Fire Communication and media equipment Serious risk
| Alert Number | 0190/06 |
| Category | Communication and media equipment |
| Risk Type | Fire |
| Notifying Country | United Kingdom |
| Country of Origin | Republic of Korea |
| Published | 31 March 2006 |
Risk Description
4 or 3 incidents of overheating whilst charging have occurred, the latest incident is alleged to have scorched the floor. (Exact number of incidents still has to be confirmed). Test results carried out to date have been inconclusive. After the third incident O2 has appointed a different specialist testing house and also submitted the earlier two damaged devices together with chargers for re-testing. O2 is still awaiting the results of this latest round of testing.
Measures Taken
Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Voluntary recall of the product from consumers by importer.Date of entry into force: Unknown
Product Description
Mobiles phones "O2 X1"