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Panasonic Notebook Batteries Recalled
The Associated Press
Tuesday, September 5, 2006; 1:14 AM 




TOKYO -- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Tuesday it has begun recalling 
6,000 lithium-ion batteries used in Panasonic-brand notebook computers in Japan 
on concerns they might overheat.

The recall of the batteries for Let's Note CF-W4G notebook PCs only affects 
Japan, said company spokesman Akira Kadota.

Kadota said the batteries were not made by Sony Corp., whose faulty batteries 
were involved in far larger recalls by Dell Inc. and Apple Computer Inc. last 
month, but he declined to say who made the batteries, citing an agreement with 
the manufacturer.

Matsushita has started replacing batteries from the initial shipments of its 
Let's Note CF-W4G notebook PCs produced in April and May 2005 following two 
reported cases of trouble earlier this year, he said.

Kadota said that the problem stems from the battery cover, which could become 
loose. The batteries could produce heat and change shape if the battery cover 
is damaged due to the poor strength of the latch, he said.

The size of this recall is much smaller than last month's battery recalls by 
Dell and Apple, which cited concerns that the batteries could overheat and 
catch fire. Dell asked customers to return 4.1 million faulty laptop batteries, 
while Apple recalled 1.8 million batteries worldwide.

In both those cases, the problematic lithiumion batteries were made by Sony 
Energy Devices Corp., a Japan-based subsidiary of Sony Corp.


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