Lenovo to recall 205,000 Sanyo batteries

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Orevin · #1 Post by **Orevin** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 11:27 am

http://www.itworld.com/Comp/1773/070301lenovobattery/

The recall affects the nine-cell, extended-life version of a battery pack manufactured by Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd., of Japan. Lenovo sold the packs between November 2005 and February 2007 as an option in certain versions of ThinkPad notebook PCs in the R series, T series and Z series model lines, the commission said. The faulty packs have the part number FRU P/N 92P1131.

Manarius · #2 Post by **Manarius** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 11:40 am

*looks at his Panasonic battery*
*laughs*
*goes back to using his laptop*

JHEM · #3 Post by **JHEM** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 1:13 pm

Affects Thinkpad R60/E, T60/P, Z60m and Z61/x models. Recall details here.

I've got one in my T60P.

James

#4 Post by **RonS** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 1:54 pm

I also have one. JHEM links to a page that in turn has a bad link to the battery recall page.

The correct link is www.lenovo.com/batteryprogram

pianowizard · #5 Post by **pianowizard** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 3:54 pm

Manarius wrote:*looks at his Panasonic battery*
*laughs*
*goes back to using his laptop*

Don't you wish you had a recalled battery so that you can get a new battery for free? I don't have my T60 with me right now but am praying that it's affected!

UPDATE: Mine isn't affected! God doesn't like me today.

invictus · #6 Post by **invictus** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 7:18 pm

Are all batteries with the FRU P/N 92P1131 affected? My battery is the 9-cell type and has this FRU # and is made by Sanyo but after putting in my serial # the website said that my battery is not affected. I also ran the little lenovobatteryprogram application and it too said that my battery isn't affected.

Could the website and program be referencing to the Sony recall back in September?

- Jon

cpascu01 · #7 Post by **cpascu01** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 8:27 pm

No it's a new battery recall. It was just announced yesterday.

I'm get a replacement. Hope it comes soon.

hausman · #8 Post by **hausman** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 10:59 pm

invictus wrote:Are all batteries with the FRU P/N 92P1131 affected?

It's not clear if all 92P1131 batteries are affected, but some (including mine) certainly are.

FlexOink · #9 Post by **FlexOink** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 4:16 am

Nice!, mine is going to be replaced. Allthough this sux on an environmental level, as a greedy consumer I'm happy, because I have my T60p now for 7 months, and the 9cell has dropped from 82Wh to 72 Wh, which means my battery life (on battery save mode) has gone from 6+ hours to 5- hours, and I was kinda afraid what would happen if that decrease would go on.

hausman · #10 Post by **hausman** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:43 am

Assuming you're willing to gamble that your recalled battery won't explode or catch fire, etc., perhaps it's worth while to not request a replacement right away. If the recall program runs for a year or more then you could wait until your current battery loses power and still be able to get a free replacement.

Anyone know how long this recall program will run?

jjesusfreak01 · #11 Post by **jjesusfreak01** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 12:25 pm

My battery has been recalled...happy days!

Habskilla · #12 Post by **Habskilla** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 2:17 pm

I hope this is a good omen for me. I'm off to Vegas tomorrow and I hope my good luck continues!!

jjesusfreak01 · #13 Post by **jjesusfreak01** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:28 pm

Habskilla wrote:I hope this is a good omen for me. I'm off to Vegas tomorrow and I hope my good luck continues!!

Hmm, I just learned from my message center (I just reinstalled Windows and havent removed the message center yet) that "Irreparable damage to the battery has been detected. Replace the battery with a new one.". The first instance of this warning appeared on the 28th of February. Coincidence, or Lenovo being sneaky about the battery recall? Of course, my computer informed me that my battery was operating at 1400% capacity, so i might be inclined to believe the warning.

NS · #14 Post by NS » Sat Mar 03, 2007 4:32 am

Luckily i don\'t have this problem with my R60 thinkpad. *sigh* If not i have to spend more than 3 hours on the phone explaining about my battery cycles to them again.

tyanlion · #15 Post by **tyanlion** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 7:31 am

Dam&* x60s you were built too well.............no free batt ><

riverwater · #16 Post by **riverwater** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 10:04 pm

My battery has been recalled, just get a confirm email, don't know how long it will take to receive the replace battery. The website says 4 weeks.
One question, can we keep it as a spare one, the website say you can mail it old one back or take to a local authorized recycling drop-off point.

FlexOink · #17 Post by **FlexOink** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 10:34 am

hausman wrote:Assuming you're willing to gamble that your recalled battery won't explode or catch fire, etc., perhaps it's worth while to not request a replacement right away. If the recall program runs for a year or more then you could wait until your current battery loses power and still be able to get a free replacement.

Anyone know how long this recall program will run?

I Just talked to a IBM/Lenovo rep here in the Netherlands, and mentioned the battery. The thing he suggested was to keep the battery, and change it in half a year or so. The recall will still be valid, and I will get a better battery, cuz the old one will lose power.

dinotopia · #18 Post by **dinotopia** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 6:51 pm

As far as I can tell, you must give the old battery back to Lenovo. I didn't send mine back because I didn't know I had to, but they later sent me a letter stating that if I don't send it back to them, they may deny warranty service in the future.

The box they sent the new battery to me in came with a prepaid shipping label to courier it back to Lenovo.

JHEM · #19 Post by **JHEM** » Thu May 31, 2007 10:54 am

I opened the mail today to find an invoice from IBM in the amount of $120.91 for the replacement T60 battery they sent me under the recall back in March.

A quick telephone call to the number on the invoice elicited the information that as I didn't have a tracking number for the return of the recalled battery, I owed them the money due to the fact that I couldn't prove that I had returned the battery!

After calming down sufficiently to become intelligible I was transferred to customer support who stated that anyone who receives a similar invoice should ignore it. Apparently a computer somewhere within IBM decided to send out many thousands of these invoices unbeknownst to any humans.

James

#20 Post by **JaneL** » Thu May 31, 2007 11:02 am

Those darned computers! Can't take your eyes off them for a (nano)second!

#21 Post by **ryengineer** » Thu May 31, 2007 2:25 pm

JHEM wrote: Apparently a computer somewhere within IBM decided to send out many thousands of these invoices unbeknownst to any humans.

I hope that computer does not turn into some sort of lethal network like SkyNet's of Terminator movies and plan on invading the human race.

Tholek · #22 Post by **Tholek** » Thu May 31, 2007 3:59 pm

dinotopia wrote:As far as I can tell, you must give the old battery back to Lenovo. I didn't send mine back because I didn't know I had to, but they later sent me a letter stating that if I don't send it back to them, they may deny warranty service in the future.

The box they sent the new battery to me in came with a prepaid shipping label to courier it back to Lenovo.

[censored]. Ah well, the last time I dealt with a battery recall, was when Delphi recalled the batteries for their MyFi XM radios. I didn't need to do anything, they just sent it. The old battery still works fine too.

JHEM wrote:I opened the mail today to find an invoice from IBM in the amount of $120.91 for the replacement T60 battery they sent me under the recall back in March.

A quick telephone call to the number on the invoice elicited the information that as I didn't have a tracking number for the return of the recalled battery, I owed them the money due to the fact that I couldn't prove that I had returned the battery!

After calming down sufficiently to become intelligible I was transferred to customer support who stated that anyone who receives a similar invoice should ignore it. Apparently a computer somewhere within IBM decided to send out many thousands of these invoices unbeknownst to any humans.

James

I don't know if I'd have taken that as well.

Not that I'd really expect it, but they ought to add another year to your warranty just for having told you that. It's probably a good idea to record these kinds of calls as well.

#23 Post by **rkawakami** » Thu May 31, 2007 5:04 pm

ryengineer wrote:I hope that computer does not turn into some sort of lethal network like SkyNet's of Terminator movies and plan on invading the human race.

Actually, I think it goes back a lot farther to Colossus: The Forbin Project. Good thing that IBM's computer decided to send out a "dead tree" notice as opposed to simply talking to JHEM's banking computer and electronically extracting payment.

Website · #24 Post by **tfflivemb2** » Thu May 31, 2007 9:58 pm

nonny wrote:Those darned computers! Can't take your eyes off them for a (nano)second!

or a "nonny"second? (sorry....)

mj · #25 Post by mj » Sat Feb 23, 2008 9:13 pm

9-volt battery recall still in effect, I just ordered mine today (2/23/08). BTW, Lenovo's recall website states that if you return your old battery, the new one is under 1 year warranty..

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