The Sony battery recalls continue as Sharp is joining the fray by recalling 28,000 batteries while Fujitsu has recalled an additional 51,000 batteries. Fujitsu had already announced last week that it would recall 287,000 units.
These latest recalls bring the total tally to 7.7 million units. Sony recently instituted the Global Replacement Program for its batteries. The program is designed to help manufacturers with logistics in receiving faulty batteries from customers and delivering new replacements.
Fujitsu and Sharp recall 80,000 Sony batteries
Posted on Monday, October 16 2006 @ 2:47 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
Even more bad news for Sony as Fujitsu and Sharp recalled another 80,000 Sony-made li-ion batteries: