BEIJING, March 27 — China’s largest personal computer maker Lenovo is recalling a large number of defective batteries in the country in some of its ThinkPad laptops, Xinhua news agency reported.
The recall involves 117,732 lithium ion batteries in the Edge11, Edge13,T410, X100e, X201 and X201s series manufactured between October 2010 and April 2011.
Batteries in those laptops may malfunction and become too hot in some cases thus posing safety hazards for users, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said in a statement.
Lenovo will replace the batteries free of charge for affected users. Lenovo acquired the personal computer division of IBM in 2005.
–BERNAMA
