MacBook Pro 15" battery exploded

[jkeep]

Hi,

Last week I went to use my 2008 Macbook Pro & the mouse wouldnt
work so I left it and thought I would look at it when I had more time.
Then the next day I went to use it again & it was wobbly on the table.
When I tuned it over it looked like the battery had exploded ( see
pictures) The battery is a genuine apple replacement about 18 months
old. The battery had been pushing on the mouse & case.
I took the battery out in amazement & took it to the Apple shop but
they just said it was out of warranty & it would be £120 to replace.

Has anybody had this problem before or know whats caused it? this
is the 3rd apple replacement battery I have had but I,m reluctant to
spend another £120 so does anybody know where i can get a good
quality replacement battery, preferably from the UK. its model No
A1175

Many Thanks,

Jeff

 

[bigjnyc]

whoa that looks scary. I dont know about UK but here in the states you can usually alert all the apple blogs about something like that and one of them should pick it up and run a story, which would probably get Apple's attention. Also try calling up apple corporate on the phone and emailing tim cooks email address. Make sure you include pictures.

 

[thundersteele]

Google "mac expanding battery" or something like that and you will find plenty of similar pictures. Mine ended up looking like this as well. This might have been news-worthy a few years ago, but not anymore.

Unfortunately the non-unibody batteries are not very good. In my opinion Apple should replace them for free since their performance and durability is laughable. But there is not much you can do. I'm also not aware of any good alternatives.