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Dell laptop battery issues have hit the headlines over the last few years, most notably in 2006 when Dell recalled 4.1 million laptop batteries, issuing replacement laptop batteries to notebook users. Apple laptop battery, HP laptop battery, and Toshiba laptop battery recalls were also made.

Dell recalled the lithium ion batteries, manufactured by Sony and used in Dell Latitude, Dell Inspiron and Dell Precision notebook computers built between April 2004 and July 18, 2006.

The notebook battery recall accounted for about 19% of the 22 million notebooks Dell sold during that time period.

In 2008, Dell laptop battery, HP laptop battery, and Toshiba laptop battery recalls were again made, involving notebook batteries manufactured by Sony. It is believed about 100,000 batteries were potentially faulty, with a number of overheating incidents, which saw some customers receive burns.

The battery recall was not on the same scale as one in 2006 which saw manufacturers including Apple, Dell, Sony and HP recalling almost 10 million fire hazard laptop batteries.

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