HP Laptop Battery Recall – Fire Risk for Laptops sold between December 2015 and April 2018
HP has issued a recall notice for more than 100,000 laptops due to a battery-related fire risk. Here we advise you what to do if yours is affected.
HP is recalling 78,500 laptops due to a battery overheating issue and subsequent fire risk. This is an extended recall in addition to teh one HP originally announced in January 2018 that involved 50,000 devices.
The models affected include a number of business laptops including various ProBook models, as well as laptop models in the Envy, x360 and Notebook range.
In a statement on HP’s website, the firm urges anyone who uses any of the specified models to contact them to request a replacement battery and also apply a software update that switches their battery into a special safe mode, to prevent it from charging.
You could be affected if you own an HP ProBook, ZBook, x360, Pavilion, ENVY, HP 11 or Mobile Thin Client model.