16 Epically Terrible Product Malfunctions

Sometimes you can buy a product that seems like it’ll fit your needs exactly. The sales rep rhymes just the right combination of bells and whistles that you’re looking for and when you take it home, everything still seems fine.

Sometimes, it isn’t until a few weeks later that the world decides to throw you a curveball, and what seems like a perfectly good addition to your daily life suddenly turns into a heap of melted plastic. In the past, we’ve talked about factory rejects that managed to slip through the cracks despite seeming like total write-offs, but this is a whole different beast.

Unfortunately, not all of a product’s flaws are so obvious at first glance and you can find yourself with a defective product and not realize it until you’ve already started to get attached to it.

Today, we’re going to show you 16 impressive ways that products have failed to behave as advertised and left their owners seriously disappointed.

COMMENT and tell us about the worst piece of junk you ever found yourself owning.

1. This rotating car display clearly got a little confused.

I’d love to see how it managed to flip over like this because I’m having a hard time imagining what happened here.

2. This Canadian bobsledder is just one of many folks who had to deal with a wardrobe malfunction.

Of course, someone’s belly button peeking out to say hello is small potatoes compared to some other and more famous examples.

3. This is what happens when all your fireworks go off at once.

Mind you, this would actually be pretty cool to witness, but it certainly cuts the display short.

4. Looks like Times Square isn’t always quite so dazzling.

I know people often don’t like seeing ads everywhere but even those might be better than this. 

For those of you saying that they should have used a Mac for this, I’m afraid I have some bad news for you.