
HP lithium-ion batteries
The battery packs can overheat, posing fire and burn hazards.
- Fire
- Burn
- About 41,000 units
- 7 reports
- Replacement
Brand
5 official CPSC notices naming HP, 2006–2018, across home electronics, covering at least 266,100 units. The most recent: Lithium-ion batteries for HP notebook computers and mobile…, January 4, 2018.
Type the model number from your HP product's label. Every model number named in a HP recall is listed below, grouped by notice.
30 model numbers
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3 notices where the recalled products are battery chargers.

The battery packs can overheat, posing fire and burn hazards.

The recalled lithium-ion batteries can overheat, posing a fire and burn hazard to consumers.

An internal failure can cause the battery to overheat and melt or char the plastic case, posing a burn and fire hazard.
2 notices where the recalled products are laptop batteries.

The lithium-ion batteries can overheat, posing fire and burn hazards

The batteries can overheat, posing fire and burn hazards.
Totals add up the figures the notices state, counting a reannounced or restated recall once. A notice that gives no number adds nothing.
Counted across all 5 notices on file as of October 31, 2026. Each line says how many notices it rests on.
Best Buy (3), Walmart (2), Amazon (1), Costco (1), and Sam's Club (1) are the stores named most often in the 5 notices that say where HP products were sold. All 5 notices mention online sales.
The 5 notices that give a price range from $50 to $4,000. Half of them name a price of $50 or less.
By the 5 notices that give sale dates, half the products were on sale for 2 years or less; the longest for 3.5 years. Half the recalls came within 2 years of the first sale; the other half reached products that had been on sale longer.
A replacement in all 3 notices that name a remedy.
Burn is named in all 5 notices (100%), against 14% of all CPSC notices on file. Then fire (5).
All 5 notices that describe incidents report at least one; 1 reports injuries.
2 of the 5 notices list model numbers. They also name date codes or manufacture dates in 1. A matching model number is a reason to open the notice, not the last word.
Where the notices say the numbers are: “on the battery” (2 notices) and “at the top of the service label on the bottom of the notebook”.
China (5), in the 5 notices that name a manufacturing country.
The recall contact each official notice gives, newest first. Contacts can change after a notice is published; the notice itself is the final word.
As of October 31, 2026, CPSC has published 5 recall notices naming HP consumer products between 2006 and 2018, covering at least 266,100 units.
No. As of October 31, 2026, CPSC has published no recall notice naming HP consumer products in 2026. The most recent was announced January 4, 2018 (CPSC 18-077).
Battery chargers (3) and laptop batteries (2).
“HP Expands Recall of Batteries for HP and Compaq Notebook Computers Due to Fire and Burn Hazards” (CPSC 17-071), announced January 24, 2017: about 101,000 units.
Find the model number on the product's rating label, then type it into the model-number lookup on this page. A match means the number appears in an official CPSC notice; open that notice to confirm any date codes or serial ranges it lists. No match is not proof that a product is safe. 2 of the 5 notices here list model numbers. They also name date codes or manufacture dates in 1. The place they name most often is “on the battery”.
Each notice names its own recall contact; the contacts for every HP notice are listed on this page. For the most recent one, Lithium-ion batteries for HP notebook computers and mobile… (CPSC 18-077), call 888-202-4320 and go to www.HP.com/go/batteryprogram2018.
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