Battery punctiliously Leaked - Hazard? micro volcano - + dent in backcover

No Chance. private person on local marketplace - no private guarantee or refunds whatsoever unfortunately.

But this isn’t the actual issue here: But the above comment mentions it correctly: no matter what this battery has caused it: it needs to be taken proper care of and recycled obviously: but the laptop went to Apple twice (!) already and they claim these tiny piercings are just water stains or something and not an issue: but obviously the overall fluid stains do look like it came from the batterie that leaked - not sugar or corrosion or anything as far as I compared images.

My best guess is that there might have been a water damage at first that resulted in an immediate shutdown. But then the user probably did not dry it long enough and tried to turn in on again shortly after maybe and max have even put an USB-C charger in the drained machine again maybe. Resulting in an attempt to charge the battery or something like that 🤷

but the thing is: I don’t know and probably won’t find out.

so I still need similar examples of this kind of damage, as this does not seem to happen often. Usually batteries tend to change their shape etc but I have not seen tiny volcanos ever before.

I am located in a country where this does not seem to apply as this usually isn’t the issue in my experience (I have been buying second hand / on eBay etc almost my entire life and rarely buy in store or new at all and never heared of this). As long as I have the original receipt and the product itself

of course. And it is also a strong reason to bid for a product if it still is covered!

But thanks anyhow on your reply.

I am ok if they actually don’t repair or replace anything but someone has to come up with a valid explanation how this was even possible. I went around town in a few repair shops today and showed them the pictures and none of them had ever had ever seen a battery that did such a punctual discharge that looked this way. And definitely would have not expected this was actually the current M2 Air…

so, any experts around?

I did not know when I bought it of course! But even if (!) why should I not want to try to get it working or at least to actually figure out why the battery has leaked (and why everyone pretends as if this was a typical water damage or anything) - it clearly is not - that’s the point. I mean, I even had one person in a repair shop try to convince me that this wasn’t punctured but actually some “sugars in the liquid that has been spilled that must have concentrated on those spots and that it isnt anything to worry about and the battery would be fine…while he desperately was trying to rub and scratch them away with his fingers 😬.

I mean, come on, how much does it take until someone who actually has seen this kind of a battery discharge before is able to approve or disapprove that all of the “watermarks” indeed actually are battery fluid stains from within the machine. Meaning the liquid source might actually have been the battery itself.

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also, why is none of the LCI Liquid Indicators next to the stains has flipped/turned red?

Thank you so much. Appreciate it a lot. I was starting to actually believe that I was starting to get delusional. Thanks for confirming that this actually is a pierced/punctured battery indeed even though one can only actually see that rupture using a microscope or macro lense, and indeed not just sugar or a smudge that should be rubbed/cleaned away🙏

Have a great day