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Lenovo Battery Recall

Research Triangle Park, N.C. and Armonk, N.Y., September 28, 2006 ... Lenovo and International Business Machines Corporation, in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission today announced the voluntary recall of approximately 526,000 lithium-ion batteries manufactured worldwide by Sony Corporation. In the interests of public safety, Lenovo will offer customers free-of-charge replacement batteries for all recalled batteries.

Although no make or model of battery is immune from some overheating or failure, Lenovo has confirmed that these batteries can be subject to overheating, posing a potential fire hazard, and Lenovo is advising customers to check if they are using one of the affected batteries as follows:

The recalled batteries were sold with or sold separately to be used with some models of ThinkPad notebook PCs.

T Series (T43, T43p, T60)
X Series (X60, X60s):
R Series (R51e, R52, R60, R60e)

THE ONLY FINAL TEST TO DETERMINE IF A USER HAS AN AFFECTED BATTERY IS FOR THEM TO GO TO THE WEBSITE AND INPUT THE BATTERY BAR CODE.

An automated tool at www.lenovo.com/batteryprogram will easily help end users identify whether or not their batteries are affected by the recall.

Alternatively Customers should contact Lenovo Service Centre at 08705-500-900 between 9.00am and 6.00pm Monday to Friday. International support numbers are available at www.lenovo.com/support.

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