Burns, Fire

Wireless telephone headsets battery - Lithium-ion polymer battery installed in GN Netcom A/S’s GN9120

ATL (Amperex Technology Limited)
Wireless telephone headsets battery - Lithium-ion polymer battery installed in GN Netcom A/S’s GN9120Wireless telephone headsets battery - Lithium-ion polymer battery installed in GN Netcom A/S’s GN9120
Case number
1288/08
Category
Communication and media equipment
Type / Model
- ATL part number 603028-01, - Headset. “GN Netcom” or “GN9120”
Audience
Consumer
Notifying country
🇩🇰 Denmark
Country of origin
🇭🇰 Hong Kong
Published
2008-11-07

⚠️ Risk

The product poses a risk of burns and fire due to an internal short circuit in the lithium-ion batteries which causes the batteries to overheat. 46 incidents have been reported.

Measures

Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Voluntary corrective actions taken by the manufacturer.Date of entry into force: Unknown

The recalled batteries were sold in GN9120 wireless telephone headsets and separately as battery replacement kits to end-users worldwide between 1 January 2005 and September 2008. The batteries have a white plastic casing and are labelled “Made by ATL.”.