Laptop battery recalls

Where they were sold

Best Buy (5), Amazon (2), Walmart (2), Costco (1), and Sam's Club (1) are the stores named most often in the 40 notices that say where laptop batteries were sold. 22 of the 40 notices mention online sales.

What buyers paid

The 40 notices that give a price range from $30 to $4,399. Half of them name a price of $99.50 or less.

How long they were on sale

By the 40 notices that give sale dates, half the products were on sale for 17 months or less; the longest for 5.5 years. Half the recalls came within 2.5 years of the first sale; the other half reached products that had been on sale longer.

What the recalls offered

A replacement in all 12 notices that name a remedy.

The hazards that recur

Fire is named in 40 of the 44 notices (91%), against 24% of all CPSC notices on file. Then burn (16), electric shock (5), explosion (1), and fall (1).

Incidents reported

36 of the 40 notices that describe incidents report at least one; 2 report injuries. 4 said none had been reported when the recall was announced.

How the notices identify affected units

21 of the 44 notices list model numbers. They also name serial numbers in 6, date codes or manufacture dates in 6, lot or batch numbers in 2. A matching model number is a reason to open the notice, not the last word.

Where the notices say the numbers are: “at the top of the service label on the bottom of the notebook computer” (2 notices), “on the battery” (2 notices), and “on the battery label” (2 notices).

Where they were made

China (32), Japan (13), Taiwan (7), Malaysia (1) and South Korea (1), in the 40 notices that name a manufacturing country.

More or fewer than before

0 laptop battery notices in 2021–2025, down from 9 in 2016–2020. Across all CPSC notices on file, the count rose 16% over the same years.