HT3053 Is Apple replacing pre 2008 17" MacBook Pro bad battery?

Battery has grown to about 2", is Apple replacing bad MacBook Pro battery?

Call Apple and ask them.  It's done on a case by case basis.

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      Model Identifier:          MacBookPro5,1
      Processor Name:          Intel Core 2 Duo
      Processor Speed:          2.4 GHz
      Number of Processors:          1
      Total Number of Cores:          2
      L2 Cache:          3 MB
      Memory:          8 GB
      Bus Speed:          1.07 GHz
      Boot ROM Version:          MBP51.007E.B06
      SMC Version (system):          1.33f8
      Serial Number (system):          73******1G0
      Hardware UUID:          ****
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    NVidia MCP79 AHCI:
      Vendor:          NVidia
      Product:          MCP79 AHCI
      Link Speed:          3 Gigabit
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      Model:          ST1000LM014-1EJ164                     
      Revision:          SM11   
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      Native Command Queuing:          Yes
      Queue Depth:          32
      Removable Media:          No
      Detachable Drive:          No
      BSD Name:          disk0
      Rotational Rate:          5400
      Medium Type:          Rotational
      Partition Map Type:          GPT (GUID Partition Table)
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      BSD Name:          disk0s1
      Content:          EFI
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      Available:          130.51 GB (130,505,502,720 bytes)
      Writable:          Yes
      File System:          Journaled HFS+
      BSD Name:          disk0s2
      Mount Point:          /
      Content:          Apple_HFS
    <Edited By Host>

    Hi Mike,
    I am not sure it is same issue if drive is not even recognized.  But I would not give up hope.  I know my late 2008 MacBookPro5,1 has this problem even though it was designed to work at SATA II 3 Gbit/second.  It may be possible that your 2009 model has a similar issue.
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    Apple icon
    About This Mac
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    -Ed
    <Edited By Host>

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