv2500, dv2700, dv6000, dv6500, dv6700, dv9000, dv9500, dv9700

Compaq A900, C700, F700, V3000, V3500, V3700, V6000, V6500, V6700

HP G6000, G7000

Compaq 6720s

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