goes haywire

• malfunctionsFailures to operate correctly
• breaksSplits or pauses
• glitchesMinor system malfunctions
• crashesSudden violent impacts
• freaks outReacts with extreme alarm

short-circuits · spirals · unravels · explodes · sparks · smoke · chaos · meltdown · berserk · crazy · wild · out of control · snaps · fries · buggy · erratic · haywire · static

• losing itloses it, snaps, freaks out, flips out, goes crazy