Battery recalls have been seen for laptop makers using the Lithium batteries. Apple has had at least three and HP at least two, that I've seen. I suspect others that just didn't get noted.
So far as reported, all recalls have been the result of incidents involving "smoke and flames" but no real explanations have been available, and beyond the rather bland "we'd like to replace your battery" (or your computer) the manufacturers involved have "minimized publicity."
I've had engineering applications requiring me to request information from the battery manufacturers, and they just "quit talking" when the subject is mentioned. While I know of some battery processing defects that could be responsible, there's a possibility that some of the problems could also be due to poor charging circuit/system designs, but the whole subject is "closed to outsiders" so far as battery makers are concerned - even, in my case, when someone's offering them a significant contract with lots of money for the next thirty years. (Or the ones I talked to could just be idiots who didn't know anything about their own products, which is not really rare recently.)