Product
Uniden SDS100
Category
Electronics
Report number
20231019-29D9A-4435332
Ownership age
About 61 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)
Failure type
Fire / ignition
Incident narrative
SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20231019-29D9A-4435332. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Product: Uniden SDS100 (Handheld police scanner radio). Incident: The consumer has experienced several issues with this scanner�s lithium polymer battery. After around 14 months, the batteries either explode or break out of their case. Some batteries have caught fire, due to the heat. With this most recent incident, the scanner got up to around 120 degrees easily. The consumer immediately took it outside and placed it on the sidewalk. The battery pushed the product out approx. �� at the time of the incident, but later that day, the radio protruded about 2-1/2�. Each lithium-ion cell had expanded. Replacement batteries can cost around $60 - $70 online and the consumer has replaced 5 of them in all. � The consumer contacted the product manufacturer the first 1 or 2 times this occurred, and they provided him with a replacement battery. However, with successive incidents, he�s been told he must purchase a replacement batter, which he did. There is also an online ([REDACTED] form), where numerous people have reported similar issues with these radio scanner batteries.
Official report number: 20231019-29D9A-4435332. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.