Nokia issued a recall notice covering some million “BL-5C” batteries manufactured between December 2005 and November 2006.
Nokia has several suppliers for BL-5C batteries who have collectively produced more than 300 million BL-5C batteries, it is only those produced by Matsushita that are in question.
The company stated that in rare cases, the batteries experience short curcuit, overheat , and dislodge while charging. The company has received more than 100 complaints of overheating globally.
In order to determine if a battery is subject to this advisory, it is necessary to remove the battery from the device. A Nokia battery will have “Nokia” (ie an original nokia part) and “BL-5C” printed on the front of the battery. On the reverse, there is a 26 characters serial number.
I checked my battery and found it was bad. It looks like they’ll post another one to me for free, and they’ll send me the new one before I return the bad one, so I won’t be without a battery at any time. This must cost Nokia, or the Matsushita, or some insurance company! a fortune.
This issue speaks to the businessman in me. Is there a market for serial numbers? Some one has posted their batteries serial on a forum (0670400363563N452823100711) I haven’t reied it, but its possible if Nokia wrote their system quickly that serials aren’t cancelled once used, if this is true there must be thousands of Hong Kong chancers applying for free new batteries, which they’ll sell on ebay.
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