Sony recalls laptops for fear of overheating
Sony has issued a recall for over 73,000 of its laptops due to a defect that could cause them to overheat and potentially burn there users. There has been a report of one person suffering minor burns as a result of the defect and 15 other complaints about laptops overheating have been lodged with US Consumer Product Safety Commission.
The laptops affected are the highly popular Vaio TZ series which includes the model numbers TZ100, TZ200, TZ300 and TZ2000. The fault is reported to be a problem with the wiring close to the laptops hinge, which could overheat or short circuit in some circumstances. Although not all of the Vaio TZ branded laptops are affected, Sony urges users of the laptops to contact the company to see if their model is part of the recall.
Last year Sony had to recall over 27,000 laptop batteries as another fault was discovered in the manufacturing process. This affected not only Sony, but Dell, Toshiba and Hewlett-Packard that also used the battery packs.