Formatting alone won't cure bad sectors. By running scandisk you tag the bad sectors and the OS should be smart enough to not use them.
The concern probably is that if the device is that new and had no trauma then the number of bad sectors will continue to grow between scandisks and thus make it harder for the OS.
Getting the mfr to replace the drive is a good thing.
I shouldn't have posted, when I searched new posts the original post came up and I missed the date.
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