Repeated logic board failures on 2018 MacBook Pro

You are probably right about the extended Apple Care. I did not get one. I have another Macbook Pro (an one year earlier model) that exhibited a stage light effect on the bottom of the screen after one year and 5 months. When I took it to Apple, they said the whole screen and top lid had to be replaced for a hefty sum. I did not have the budget for it but eventually, they issued a recall because they got more and more of the same complaint. I am hoping this happens with our Macbook Pro. It has already happened with the logic boards of Macbook Air

Yeah I’ve decided to repair my logic board at a local shop.

I called apple about the issue and she said the logic board problem with the newer macs is a common issue, but apple has not recognized it.

Pretty rediculous in my opinion.

Good Luck

Apple DOES investigate the reasons for failures that end up back at their depots for repair. When failures seem high, they spare no expense to find the reasons behind the failures, including examining every component, sometimes with a strong microscope peering inside chips and sawing boards in half to look at board construction and solder joints.

When their analysis are complete, they sometimes issue a recall. Because they know exactly which failures and exactly what the causes were, and exactly which Macs built during which weeks were affected, they will sometimes include the ones built the week BEFORE yours was built. This can be extremely frustrating, but it says that although there was a problem it did not apply to your specific Mac, and if you have a failure that seems the same, yours is down to bad luck, not the well-researched defect.

My 2018 MacPro 13” just stopped working few days ago, when I took it to a repairshop, I was told the motherboard was fried out of the blue. No water spills, drops or powers surges in my area that would have caused the issue. The computer is just only 26 months, unfortunately out of warranty, but it is incredible how unreliable these newer models have turned out. Due to work, I had to immediately replace it with a 2020MBAIr, which I am starting to be concerned, if I will give up after 2 years of use. I still have a 2012 MacbookPro and it is still running, and that one did have a logic board replacement.

I am genuinely sorry you have had such Bad Luck. There is nothing Readers can do to repair your confidence in the product except to assure you that your single sample does NOT represent a TREND.

Apple made around 20 million Macs last year, and your bad experience with a sample of one does not move the needle on reliability in the slightest. It is not statistically significant.

When Consumer Reports magazine polls their members in their annual survey, Apple computers and Apple service have been the highest rated (compared to any other company) for many years running.

I experienced this also with my 2018 MBP. It just won't turn on anymore. Mac Service Center diagnosed it as a logic board failure and it costs me PHP45,000 to repair/replace. It's very disappointing because I was only able to use it for a year and a half. Hope this gets to Apple. I know a lot of people here in the Philippines who experienced the same problem and we think it's a bit unfair. This laptop is so expensive.

My MBP 15" Touch Bar 2018 has the same problem. Working one day, I leave it in the sleep mode, in the next day it didn't turn on, no charge, nothing.

I took it to third-party assistance, since the Apple Store is closed due to the COVID pandemic. They diagnosed a failure of the logic board and the same was replaced with the touch ID, all for Apple Care. Zero cost.

I am afraid because the replaced board is the same, and there is no feedback to correct the problem. Just as you think that the entire new Macbook line, since 2017, may have this problem.

Apple Care ends next year, what to do? That is the question.

I have my Macbook 2018 Model, out of nowhere my laptop just starting to glitch then it turns off and when I turn it on, my screen is black with with vertical little lights. I agree that apple shpuld take responsibility for this. A RECALL PROGRAM Apple please!

I’m from Mexico.

Download the support app, there all your apple products will appear.

Start a ticket & ask to be contacted, they will call you

Apple made sure my MacBook showed no damage with the service shop.

After two days they called me back to let me know Apple was taking care

What model is yours? What year? Is it also the logic board?

Best of luck

It's sad that only a few of us got the chance to have it repaired for FREE even if it's out of warranty. Apple just gave my MBP a week ago and only gave me three months for the warranty, which I believe is too short.

Anyway, I emailed them several times and messaged them, asking what caused the logic board to fail so early. NO ONE GAVE ME AN ANSWER. They are all quiet on the issue and are playing it safe.

I'm grateful for the free logic board but I still STRONGLY BELIEVE that they should issue a recall program, just to be fair for everyone. This machine is so EXPENSIVE only to have a lifespan of 2 years. Note that I never dropped it nor dropped any liquid on it.

All my files were lost, including my clients', during the repair because they had to format it before repairing it. It's just UNBELIEVABLE.

Fala Murilo,

Acho que você só *** conseguir resolver seu problema na loja oficial da Apple no Village Mall, na Barra, porém ela está fechada devido a questão do COVID, só depois que abrir. Lá sua chance pode ser maior de reparo. O meu foi via Apple Cara em Laranjeiras, na Solução Digital.

Abraços.