About 100,000 battery packs used in Lenovo Inc’s notebook computers are being recalled because they could overheat and cause a fire, media Friday quoted the company as saying. The recall involves battery packs made by Japan’s Sanyo Electric Co. and follows four reports of overheating. In one case, a user suffered minor eye irritation, the company said.
In the interests of public safety, the company said it will offer customers free-of-charge replacements for all recalled battery packs.