MBA 2013 Rattle ?

[DJTaurus]

Today i noticed a rattling noise when i lay my hands on the metal area below the keyboard.... the noise comes from the metal area right of the trackpad... is that a reason to send it back and aks for a new one?.... the purchase was made from amazon and i am still on warranty.

 

[Unnak]

I have a very similar problem with my Macbook Pro w/Retina. I'm thinking of getting it repaired though, I payed for a premium product and I expect to have a premium experience. I suggest that you do the same.

 

[EdgardasB]

Today i noticed a rattling noise when i lay my hands on the metal area below the keyboard.... the noise comes from the metal area right of the trackpad... is that a reason to send it back and aks for a new one?.... the purchase was made from amazon and i am still on warranty.

Have same issue. Went to Apple service center and they said that it is design flaw and they can't repair.

 

[abta1]

Rattling noise? Is the laptop moving? A rattling noise kind of implies something is moving and inside the laptop afaik it's only the fan.

 

[DJTaurus]

Rattling noise? Is the laptop moving? A rattling noise kind of implies something is moving and inside the laptop afaik it's only the fan.

nothing moving inside.... just a clicky sound when you lay your hands on the metal surface (on the right of the trackpad).

 

[SmOgER]

It's either the keyboard (loose space key?) or trackpad mechanism. Shouldn't be that hard to pinpoint the source.

 

[yangchewren]

nothing moving inside.... just a clicky sound when you lay your hands on the metal surface (on the right of the trackpad).

There is a well documented fix on this... look up loctite. You can solve it with 4 bucks and a minimal amount of elbow grease.

A warning of whats to come:

And in the numerous threads you can find this fix in you will see a rough thread structure of whiners saying this: "Premium product: not going to use paper-mache/macaroni card method to solve this. Apple should fix it. I will break my hands just doing my own repair cos I'm a wuss and weakshit... etc"