Nokia launches charger recall

[Guest tsutton]

Nokia launches charger recall

Nokia is to recall the AC-3E and AC-3U chargers for the Nokia mobile phones due to the risk of 'an electrical shock hazard'

Nokia has announced a free charger ‘exchange program’ for consumers, after it emerged that chargers made by a third party, BYD, are faulty and could cause electric shocks.

Three models of charger are affected: The AC-3E and AC-3U models, manufactured between June 15, 2009 and August 9, 2009; and the AC-4U model, manufactured between April 13, 2009 and October 25, 2009.

So if you have one, it is worth getting it replaced by Nokia - free of charge.

Nokia has set up a website for this recall - you can use it to check to see if your charger is affected or not.

http://chargerexchange.nokia.com

Is yours faulty? Have you used the charger exchange website and if so, was it painless?

[Via: Mobile Magazine]

[Guest awarner (MVP)]

From the old "exploding batteries" to electic shocks, at this rate the user will have a shorter life expectancy than the device :)

So it's down to a weak bonding weld on the casing, not good as it's the sort of fault that you will only see when unplugging the charger from the wall socket.