Q: All of my friends who are using MBA mid-2012 have SSD failures.

Guys, if you got Toshiba SSD for replacement, you gotta be aware. My SSD died AGAIN exactly the same way!! So my MBA died for second time 3 months after replacement

Well I reformatted the SSD, re-installed the OS and checked my S.M.A.R.T status.. and it indicated many failing & prefail level status for various attributes.

And today... I got the question mark folder again! SSD died again! and this time it's affecting other parts too maybe.

It makes my MBA really slow to boot up (when i press option when I turn it on, the options appear after 1~2 minutes)

and when I run the internet recovery, it manages to boot up but the Internet Recovery does not respond at all for anything. It's just stuck so I really don't know what to do right now.

I am so frustrated with this problem...... I might wanna consider contacting various medias regarding this problem.

You need to leave the laptop for around half an hour for it to respond. My machine had the same issue when I tried to fix it. I couldn't make it do anything and ended up leaving it alone for a little while and eventually I could force it to install the OS to a USB so I could boot my machine, but I couldn't do anything else with it really. I also think the hard drive falier was also an indicator of another problem with the machine because of how badly it was responding to simple things. Even with the USB in, it took a long time for me to be able to log in each time I booted it up (it was fine once I got past the log in screen but I still had to wait a while for the keyboard and mouse to respond).

Have same problem here.

I changed my MacbookAir 2012, 128GB Toshiba SSD about 3 weeks ago when my warranty was ended about 2 weeks before..

although my warranty was ended, i called Apple Official call center and i explained that i have check Apple Hardware Test in front of Official AS Center(Korea does NOT have Apple Store of Genius Bar.. it's so sad) when warranty was not ended, and the engineer said it has no problem!

Then they said me to repair it in free of charge, and i waited 3 weeks cuz SSD was lack of quantity all over the world.

I have sold my MacbookAir and bought MacbookPro Retina 13".. cuz i was afraid of DEATH of SSD.

this problem *****....

My 2012 MacBook Air SSD was broken as well in mid September...

Howecer,cuz my air was water spoiled before,so i lost my warranty.

Is it possible that we claim a compensation to APPLE?

Cuz it really is the problem of SSD repair parts!!!

@Y_HB

The number is 512555615. Maybe you should try and require a new MBA too.

Very bad to hear your new SSD failed too =/ ... Hope this helps!

Any offical update from apple about this? It is really bad that an SSD can die in less than 15 month. I have 128GB ssd Toshiba MBA 2012.

Same model, same drive. Also failed after 13 months of use, just after the warranty finished. Who said SSD is reliable?!

I bought md231 in the US, this year I was back China.

The ssd failed last night after I upgraded the system and reboot while I was opening a video. It never came back again, same question mark-- internet recovery failed-- disk 32KB...

It is obviously the quality problem according to so many complaints!

My Mac was out of warranty 2months , and there is no apple store in this city, the aurtherised fixer wanted to charge me 5000 yuan!!!!!! Almost 800+ dollars ! Shoot!

I think I will send it to my friend in Beijing and try the luck in Genius Bar...

Due to so many lost of my documents, and so many issues about mid 2012 MBA. If they won't fix it without charge, I may never buy Mac... Despite that I was a big fan owns iPods, iPhone before.

Yep my MBA mid 2012 displayed the Gray ? Folder of death screen. I did all the tips and tricks but still could not see my local SSD. Good thing I have a Time Machine Backup. Anyway..thanks to everyone especially Superman because of his posting about using Amex to buy it and will get an additional year of extended warranty. This is my only saving grace. My MBA 2012 is out of warranty for at least 3 months. Will be going to see the Genuises tomorrow to put the official stamp that this is a SSD problem. My trust in their product will be questioned after this incident.

So, I went to the Apple Store, and they agreed to exchange the SSD for free nevertheless my Air was 2 months out of warranty. I've been expecting the quality from Apple - and am not disappointed. Keep it up guys!

Are u chinese ? I am chinese ,i bought my mac air 231 at china ,now i am in us,same problem.这个在美国苹果店可以帮着修嘛？最近回不了国阿，急求方法阿？

I have the same problem, 

the solution is to change the SSD?

MBA (mid-2012) SSD failure

Corrupt SSD on 2012 MBA?

mba 2012 13 128gb.

Pretty similar issue, 3 months after warranty expired. Not sure if Apple has any exception for the ssd warranty for the 2012 mba. I am in Melbourne, Australia.

Sad.

Yep... same problem here... about 3 months out of warranty, the 128GB SSD on my mid 2012 macbook air died (my MBA was crashing all the time and, after two trips to the Genius bar and multiple re-installs of the OS, the problem was finally diagnosed).

Big waste of time and money.  I loved my MBA but it is the shortest lived laptop I have ever owned (and this includes Acer products).  Bought a 13 inch Macbook Pro Retina to replace it (hope it wasn't a mistake).

So your mba is out of warranty but still got replacement for the ssd?

Can I ask where you are?

I am in Australia and will go to Apple Store to talk about the solution. Just wonder if I can ask for the free replacement for the ssd even though my mba is out of warranty.

Thanks mate.