Another recall for bad HP Li-Ion notebook batteries

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Another May, and another HP battery recall. This time around US Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a recall of 162,000 Li-Ion battery packs that were sold with HP and Compaq notebooks.

Back in May of 2010 there was an HP battery recall affecting 54,000 battery packs, and the May before than a recall of 70,000.

According to the recall notice, HP has received 40 reports since the 2010 recall of batteries that overheated and ruptured, resulting in seven burn injuries, one smoke inhalation injury, and 36 instances of property damage. Affected systems were sold at computer and electronics stores nationwide, hp.com and hpshopping.com from July 2007 through July 2008 for between $500 and $3,000. The battery packs were also sold separately for between $100 and $160.

Think you might have a bad battery? Contact the HP Battery Replacement Program website at www.hp.com/support/BatteryReplacement or call (888) 202-4320 between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. CT Monday through Friday.