Owners are complaining about backlight problems in the macbook pro 2016 and later possibly because of the cable connection design.
Macbook pro 2017 display cable problem.
Though this flexgate problem is so far only found to be associated with the touch bar models of the macbook pro ifixit found a similar display cable setup in the recently revamped.
Released june 2017 this macbook pro features kaby lake processors up to the 2 8 ghz quad core intel core i7 processor with turbo boost up to 3 8 ghz.
Macbook pro screen cable issues spawn flexgate petition.
According to repair site ifixit which first highlighted the problem 2016 and later macbook pro machines are using thin fragile display flex cables that are prone to malfunctioning with.
Macbook pro 15 touch bar 2017.
Apple has slightly lengthened a cable in the 2018 macbook pro that was said to be responsible for the stage lighting problem in the 2016 and 2017 macbook pro.
Normally the cables would be separate and easily replaceable 6 parts but apple permanently attached them to the macbook pro s lcd screen and quotes users a 600 fee to replace the entire.