Some 41,000 Toshiba laptops have been recalled by the Consumer Product Safety Commission due to reports of overheating and melting. The commission said Thursday that the computers “can overheat at the notebook’s plug-in to the AC adapter, posing a burn hazard to consumers.”
The affected models are certain Toshiba Satellite T135, Satellite T135D, and Satellite Pro T130 notebooks.
Toshiba has received 129 reports of overheating computers, which have led to a misshaping of the plastic casing area by the AC adapter plug, the commission said. The company’s website said that some of the Satellite and Satellite Pro laptops were “manufactured with a potentially faulty DC-In harness.” There were two reports of minor burn injuries and minor property damage.
The T130 series models involved in the recall were sold between August 2009 and August 2010 at electronics stores nationwide and online retailers including at toshibadirect.com. They are priced at between $600 and $800.
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