Popping Sound, MBP 2016

The authorized repair center just called me back. Told me they can’t reproduce the sound. They’ll need more time with it. Not sure what else I should tell them to do.

It’s been over a week now without a computer...

This is also happening with my 13" MacBook Pro with Touch Bar. It is completely random, happens when I'm opening and closing the display, typing, using the trackpad, picking up the laptop while open or closed. It doesn't seem to matter what I've been doing on the laptop, it is very annoying and happens often. Apple does not do anything about this issue and I will be asking for further assistance until my issue is resolved.

Thank you, I follow your suggestion. I just called them again and book another appointment for another genius guy. Because they said they could not overrule the current technicians findings. (HELLOWW??)

So they still refuse that this is a "known issue". I told the Apple Support to read this thread to ensure that many people experience it and it's a big deal,,,, and the response is hilarious.

"That is a discussion thread for customers to right about their experience, this is in no way indicating a “known issue” or a hardware failure"

I believe it's because there are not many of MBP 2016/2017 15 inch being sold out there compared to the whole mac lines. And this issue only happens in 15 inch design (AFAIK).

Best of luck!

Hey there. I also have this pop sound problem. Mine is MacBook Pro 2016 2.6Ghz. In our country there's no official apple customer service or store or so. So can I take it to nearest apple like maybe in Beijing,China? Notebook was bought in Korea.

I have the same problem when tilt the lap from left to right with lid opened or up and down with the lid closed.

I bought my 2017 rMBP i5, 13.3" with 256gb only 2 weeks ago and the problem arisen today !!

I see the problem is common to many customers... Apple says it is a design problem, but why do not solve it !??

i do not want a fix on display or the fixes that does not solve the problem !

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I solved the issue by buying the new mbp yesterday ))) Gave the popping one to my wife -- she said she's totally ok with these sounds.

And yes, to be honest, it's embracing for Apple officials to be acting like this.

THIS IS AN ASSEMBLY ISSUE — and such a great company must accept it and replace the broken models all over the world for free of course.

I think apple should start display replacing programm for those suffering this problem as i can see a lot of folks have same issue as mine. Before they started programm for macbook who has stain issues with display why they cant do with us same? To start fixing our problems? Apple ??????

I have the same issue. I've done everything Apple said to do over the phone, did remote connect and they played with it, took it in to the store for service and of course...it didn't do it. Worked like a champ in the store. Speaker "popped" as soon as i got home. Ive tried everything....

its a sound card/software issue...Apple please investigate!

Sounds like this should be a recall and because they can be costly corporations like Apple will do anything possible to avoid this. I just wanted my computer replaces it was very expensive and they won't help so now I will do my best to make sure that the thousands of people with this issue are heard.

Can anyone explain to me how to make Apple aware of this problem and how to at least have an answer from them?
That is, if you can read this because it won't be ruled off topic and canceled like my last post..?

So I left my MBP at the Apple store on Wednesday and got an email yesterday that it was ready for pickup. Around 3 days total. Much faster than anticipated.

The good news: no poppinng sound so far. Only the display was replaced. My right USB ports have been replaced and seem to be workinng fine.

The bad news: New issues have arisenn. Notice how there's a bunch of "nn" typos which I left intentionally. The "N" key works sporadically and when it does, it sometimes doubles up. Reset the SMC and PRAM, ran Onyx, the issue is still there. My "5" key wasn't even working properly out of the box but it seems to fine now. Anything else I should try out?

There's a small dent in onne of the corners which clearly wasnn't there, as if it's been bumped, as well as scuffs around where the screws are located on the bottom case. Wish I would've taken photos before sending it in as I take extremely care of my stuff and there was no cosmetic damage. On the estimation sheet it even said "Cosmetic Condition: Nothing to mention.". Withoutanny proof though it looks like this is a lost cause.

Since the nearest Apple Store is an hour away, I'll have to wait until next week to bring it in again if the "N" key issue doesn't fade away.

All in all, not the happiest camper. Don't know yet if I should request to replace the whole machine.

Currently apple is just telling to reset smc or so. The problem is within the display. When you turning on your MBP sound comes from electricity of display. I can't explain this as I am not so much expert in these hardware things.

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In the first month of using my new MBP 2017 popping sound apperar's only on left side of case, now its popping both side and it's even worse. Its only three month after purchase date and it's ridiculous.

That's correct dealmaker. I can reproduce the popping sound when i the lid is opened and i push the lid from behind in the bottom middle area. It is very frustrating as it happens itself after some time of opening the lid. When it's completely quiet in the apartment, it can make you jump on the chair. It may seem funny, but such things definitely shouldn't happen in such expensive equipment. The build quality shall be perfect - as it was in the past. Hope Apple will recognize this flaw and starts repair program regarding this issue.

I have been using the 2016 MacBook Pro with touch bar for more than 6 months now, but this problem started recently. My computer hasn't had any physical damage, but yet again I started having this sound.