In better news - I got Apple to replace the battery in a 9 year old MacBook Pro

[mattkime]

There was a recall on the battery. If I remember correctly, some swelled....which is bad. I kept the recall in my back pocket all these years. Recently the OS was complaining that the battery was 'used up' and I figure I shouldn't wait too much longer. I'm not sure how much longer Apple will have parts for a 2015 macbook pro.

Nice little victory among more expensive problems. (see thread below)

[mrbigstuff]

Hmm just bought a 2015 MBP and was unaware of the battery issue. Any links to the situation?

[mattkime]

https://support.apple.com/15-inch-macboo...ery-recall

[special]

I am surprised, they usually declare stuff vintage after 7 years.

[ka jowct]

Hmmm. I didn’t know about the battery issue. I had the battery in my 2015 MBP replaced about a year ago at Simple Mac. It didn’t occur to me to take it to the Apple Store. I discovered that the battery had gone puffy when I opened it to see about replacing the drive with a bigger one.

[special]

Simple Mac didn't know about the recall?

[JoeH]

special wrote:
Simple Mac didn't know about the recall?

Authorized service providers may not check for such things, just charge you for the repair and materials.

[ka jowct]

special wrote:
Simple Mac didn't know about the recall?

Apparently not. I'd already needed to have the logic board replaced on that MBP, when Rossmann's was still here in NYC. It was a refurb I bought late in 2018. I vaguely recall checking the serial against a list of models affected by some issue, probably the battery. Mine wasn't on the list.

[hal]

special wrote:
Simple Mac didn't know about the recall?

in my exp, many apple reps don't know about recalls unless they look it up and there was one or two that needed a bit more prodding.

[special]

I wonder if you can file for a refund from Apple, assuming you still have the receipts from SimpleMac.