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.
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.