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Sony recalls 69,000 Vaio AC adapters

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Sony has issued a mandatory recall of 69,000 Vaio AC adapters. A joint statement issued by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Sony indicates that some 69,000 Vaio AC adapters are now being recalled because of a possible shock hazard. The recalled adapters have the following adapter number:

Sony VGP-AC19V17

Sony has sold this type of adapter over a four-year period, from September 2005 to October 2009. The adapter was sold with the following notebooks:

Vaio VGC-JS2
Vaio VGC-LT

The following docking stations are also affected:

VGP-PRFE1
VGP-PRBX1

According to the CPSC so far there have been no injuries or incident reports were filed in the United States. The Sony-CPSC phone number is (877)-361-4481.

Anyone owning an affected adapter is urged to unplug the adapter and not use it again.

posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
October 29, 2009 @ 11:39 am

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