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Sony Electronics computers and video games

1 report to CPSC, the latest made Nov 14, 2014. A report isn’t a recall.

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At a glance

From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.

  • 1report to CPSC
  • Nov 14, 2014the latest report was made
  • Nov 14, 2014the earliest
  • 1with the company’s comments
Brand
None given: no report names a brand, so the group is named for its maker, Sony Electronics
Maker
Sony ElectronicsMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
Product
Computers and video gamesComputers, their equipment and electronic gamesCPSC’s product type: Computers (Equipment and Electronic Games) (code 557), in Electronics: Computers, Monitors, Projectors

By month

1 report from December 2013 to November 2014; the most in November 2014, 1.
The numbers, as a table
Reports to CPSC by the month each was made, newest first
MonthReports
November 20141

How badly anyone was hurt

  • No one hurt 1 CPSC: Incident, No Injury

As each report says it, in short words; CPSC’s own words are under each.

The reports, as CPSC published them

Reports people made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC publishes each one after sending it to the company named, and doesn’t guarantee they’re accurate. A report isn’t a recall.

Each report is the words of the person who made it, as CPSC published them. The company’s comments, where CPSC published any, are set apart as the company’s own.

Source:

CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.

  1. No one hurt

    Made Nov 14, 2014, sent to the company Nov 26, 2014, published by CPSC Dec 11, 2014

    The product, in the report: Sony laptop computer model SVZ131A2JL prod name SVZ131190X serial # 54503474 0002039 battery VGB-BPS27 / X

    The computer started smoking and burning battery short circuit. I handed the computer to my wife and when i put it on her lap and began to walk away she yelled its smoking, I shut the computer and removed it from my house i placed it in the driveway where it could not catch anything on fire.

    Model
    model SVZ131A2JL sony z series computer
    Serial number
    serial # 54503474 0002039
    Bought from
    Sony
    Bought
    Nov 7, 2012, about then
    Where
    Agawam, Massachusetts: Home/Apartment/Condominium
    Who was involved
    Female
    The reporter’s relation to them
    My Spouse
    As this report names them
    made or sold by Sony Electronics
    How badly, in CPSC’s words
    Incident, No Injury

CPSC’s disclaimer

Disclaimer: CPSC does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of the Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database on SaferProducts.gov, particularly with respect to information submitted by people outside of CPSC.

Source:

Word for word, from the disclaimer in CPSC’s export.

Sources

Sources
  • U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.

    Released Oct 25, 2026 and checked Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.

Source:

Reports of harm are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), on SaferProducts.gov. CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 8, 2026. Updated monthly.

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