Recalls
Lucid recalls hundreds of Air sedans over risk vehicles could lose power
Lucid Group issued a recall for hundreds of Air sedans over a flaw that could cause the vehicles to lose power and increase the risk of a crash, according to a filing with the National Highway Traffic
Recalled EV? Automakers shouldn’t get to count it toward fleetwide fuel economy
Recalls that prevent EVs and plug-in hybrids from charging result in additional pollution. Maybe there should be consequences for that.
Meal delivery service Daily Harvest recalls lentil product after customers report falling ill
Plant-based meal delivery service Daily Harvest issued a public recall of its French Lentil and Leek Crumbles product on June 22 after dozens of customers reported that they fell ill after consuming i
Feds ask Tesla to recall 158,000 vehicles over failing touchscreen displays
U.S. safety regulators have asked Tesla to recall 158,000 vehicles over media control unit failures that cause the touchscreen displays to stop working, following a months-long investigation by the Na
Audi recalls its electric SUV over battery fire risk
Audi today issued a voluntary recall in the U.S. for the E-Tron SUV due to the risk of battery fire. An Audi spokesperson told Bloomberg that no fires had been reported over the 1,644 E-Trons Audi has
Dairy might have snuck into Soylent 1.8 powder, prompting recall
Soylent, the meal replacement drink/powder that frees people from the pesky task of eating so they can "use less, do more," has recalled its Soylent 1.8 powder over the potential presence of dairy. So
Samsung asks carriers and retailers to halt sales of the Note 7
It seemed unlikely we would make it through the end of the day without some more big news out of Samsung. And now, just after the close of business hours here on the East Coast, we’ve got something
Samsung says half of recalled Note 7s in the US have been exchanged – mostly for new Note 7s
In case you were wondering when you'll stop receiving those "please turn off your Samsung Galaxy Note 7" warnings before takeoff, well, we're halfway there. Samsung announced today that "about half" o
Remember hoverboards? Half a million are being recalled as fire hazards
Hoverboards! The must-have trash gadget of the holidays, now gathering dust in a million closets and garages nationwide, is being recalled in even larger numbers than before due to "a risk of the prod
Tesla Model X owners finding car doors won’t shut, windows won’t close
Earlier this month, Tesla Motors recalled 2,700 Model X cars to fix a third-row seat latch that could allow the seat to fold forward during a collision. But owners of the $138,000 sport utility vehicl
Shopping Companion Slice Now Leverages Email Inbox Data To Alert You To Product Recalls
A few months after raising <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2013/08/23/slice-the-shopping-companion-powered-by-email-inbox-data-raises-23m-from-rakuten-others/">its $23 million Series B</a>, mobile sho
Nokia recalls several mobile phone chargers over shock hazard
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/nokiacharger.jpg" />Nokia has recalled several mobile phone chargers, manufactured by third-parties for the company, because of the chanc
Bad batteries: Apple forced to recall 1st gen iPod nano in South Korea
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/nanobattery.jpg" />Looks like the South Korean government has forced Apple to recall the first generation iPod nano over concerns that th
Is Acer's 11.6-inch netbook being recalled? [UPDATE]
<img src="http://crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/Acer_Aspire_One_AO571h_Sapphire_Blue.jpg" alt="acer" />Although Acer officially announced its 11.6-inch netbook, the Aspire One A0751h, on Mo
HP recalls notebook batteries from 2007-2008
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/flames.jpg" />Uh oh! The hottest computer trend in recent memory, the "overheating and exploding battery," has found a new victim: HP. A
Safety Commission recalls 35,000 Sony batteries
Just a heads up that there are a handful of potentially dangerous laptop batteries floating around out there. These ones are made by Sony but are found in certain models of HP, Toshiba, and Dell noteb
Sony recalls TZ-series laptops due to fire hazard
Bad news out of Sony today, as the company has issued a recall of many of its TZ-series notebook computers (see the full release here). “Irregularly positioned wires near the computer’s hinge
Toshiba Portable DVD Player AC Adapters Recalled
Toshiba has recalled about 142,000 AC adapters sold with its SD-P1600 portable DVD player due to a potential defect wherein the adapter causes the DVD player to overheat, resulting in a burn hazard. T
Disaster On the Homefront: Macbook Pro Battery Explosion
So sitting in the offices today at Next New Networks, we were alerted to a tragedy of epic proportion. As he was charging his battery earlier company founder and creative director, Fred Seibert experi
Sony Apologizes for Battery Disaster
I wonder why news always seems to come in droves from a particular source. Sony apologized today for inconveniences caused by its massive battery recall. Yutaka Nakagawa of Sony stated about the recal