Sony on Friday, employed its customers to stop using the recent model of the Sony Vaio computer (Vaio Fit 11A) as soon as possible over potential fears that it could go up in flames. Using the computer could result in computer over heating and as such end up in fire.
Sony said Three PCs caught fire around the battery pack, the batteries in question were all manufactured by Sony’s Rival – Panasonic Corp.According to Wall Street Journal, only three incidents of the fire had been reported with incidents in Japan on March 19, in Hong Kong on March 30 and China on April 8.
Sony launched the Vaio Fit 11A back in February, the statistics released showed that it sold over 25000 units in total – figures includes 497 in the US, 7,158 units in Europe, and 3,619 units in Japan. Although they had stopped selling the device, it will come as an unwelcoming news for Sony as they are planning on getting out of PC business.
The Vaio arm of the company is about to be sold to Japanese Industrial Partners Inc. at an undisclosed sum. After announcing the problem, Sony released more information on the issue confirming it will refund the purchase price for the affected PCs, it also announced it will repair or replace the affected PCs at no charge.
The company advices users of the Vaio Fit 11A not to use the notebook for the next two week, saying it expects to come up further guidance on the issue for users.
