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Official U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission consumer incident report from the SaferProducts.gov public database. Use the verification links below to confirm the record on SaferProducts.gov or via the public database export.

Product

Sony NP-FX110

Category

Electronics

Report number

20140219-4318B-2147447135

Ownership age

About 27 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)

Failure type

Battery failure

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20140219-4318B-2147447135. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Product: Sony NP-FX110 (Lithium ion rechargeable battery). Incident: While my friend was watching a movie on a portable DVD player, the battery swelled up and cracked open the housing, identically to the existing report on this product at www.saferproducts.gov/ViewIncident/1351022 The DVD player, Sony model DVP-FX810, was undamaged and still functional using its AC adaptor. The battery model is Sony NP-FX110. The unit was purchased from RadioShack on 11/30/2010 and had previously been used in the store as a demo unit for an unknown duration. Apparently you have reported this as not being a safety concern, my view is that an incident of this nature is a safety hazard and apparently not an isolated case. For example how do I properly dispose of this battery? New batteries are no longer available from Sony Corp. and are apparently only available on eBay and similar sites.

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