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 1100c	Nokia 1101 Nokia 1108	Nokia 1110 Nokia 1110i	Nokia 1112	Nokia 1255	Nokia 1315	Nokia 1600	Nokia 2112
Nokia 2118	Nokia 2225	Nokia 2272	Nokia 2275	Nokia 2300 Nokia 2300c	Nokia 2310	Nokia 2355	Nokia 2600
Nokia 2610 Nokia 2610b	Nokia 2626	Nokia 3100	Nokia 3105	Nokia 3120	Nokia 3125	Nokia 6030	Nokia 6085
Nokia 6086	Nokia 6108	Nokia 6175i	Nokia 6230	Nokia 6230i	Nokia 6270	Nokia 6600	Nokia 6620
Nokia 6630	Nokia 6670	Nokia 6680	Nokia 6680 Nokia 6682	Nokia 6280	Nokia 6822	Nokia 7610	Nokia E50
Nokia E60	Nokia N70	Nokia N71	Nokia N75	Nokia N91
Not pictured: Nokia 6631, Nokia 6178i Note: Colour may vay from that shown

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.