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Nokia BL-5C Battery Recall

15th August 2007

Nokia have announced a battery recall for their BL-5C battery, used in a surprisingly broad variety of phones from the bargain basement Nokia 1100 up to the Nokia N91.

For ease of identification, the potentially impacted handsets are pictured below.

 Nokia 1100
Nokia 1100

 Nokia 1100c

 Nokia 1101
Nokia 1101

Nokia 1108

 Nokia 1110
Nokia 1110

Nokia 1110i

 Nokia 1112
Nokia 1112

 

 Nokia 1255
Nokia 1255

 

 Nokia 1315
Nokia 1315

 

 Nokia 1600
Nokia 1600

 

 Nokia 2112
Nokia 2112

 

 Nokia 2118
Nokia 2118

 

 Nokia 2225
Nokia 2225
 

 Nokia 2272
Nokia 2272

 

 Nokia 2275
Nokia 2275

 

 Nokia 2300
Nokia 2300

Nokia 2300c

 Nokia 2310
Nokia 2310

 

 Nokia 2355
Nokia 2355

 

 Nokia 2600
Nokia 2600

 

 Nokia 2610
Nokia 2610

Nokia 2610b 

 Nokia 2626
Nokia 2626

 

 Nokia 3100
Nokia 3100

 

 Nokia 3105
Nokia 3105

 

 Nokia 3120
Nokia 3120

 

 Nokia 3125
Nokia 3125

 

 Nokia 6030
Nokia 6030

 

 Nokia 6085
Nokia 6085

 

 Nokia 6086
Nokia 6086

 

 Nokia 6108
Nokia 6108

 

 Nokia 6175i
Nokia 6175i

 

 Nokia 6230
Nokia 6230

 

 Nokia 6230i
Nokia 6230i

 

 Nokia 6270
Nokia 6270

 

 Nokia 6600
Nokia 6600

 

 Nokia 6620
Nokia 6620

 

 Nokia 6630
Nokia 6630

 

 Nokia 6670
Nokia 6670

 

 Nokia 6680
Nokia 6680

 

 Nokia 6681
Nokia 6680

Nokia 6682

 Nokia 6820
Nokia 6280

 

 Nokia 6822
Nokia 6822

 

 Nokia 7610
Nokia 7610

 

 Nokia E50
Nokia E50

 

 Nokia E60
Nokia E60

 

 Nokia N70
Nokia N70

 

 Nokia N71
Nokia N71

 

 Nokia N75
Nokia N75

 

 Nokia N91
Nokia N91

 

 

 

 

Not pictured: Nokia 6631, Nokia 6178i                                   Note: Colour may vay from that shown

 Nokia BL-5C If you're not certain of the model of your phone, then this is usually on a label underneath the battery. Of course, that means that you'll have to take the battery out first, and you should be able to identify the BL-5C quite easily (see the picture on the right).

As you can see, the BL-5C is a pretty common battery, but the fault only applies to 43 million (!) manufactured by Matsushita between December 2005 and November 2006. The fault applies to handsets supplied with the BL-5C during this period, but also to any replacement BL-5Cs that have been bought to replace worn-out cells.

The problem is reported to be an overheating issue. Nokia say that the fault is not dangerous and does not impact on any other type of Nokia battery.

Full details on the fault, including a serial number checker can be found here.


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