After Installing MacOs Ventura my battery became "service recommended" so I bought new one, this is my 3rd 3rd battery installed on my 2017 MacBook Pro, after installing new battery its still says "service recommended" then I blame the new bat as defective. I bought another new one, and still "service recommended"? is anyone experiencing the same problem?
Some non Apple brand right? You've already spent more than you would have if you'd had Apple replace the battery. Of course they might not on a 2017 for various reasons.
Non Apple batteries do not meet Apple's acceptance criteria and are substandard.
after the factory battery I've been using 3rd party batteries already replaced 2 of it, no problem at all, until MacOs Ventura came, I'm not sure really if its the OS but I try another new battery same thing.
2018 I bought the laptop 2019 battery bloated I changed it to 3rd party battery, until 2021, the battery is not charging, so I change it to another 3rd party no problem even installing all Macos updates, then I installed MacOs Ventura, first 3 days it was good condition, after that it became service recommended the cycle count only 67, I bought another 3rd party battery same thing so I ask for a refund I tot the battery is damage, then I bought another one and have it replaced by a technician, but same thing.. then I installed 3rd party battery checker coconut battery and from their reading its all good.. not really a big issue if Im still gonna use the laptop for another year or so, what if I'm going to sell this one? hahaha
Unfortunately the quality of third party Lithium Batteries is extremely poor even when purchased from a reputable vendor. Even if you get a good third party battery, there is no guarantee that macOS or the Apple Diagnostics will register the third party battery's health properly. I know from decades of personal experience support thousands of our organization's Apple laptops, that many third party batteries will not pass the Apple Diagnostics.
Generally the battery is the weakest link regardless if OEM or third party, but especially when third party.
FYI, I recently installed a third party battery into an older Retina laptop which Apple no longer supports. The battery was purchased from one of the two respected vendors when it comes to Macs and repairing your own devices. The battery at first did not pass the Apple Diagnostic although macOS saw the battery's condition as "Normal", but later passed the Apple Diagnostic (so it is not consistent, or maybe the diagnostic did see a problem....you never know without a good baseline which I did not have at the time). However, the capacity of the battery dropped significantly during the calibration process, then dropped even more after the second calibration attempt. The battery would run for hours without issue, but would power off instead of entering hibernation mode when reaching about 10% charge remaining.
The vendor replaced the battery under warranty for us, but it took a week to receive it. The warranty replacement seems to be doing well, but I have no idea how well it will hold up over time. We haven't used third party batteries in our organization's Macs for many many years due to these issues since we had a lot of failures previously, but this time circumstances had us try a third party battery since we needed the laptop and I wanted to see how the third party batteries from these two vendors are holding up these days. So far, vendor#1 not so good.
This is why I will always choose an OEM battery whenever they are available and will always recommend others to do the same. I do understand that Apple's battery pricing (recently increased) is not very attractive especially for older Macs.....for "Vintage" Macs the battery will likely be unavailable if it is for a laptop model where the battery is glued to the underside of the Top Case Assembly.
Unfortunately when using a third party Lithium battery, you will most likely experience these types of issues more often than not. I don't know whether your battery actually has a problem, or whether the battery just isn't providing the information macOS needs to assess the battery. Contact the seller and/or the battery manufacturer for assistance.
Battery Service Recommended on MacOs Ventura
