Tesla recalls cars with faulty screen components designed to last ‘5-6 years’

Following a prolonged and arduous battle with regulators over claims of faulty touchscreen systems in older cars, Tesla has issued a recall of almost 135,000 Model S and Model X electric vehicles in the US. The recall only applies to cars produced before March 2018 that are equipped with an 8GB embedded MultiMediaCard (eMMC) that … Read more

Married At First Sight’s Jules Robinson slams Kmart for faulty purchase

Married At First Sight star Jules Robinson slams Kmart after claiming to have bought faulty solar power lights… as she tells fans ‘don’t waste your money’ at the retail giant By Louise Starkey For Daily Mail Australia Published: 06:17 GMT, 12 January 2021 | Updated: 06:17 GMT, 12 January 2021 Jules Robinson has lashed out … Read more

Iguana escapes blaze on top of a fireman’s helmet after faulty heat mat sets owner’s house alight 

Iguana escapes blaze on top of a fireman’s helmet after faulty heat mat in its cage set its owner’s house alight Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service team called to house alight Iguana decided to escape flames by hitching a ride on the firefighter’s helmet  Blaze was believed to have been started by the lizard’s heat … Read more

Why hasn’t Currys PC World given me a refund for faulty MacBook Pro?

I ordered an Apple 13 inch MacBook Pro at a cost of £1,179.99 from Currys PC World through my business account on 26 November which arrived on 29 November. I returned it because it was faulty. An Apple technician confirmed and said Currys could refund or replace it because I had it less than 14 … Read more

Why hasn’t Currys PC World given me a refund for faulty MacBook Pro?

I ordered an Apple 13 inch MacBook Pro at a cost of £1,179.99 from Currys PC World through my business account on 26 November which arrived on 29 November. I returned it because it was faulty. An Apple technician confirmed and said Currys could refund or replace it because I had it less than 14 … Read more

Ford Kuga hybrid fault: Thousands need faulty battery packs replaced

Thousands of recalled Ford Kuga hybrid cars to have faulty battery packs replaced after seven of the SUVs caught FIRE while charging Some 1,800 UK Puma PHEVs and 27,000 globally have been called back by Ford It says that ‘cell contamination in the drive battery system’ caused the issued UK models should be fixed by … Read more

I bought a faulty hot tub from eBay, can I get my money back?

I was pestered by my family to buy a hot tub as we weren’t going on holiday this year, but I couldn’t find one anywhere, except on eBay. I bought a Lay-Z-Spa Maldives tub in mid-June for £1,425, with an advertised 24-month warranty, which turned up five days later. It arrived clearly new and unopened, … Read more

Sweden uncovers 3,700 false positives from faulty Chinese-made coronavirus test kits 

Sweden uncovers 3,700 false positives from faulty Chinese-made coronavirus test kits Sweden said the PCR kits were from a Chinese company called BGI Genomics   The testing kits were used by Swedes between the months of March and August Mostly, ‘people who had mild symptoms or who didn’t feel any symptoms at the time of the … Read more

Whose crazy idea was my faulty 9ft-high smart meter?

Whose crazy idea was my faulty 9ft-high smart meter? I’d need a pogo stick to read it, says furious pensioner By Toby Walne for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:32 BST, 1 August 2020 | Updated: 22:56 BST, 1 August 2020 When Joy Thomas was told she needed her energy meter replaced five years ago … Read more

CeX customers left out of pocket after tech firm delivers faulty items

A number of shoppers have been left out of pocket after purchasing items from the second-hand tech store, CeX that haven’t turned up, according to an exclusive report for This is Money by Which?. Some customers, including key workers, have reported receiving faulty items according to the consumer group, while others have not received online … Read more