A1707 Macbook Pro 15 2016 keyboard randomly repeats the "R" key.

I've had the same problem and even had my 'n' key replaced, store rep tells me to schedule for full keyboard replacement. I haven't gotten around to it yet, but I've discovered that if i turn off key repeat in keyboard settings the problem stops and is a viable workaround. Changing the repeat speed also seems to help...

Another weird thing I noticed was that if I hold the key and swivel around on it with my finger, I can get it to repeat continuously. Symbol keys seem to do the same thing while all other alpha keys do not do this.

I have the same issue with the letter b that types a double or triple b every 10 times I use it, and my key repeat is not working, I went to the genius bar, they were very helpful, however I just realized that I will be doing a mistake to do what he recommended after reading this thread. He suggested I re install the OS and all the files and software one by one.. not by doing a restore since it's a software issue. I guess the key repeat will work if I do that, but not the b repeating, since on a test account we opened the key repeat didn't work either, but on the guest login it worked... but once again, I think the key repeating is not software related, and resetting vram and smc didn't solve it...

I too have a similar issue but with the space bar. Sometimes it will double or triple enter. AppleCare walked through the standard troubleshooting, restart, reset NVRAM, new user account, etc. Then a reboot into recovery mode to rule out OS level events, issue still persists. So these issues ARE hardware related, not software. Since my unit is a custom build off to the repair center it goes.

What a piece of crap.

The engineers view point (and edict) was thin, thin, thin, how thin CAN we make it but didn't stop to think if we SHOULD make it this thin. How robust is this design? It's a laptop, built for portability, yet this design requires the laptop to run in sealed enviroment.

I used to think Apple hardware had a superior level of engineering, that view is quickly vanishing.

Sad, so sad.

--Aaron

I'm having the same issue but with my 'N' key.

Resetting the NVRAM and SMC didn't fix it 😟

Try using solution which was posted by user "goloveychuk" on page 1. I'm using it for a few weeks now, problem with my "b" is gone.

GitHub - goloveychuk/ButterflyFixer: Workaround for macbook pro 2016+ double key pressing problem

i refuse to corrct typopss in this opst due to my keeyboard malfunctioning:

i hav ethe samee issue. obviousuly. and of course appl esays thy are enot awar eof this issu.e it is driving m emad. i cannot do what i need to do. i have ea lot of work to get donee and this i smaking it take 20xx timse longre.

for m eit'ss my "e", "s", "p", "b" kyes

Having the same problem but with the left arrow key. Upgrading to 10.12.4 didn't solve the issue. Haven't tried the other solutions though

Same issue, but with my "d" and "k" keys.