mechanical breakdown
Equipment stops working
Mechanical breakdown is the failure of a machine or mechanical system to function properly due to wear, defect, or malfunction of its components.
The term appears most often in insurance and warranty contexts, where policies may cover mechanical breakdown but exclude damage from accidents or neglect: The warranty covers mechanical breakdown but not collision damage.
A car that won't start because the starter motor failed has suffered a mechanical breakdown.
- malfunctionFailure to operate properly
- failureLack of success
- engineMachine producing motion
- check engine lightDashboard diagnostic warning lamp
- repairRestore to working order
tow · tow truck · garage · stranded · roadside · side of the road · pull over · warning light · won't start · overheat · stall · seized · grinding · clunk · smoke · belt · transmission · radiator
- dysfunctionserectile dysfunction, sexual dysfunction, thyroid dysfunction, organ failure, heart failure
- exclusionsexclude, exclusion, excluding, except, exception
mechanical breakdownpreventive maintenance
Scheduled upkeep averting failures
scheduled maintenance · restoration · fix · overhaul · refurbishment
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