Product
Sony NP-FX110
Category
Electronics
Report number
20130715-DE2E1-2147454144
Ownership age
About 57 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)
Failure type
Explosion / rupture
Incident narrative
SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20130715-DE2E1-2147454144. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Sony NP-FX110. Source model text: I don't know/ NP-FX110. Incident: Sony NP-FX110 battery pack for portable DVD player split open while in use revealing the two batteries inside. One of the batteries had expanded and forced the cover to split open. No Injury but this appears to be a catastrophic failure that could have resulted in injury if the batteries exploded.
Official report number: 20130715-DE2E1-2147454144. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.