infoworld.com — Dell and Sony knew about and discussed manufacturing problems with Sony-made Lithium-Ion batteries as long as ten months ago, but held off on issuing a recall until those flaws were clearly linked to catastrophic failures causing those batteries to catch fire.
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wasternAug 20, 2006
the early blu-ray players caught fire routinely....this was a few years ago. I would assume they got that under control by now, but the history is there
babumuchhalaAug 20, 2006
We all should appreciate that they have finally done a recall.What if they had decided that we will just replace battries that we get complaints for and also maybe pay for the medical bills if any. That way they would have saved tons of money.So we should appreciate the fact that the recall is being done!!!
commiecatAug 20, 2006
I was about to call BS on this article because Dell *did* issue a recall last December. The article notes this (bottom of 1st page) but still writes it as if Dell/Sony were oblivious to the fact.<a class="user" href="http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/corp/pressoffice/en/2005/2005_12_16_dc_000?c=us&l=en&s=corp">http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/corp/pressoffice/en/2005/2005_12_16_dc_000?c=us&l=en&s=corp</a>I remember sending an email to all our Dell laptop users to report back with their battery ID. Why does this article imply that no recall was issued for 10 months when they report that there was one within that same timeframe?I don't think it's so bad for a company to wait for a few incidents instead of making a recall based on one or two (Fight Club, anyone?). Do we even know if the batteries that blew up in the past were listed in the first recall or were they machines built in '06?I'm certainly in no rush to defend Sony for this but Dell did take measures in that this is their second battery recall in 8 months. The author makes it sound like the two companies knew the batteries would explode and just decided to wait it out or something.
yoshitxAug 20, 2006
Yes, Those evil corporations knew. Every employee from Michel Dell to the janitor knew. Whats more, they all did it on purpose in the name of profits. They didn't care if they killed babies. --- Give me a break.
runesabreAug 21, 2006
I bought a Dell Inspiron in Jan 2006. Since then, I have easily received over a dozen promotional emails as well as a dozen more Dell catalogues wanting me to buy more Dell stuff.I've yet to receive a single notification from Dell about the fact that my battery might cause problems, even possible bodily injury.It's this kind of corporate irresponsibility that makes me fume.
Closed AccountAug 21, 2006
@VSKBadCRC: I would be inclined to agree with you... IF what you're assuming is true. Unfortunately it isnt. "If Dell isn't prepared to do what they know needs to be done" - Sorry they just did last week "Dell should be in charge of the recall" - Sorry again, but they have been.. ever since they took it upon themselves to start the recall last week.Also from what ive been reading on the issue, it seems Sony got their arms twisted by Dell in this whole ordeal, they werent onboard with doing a recall so soon or shelling out replacements. Though I will hold one negative opinion on Dell in this whole thing, the fact that they knew 10 months ago of the slight possibilty of this slight percent of batteries being a danger, they should have switched brands or battery types or something... then again hindsight is 20/20.
bobothnAug 21, 2006
Could use a little more work but alot beter then what i was gona do i was just gona post the equation.