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DOKOCOM battery for dvd players — fire risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskFireNov 14, 2008

Hazard

The product poses a risk of fire because combustion of the battery.Three incidents have been reported.

Measures taken

  • Voluntary withdrawal from the market and recall from consumers by the distributor — Other

Product description

Portable DVD players (black and white). Grandin DVD players delivered between 5 October 2007 and 5 November 2007, in which the area around the battery caught fire. The notification was extended to cover Grandin DVD players from the previous delivery (9 August 2007) and to Saba DVD players delivered since this date, as they are equipped with the same battery as the Grandin players.

What should I do?

If you own this product, stop using it and check the official notice for what the seller or authority advises (return, refund, repair or disposal). Measures listed here were reported by national authorities to the EU Safety Gate system.

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