MacBook Pro battery recall - fire safety

[david_xr]

Was Randomly browsing apples page under recalls to see the MacBook Pro has a battery recall.

On the page you can check your serial to see if your affected. Thankful mine is not.

Seems it affects September 2015 to February 2017.

If you have one suggest checking to see if your affected. I’ve put the link in below

https://support.apple.com/15-inch-macbook-pro-battery-recall

 

[NickK]

My old 2009, 2011 MBPs.. nope although I managed to get three dead GPUs and a dead memory channel.. Next a mac mini, which I cope will at least not die/explode even if it's hot!

 

[Combat squirrel]

Interesting, I had my MBP just under a year now, bought it 2nd hand- I thought it was odd it had only a battery cycle count of 12 - I thought id grabbed a bargain of some sort - I've just entered my serial number and it says that 'our records show your battery has already been replaced as part of this program'.

Well well well - apparently apple has known this for nearly a year ? Why is this just becoming widely known now ?

 

[Alpherah]

Interesting, I had my MBP just under a year now, bought it 2nd hand- I thought it was odd it had only a battery cycle count of 12 - I thought id grabbed a bargain of some sort - I've just entered my serial number and it says that 'our records show your battery has already been replaced as part of this program'.

Well well well - apparently apple has known this for nearly a year ? Why is this just becoming widely known now ?

Just means the serial number is eligible but they have records of a top case replacement on the serial number.
It prevents people getting another repair and instead a refund if it was a paid service

 

[Combat squirrel]

Just means the serial number is eligible but they have records of a top case replacement on the serial number.
It prevents people getting another repair and instead a refund if it was a paid service

But does that mean the battery is still dodgy or not ?

 

[Mason-]

But does that mean the battery is still dodgy or not ?

What is more likely. Your MBP keyboard failed (as is very common with this gen of MBP) and then they replaced the top case (includes speakers, keyboard, touchpad + battery).

This program will be for people who still have the original battery from way back then. Considering yours has already been replaced with a more modern one it's nothing to worry about. And the 12 cycle count on your MBP will be genuine.

 

[Combat squirrel]

What is more likely. Your MBP keyboard failed (as is very common with this gen of MBP) and then they replaced the top case (includes speakers, keyboard, touchpad + battery).

This program will be for people who still have the original battery from way back then. Considering yours has already been replaced with a more modern one it's nothing to worry about. And the 12 cycle count on your MBP will be genuine.

Which means apple knew this a year ago and only just announced the program, dodgy.

 

[Mason-]

Which means apple knew this a year ago and only just announced the program, dodgy.

No... They recorded that they replaced your battery a year ago with a safer one and that's logged against your serial. They know it's safe because it's not the original one, it's a different one without the issue. The original batch of batteries must have had some manufacturing defect.

A: enter serial number, is it within the time range for the problem? Yes, go to B. No, go to D
B: has the battery been replaced with a newer safer one in the past? Yes, go to D. No, go to C
C: you need a new battery. End.
D: you don't need a new battery. End.

 

[dirtybeatfreak]

This only affects mid 2015 15inch Macbook Pros (which were sold through to 2017). The turnaround time is currently 2-3 weeks. It also will be mailed to an Apple repair centre in CZ if you bring it to Apple store/ASP in the UK.

 

[Alpherah]

The fact the purchase date range is so large is the odd thing .
Suspect it means it was a large batch of batteries from a specific supplier