Laptop adapters recall overview:Â
- Who: Dynabook Americas Inc. is recalling 15.5 million Toshiba laptop AC adapters in the United States and 1.3 million in Canada.Â
- Why: The adapters can overheat and spark, leading to burn and fire hazards, the Toshiba recall says.
- Where: The laptop adapters recall is valid in the United States and Canada.
Dynabook Americas Inc. has issued a recall on Toshiba laptop adapters due to a fire risk.
More than 16 million laptop AC adapters are included in the recall, which Dynabook said it issued because the adapters can overheat and spark. Dynabook Americas is a subsidiary of Dynabook Inc., which formerly sold its laptops under the Toshiba brand.
The AC adapters either came with a Toshiba laptop or were sold separately. The affected adapters have date codes between April 2008 and December 2012, the recall says.
Consumers can visit the Dynabook Americas website to confirm whether their adapters’ serial and model numbers are included in the laptop fire risk recall.
Toshiba recall: 43 reports of burn injuries from defective adapters
Dynabook said it has received 679 reports of the recalled AC adapters overheating or catching on fire, melting and burning. There were also 43 minor burn injuries included in these reports.
The company is not facing legal action over the recall, but Top Class Actions follows recalls closely as they sometimes lead to class action lawsuits.
Dynabook Americas is asking consumers to immediately stop using the AC adapters and contact the company for a free replacement. Consumers should send a photo of the AC adapter with the power cord cut to dba-acadapter2024@dynabook.com.
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42 thoughts onToshiba laptop adapters recalled due to fire, burn hazards
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I have a laptop purchased in 2010 (model: Helios)
I have 2 ad well I’m tired of this happening all the time
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I have 2 Toshiba laptops. I’ll definitely be following this and asking for replacement cords.
I have two of them here still. The original & the replacement.
I think the replacement got so hot it might have even harmed the laptop.
In addition to my original comment I need to add: thought It was a little weird it would heat up so fast for being on for such a shorter time compared to my old HP laptop.
Mine charger and laptop got really hot that burned my fingers
I have a Toshiba Satellite laptop and charge cord.
Mine would get so hot that the computer itself would get hot
The fire that occurred with my Toshiba adapter, caused irreparable damage to my Toshiba laptop and both of them were tossed away since this occurred about 1 yr after the warranty expired on the laptop. I took it to MicroCenter, both the adapter and PC and they had said it would cost more to repair it than it would be to buy a lot better new one, because it would be a complete rebuild from scratch. I believe I still might have the receipt and the box the pc came in when it was bought new.
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