Unlike Sony, Sanyo Fights Back in Lenovo Worldwide Battery Recall

Posted by Bill Belew on May 20th, 2010 in Japan | Comments Off

Lenovo announced that is was voluntarily recalling 205,000 batteyr packs, 100,000 in the United States and the rest outside of the U.S.

The batteries in question are Sanyo's 9-cell Lithium-ion extended-life battery pack.

Sanyo is saying, "While the pack fully satisfied specifications and internal testing standards, these incidents occurred due to a strong external impact to the battery pack of a specific notebook PC model from a certain angle."

"Let me see. If I turn my PC this way and hit it with a sledge hammer at a 36% angle, maybe it will cause damage and I get a recall."

Lenovo is saying, aka Sony fiasco, the batteries could cause a fire hazard.

Sanyo is supporting Lenovo's recall but doesn't seem ready to swallow the responsibility.

Round One is over. Round two to come.

Who/what do you think is responsible for the 'drop in quality' of Japanese batteries?

 


 

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