Sony announced on Friday that it recalling some of
of the Vaio Fit 11A notebook units because of an overheating problem and
possible fire risk of the battery supplied by a unit of Panasonic.
The company has identified 25,905 of the computers
worldwide shipped since it first went on sale in February. About 3,600 were
sold in Japan, 2,000 in China, 7,000 in Europe, 5,600 in Latin America, and 500
in the U.S. Nearly 7,000 were sold in Asia-Pacific, excluding Japan and China.
"It has come to our attention that some of the
internal, non-removable battery packs provided to us by a third party supplier
and included in VAIO Fit 11A released in February 2014 have the potential to
overheat resulting in partial burns to the housing of the PC," noted the
press release published on Sony's website on Friday.
The first incident was reported in Japan on 19
March, followed by similar incidents on 30 March in Hong Kong and on 8 April in
China. Sony says that it has stopped selling the product at the beginning of
this month and is asking customers to stop using their Vaio Fit 11A laptop as
soon as possible.
In another statement on its website, Sony has
revealed the serial number of the affected European products. Sony is advising
affected customers to leave their details on the page and wait for the company
to get back. The Vaio Fit 11A uses a non-removable battery, which means the
entire product will have to be replaced.
According to a report by WSJ, a Panasonic
spokeswoman confirmed the company had provided the batteries to Sony under an
outsourcing contract. But she did not comment to what other computer
manufacturers had received the similar Panasonic batteries.
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