Some Toshiba laptop battery packs in 39 models have been recalled. The battery packs, manufactured by Panasonic, can overheat, posing a burn and fire hazard.

If you bought a Toshiba laptop between 2011 and 2016 you might have a faulty battery pack eligible for a free replacement.

Toshiba announced new measures yesterday to recall Sony batteries in some of its portable computers after one caused a laptop to catch fire.

Toshiba Corp. has issued a worldwide recall of 340,000 laptop computer batteries manufactured by Sony Corp., including 9,000 sold in Canada, because of problems associated with recharging the cells.

Toshiba has recalled 91,000 laptop computer battery packs because they may overheat, causing burns or fire.