Dell Announces Battery Recall
Dell has announced a recall of approximately 1.2 million laptop batteries. The affected batteries were sold between April 1st, 2004, and July 18th, 2006, with Dell Inspiron, Latitude, XPS and Precision Mobile Workstations.
The impacted models include:
- Latitude: D410, D500, D505, D510, D520, D600, D610, D620, D800, D810
- Inspiron: 500M, 510M, 600M, 700M, 710M, 6000, 6400, 8500, 8600, 9100, 9200, 9300, 9400, E1505, E1705
- Precision: M20, M60, M70, M90
- XPS: XPS, XPS Gen2, XPS M170, XPS M1710
To determine if your battery is included in this recall, go thru the following steps:
Find your battery's model number. Remove it from the computer after powering it down. The battery will have a sticker with the Dell part number on it, a series of five sets of characters. Take the second set of characters, drop the first character, and see if the remaining ones are in this table:
| 1K055 |
C5340 |
D6024 |
JD616 |
U5867 |
X5333 |
| 3K590 |
C5446 |
D6025 |
JD617 |
U5882 |
X5875 |
| 59474 |
C6269 |
F2100 |
KD494 |
W5915 |
X5877 |
| 6P922 |
C6270 |
F5132 |
M3006 |
X5308 |
Y1333 |
| C2603 |
D2961 |
GD785 |
RD857 |
X5329 |
Y4500 |
| C5339 |
D5555 |
H3191 |
TD349 |
X5332 |
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If your battery's part number is not in this list, you are not affected by this recall.
If your battery IS being recalled, go to this Dell website and reenter the part number. After the site confirms that you're affected, you'll be directed to an online form where you can order a replacement. (at no cost)
For Inetium customers, we'll be happy to answer questions and help you through this process.