Nokia recalls 14 million faulty chargers

 

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By Stuart Turton

Posted on 9 Nov 2009 at 11:43

Nokia is offering to replace 14 million faulty chargers, after warning they could fall apart and cause an electric shock.

The smartphone manufacturer says the chargers were all manufactured by Chinese firm BYD and are being recalled as "a precautionary measure". The company stressed that it had no reports of people being injured.

"We have determined that the plastic covers of the affected chargers could come loose and separate, exposing the charger's internal components and potentially posing an electric shock hazard if certain internal components are touched while the charger is plugged into a live socket," says Nokia's warning.

Chargers affected include the AC-3E and AC-3U models manufactured between 15 June and 9 August 2009, and AC-4U model manufactured between 13 April and 25 October.

The phone manufacturer will replace faulty chargers for free.

Though the chargers are sold globally, Nokia claims the recall does not affect those bought in Britain.

That doesn't stop the recall being one of the largest in the industry's history, dwarfing the ten million lithium-ion laptop batteries recalled by Sony in 2006.