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|Description=Milwaukee is an American multi-national company that develops, manufactures, and markets power tools, hand tools, tool storage, and more. | |||
|Founded=1924 | |||
|Industry=Tool Manufacturing | |||
|ParentCompany=Techtronic Industries Company Limited | |||
|Type=Public | |||
|Website=https://www.milwaukeetool.com/ | |||
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Community reverse-engineering reports published on Hackaday also documented communication traces between batteries & chargers, confirming that undocumented registers store diagnostic histories not available through consumer interfaces.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://hackaday.com/2023/09/15/reverse-engineering-the-milwaukee-m18-redlink-protocol/ |title=Reverse Engineering the Milwaukee M18 REDLINK Protocol |website=Hackaday |date=2023-09-15 |access-date=2025-09-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104104402/https://hackaday.com/2023/09/15/reverse-engineering-the-milwaukee-m18-redlink-protocol/ |archive-date=2024-01-04}}</ref> | Community reverse-engineering reports published on Hackaday also documented communication traces between batteries & chargers, confirming that undocumented registers store diagnostic histories not available through consumer interfaces.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://hackaday.com/2023/09/15/reverse-engineering-the-milwaukee-m18-redlink-protocol/ |title=Reverse Engineering the Milwaukee M18 REDLINK Protocol |website=Hackaday |date=2023-09-15 |access-date=2025-09-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104104402/https://hackaday.com/2023/09/15/reverse-engineering-the-milwaukee-m18-redlink-protocol/ |archive-date=2024-01-04}}</ref> | ||
Some consumers reported that warranty claims were denied when diagnostic data showed overheating events. In online complaints, users alleged that leaving a battery inside a vehicle in hot weather resulted in warranty denial.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Tools/comments/17t5d3s/milwaukee_battery_warranty_denied_due_to/ |title=Milwaukee Battery Warranty Denied Due to Overheating |website=Reddit |date=2023-11-21 |access-date=2025-09-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240121104533/https://www.reddit.com/r/Tools/comments/17t5d3s/milwaukee_battery_warranty_denied_due_to/ |archive-date=2024-01-21}}</ref> | Some consumers reported that warranty claims were denied when diagnostic data showed overheating events. In online complaints, users alleged that leaving a battery inside a vehicle in hot weather resulted in warranty denial.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Tools/comments/17t5d3s/milwaukee_battery_warranty_denied_due_to/ |title=Milwaukee Battery Warranty Denied Due to Overheating |website=Reddit |date=2023-11-21 |access-date=2025-09-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240121104533/https://www.reddit.com/r/Tools/comments/17t5d3s/milwaukee_battery_warranty_denied_due_to/ |archive-date=2024-01-21}}</ref> | ||
==Legal context== | ==Legal context== | ||
