Dell battery recall

[Yeagermeister]

If you own a Dell laptop and want to find of if your battery is one of the bad ones go here https://www.dellbatteryprogram.com/Identify.aspx and enter your serial number.

btw It's not just a Dell issue. Dell buys the batteries from the same place as IBM, HP, etc....

 

[DragonCowboy]

Check your battery models: The following models are affected:

1K055, 3K590, 59474, 6P922, C2603, C5339, C5340, C5446, C6269, C6270, D2961, D5555, D6024, D6025, F2100, F5132, GD785, H3191, JD616, JD617, KD494, M3006, RD857, TD349, U5867, U5882, W5915, W5915, X5308, X5329, X5332, X5333, X5875, X5877, Y1333, Y4500, Y5466

EDIT: If you have one of the models, power down, take out your battery, and enter your PPID in the website Yeager provided.