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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

Uniden SDS100

Category

Electronics

Report number

20250314-B5246-2147332561

Ownership age

About 56 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)

Failure type

Battery failure

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20250314-B5246-2147332561. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Uniden SDS100. Source model text: BT-954. Incident: Cells in a Li Ion Polymer battery swelled up and broke the battery case open. The battery was NOT in the charger or in the radio it was simply sitting on a desktop. If it had been in the radio (Uniden SDS100 Scanner) it would have broke the scanner.

This is a consumer incident report published on SaferProducts.gov. CPSC does not guarantee the accuracy of information submitted by people outside of CPSC. It is not automatically an official recall or manufacturer admission.

Official report number: 20250314-B5246-2147332561. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.