Lenovo, the world’s third largest PC manufacturer behind HP and Dell, did not announce the financial impact the recall would have on the company.
It said in a statement that there were concerns that the battery packs could ignite if the notebooks were subject to a strong physical impact – like being dropped on the floor – following several reported incidents in the US and Europe.
It is not clear how many of the faulty systems – which Lenovo produced in conjunction with Sanyo – have been sold in Australia.
The company said the recall was for battery packs used in the ThinkPad series R60, R60e, T60, T60p, Z60m, Z61e, Z61m and Z61p.
It is the second major battery pack recall Lenovo has been forced to issue in the past year. Last September the company recalled more than 500,000 lithium-ion batteries manufactured by Sony.
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