Bummer, spilled water on my MacBook Pro 16

[ctjack]

It says that, yes, but I don't recall it doing so when I bought it. I was surprised because I was expecting to have to download and run an application or something. That is, unless they ran it silently and in the background using Safari, but I have no idea how.

Well i was surprised when i took my 1st gen SE to Apple store. They have ran some tests on their own Iphones (in special case to make it more than just an iPhone). So my iPhone was laying down still and nothing was happening on it.
But iPhones of the service worker had a tons of information going around and checking everything. SO they even knew the exact moments when my iPhone failed to receive charging. They gave me a new iPhone then. Just because their software have proven my words: phone fails to charge above 1%.
This is highly possible, that you even won't notice on your side, but they will have proper tests performed virtually.

 

[darkmatter343]

Even if it’s within 60 days they make you run a diagnostic test on the computer when purchasing.

That's not always true... my kids iPad was completely smashed, wouldn't turn on, and the Apple Store Employee told me to walk outside his store, sign up for Apple Care plus and come back in 24hrs. So I did exactly that, and I purchased apple care using my iPhone with the iPad SN, and it never asked to run a drag on the thing... granted this is an iPad I'm talking about and not a $2500 computer... but worth a try.

 

[chengengaun]

That's not always true... my kids iPad was completely smashed, wouldn't turn on, and the Apple Store Employee told me to walk outside his store, sign up for Apple Care plus and come back in 24hrs. So I did exactly that, and I purchased apple care using my iPhone with the iPad SN, and it never asked to run a drag on the thing... granted this is an iPad I'm talking about and not a $2500 computer... but worth a try.

Now that's being customer centric

Looks like the diagnostics can be a game of chance from the accounts here so far.

 

[Apple_Robert]

I wouldn’t mess around trying to get it repaired. Even if Apple could replace certain parts, it will probably have more underlying problems later on. Bite the bullet and buy a new computer. If you don’t already have AC+, it isn’t right to try and purchase it after the fact of this damage, in my opinion. Do the right thing.