It is a misfortune for Panasonic. One of the Panasonic camcorder has exploded in Korea. I found some sites that posted stories about the Panasoic camcorder explosion. The explosion caused by a battery.
The Panasoic camcorder has been purchased in an electronic shop in Korea 4 ~ 5 years ago. Recently, while being charged for 30 minutes, the the battery exploded. There was a huge explosion sound, pieces were all around the floor, and the bed cover was on fire. While putting out the fire, there was another explosion of the battery. Fortunately, the user and his family could put out the fire.
The user reported this fact to the A/S center in Panasonic Korea. Two of the Panasonic employees visited the user's home and examined the exploded battery. Theny mentioned that the battery was not the orignial one. It was made in China which did not guarantee the quality.
Although "For Panasonic" was written on the exploded battery, Panasonic Korea did not want to be responsible for the explosion because the battery was not original.
The user replied "Although the battery is not original, the battery used the 'Panasonic' name. Then, Panasonic should have followed up to find illegal factories that manufactured such batteries and should have done not to allow them to sell thoes batteries."
As I am one of the consumers, we should be more cautious when purchasing products whether it is officially imported or not in order to get the warrantee.
The "For Panasonic" was written on the battery. Who can distinguish if this is original or not?
Exploded battery
Burned blanket
Followings are the sites that posted the Panasonic explosion stories.
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