The world’s largest manufacturer of mobile phones, Nokia, has ordered a recall of its BL-5C battery which has a risk of overheating when being recharged.

BL-5C - Nokia battery

Among other batteries, the BL-5C battery has been Nokia’s most widely-used battery, powering its low-end 1100 series phones and multimedia handsets N70 and N91. The batteries were manufactured by Matsushita Battery Industrial Co., Ltd. between December 2005 and November 2006, are one of the 14 models that Nokia uses in 50 different phones.

So far, there have been no injuries reported but there have been about 100 incidents of batteries overheating while charging. With these reports, Nokia offers to replace these batteries free of charge for its customers. The company estimates that about 46 million batteries will be affected by its recall.