Battery expanding out of its casing after only 2 years of normal use.

Has anyone experienced a battery expanding out of its casing after only 2 years of normal use? Apple (Genius Bar) state that batteries for Macbooks are only guaranteed for 1 year, and I'm not happy with that answer. I do not have Applecare. I'm not sure where to take my complaint?
Thanks.

You can get a battery for about $33 on eBay
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Quote from: Bas on 04-January-12, 00:35:29
Harddisks do break, happens more often then you think.
There isn't much to explain about it.
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500GB SSD
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It even hangs under safe boot.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1446
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I love my MSI Platinum,but do previous MSI owners stay with MSI, or go over to ASUS for any better bells and whistles?
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Log Name:      Application
Source:        Windows Error Reporting
Date:          2/12/2014 10:19:46 PM
Event ID:      1001
Task Category: None
Level:         Information
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      Dell-Laptop
Description:
Fault bucket 150224737, type 4
Event Name: APPCRASH
Response: Not available
Cab Id: 0
Problem signature:
P1: Adobe Premiere Pro.exe
P2: 7.2.1.4
P3: 52aed7f3
P4: amdocl64.dll
P5: 10.0.1268.1
P6: 52125a8f
P7: c0000005
P8: 0000000000167796
P9:
P10:
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C:\Users\Roy\AppData\Local\Temp\WER9DF8.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml
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Analysis symbol:
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Report Status: 0
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Event ID:      1000
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Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      Dell-Laptop
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Faulting package full name:
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1st, Premiere Pro questions go to http://forums.adobe.com/community/premiere
2nd, what you need to provide when you get there PPro Information FAQ http://forums.adobe.com/message/4200840
3rd, does your laptop have DUAL graphics adapters?
-http://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/kb/error---preludevideo-play-modules.html
-http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1001579
-Use BIOS http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1019004?tstart=0
-link to why http://forums.adobe.com/message/4685328
-http://www.anandtech.com/show/4839/mobile-gpu-faceoff-amd-dynamic-switchable-graphics-vs-n vidia-optimus-technology/2
4th, For Windows, do NOT rely on Windows Update to have current driver information
-you need to go direct to the vendor web site and check updates for yourself
ATI Driver Autodetect http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/auto-detect-tool
nVidia Driver Downloads http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
Last... do not reply here... you need the Premiere Pro forum

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