Design fault? 27" 2013 iMac stand just gave up!

Hi all,

I was just sitting watching TV when there was a loud crack and my iMac screen suddenly tilted down - now the screen will not stay where it is tilted / positioned. I was not using the mac at the time and it was not doing anything it just broke on its own. The mac was only bought in February and has not been moved or tilted once it was in place. This looks like a major design flaw to me as a 10 month mac just fails on its own! Has anyone else suffered this malfunction?

I have yet to contact apple as the store will be closed now but am interested to know if anyone else has suffered the same problem and what apples response was?


I will keep you guys posted once I have spoken to Apple


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iMac (27-inch, Late 2012), OS X Mavericks (10.9.1), Stand failure

Posted on Dec 28, 2013 9:34 AM

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Posted on Jan 3, 2014 9:31 AM

Hi guys - as promised here is an update.


I have just got back from my genius appointment and they have taken my mac in for repair, I should have it back in about 5 days to a week. They said that they had not seen this before and had trouble locating parts or really just the spring assembly that does not seem to be a separate unit and because of this they have had to order me a complete replacement back unit (the whole rear assembly) and a new stand (foot) this little lot comes to about £600 so not a cheap repair. Lucky for me as the unit is not a year old so was covered by the original warranty but I also have 3 years apple care that will start when the warranty expires.


The apple guy did say that he had to run this passed his manager to ensure that there would not be any charges to be met by myself,I don't think that I can repeat here my answer to him which was interspersed with key items from consumer law lol.


Anyway I will give you an update when I get the mac back to let you know if they have repaired it to my satisfaction (yes I am one of those nightmare customers lol)


Many thanks for your help and suggestions guys :-)

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Dec 28, 2013 9:45 AM in response to rkaufmann87

Hi guys,

Thanks for the quick replies. Yes I have AppleCare so will give them a call when they are open, sort of glad to hear that it is not a possible design flaw as then I would have worried that a replacement could break in the same way.

I will hopefully be able to give an update once I have spoken to Apple and let you know how I fair and also hopefully provide information if anyone else suffers this issue in the future.

Mar 13, 2014 1:18 AM in response to Mr Mo-Fo

Thanks for the reply MO_FO,


well there is one place here in zim that is covered buy the mac warrenty, there is another that is not, which I believe they are a better store as they are Apple followeres through and through, but apple will not give them the licsense for support, which I find very fustrating, I did write a letter saying would it not be better to have compotition to keep the standard up but no reply, sadly.


The last time I went to the other store was 8years ago, when I took my laptop in and needed my optical drive looked at, it was handed back with two screws threaded and a screwdriver wedge in the front where they had tried to lift the keyboard and had not taken all the screws out. The techinian had the ordasity to say it was there before I brought it in. So I went to the manager who said its my word against his... of which I stood up told everyone in the shop they were buying an amazing product but the support in this shop was(excuse my words) Fu£*&% crap and walked out with out paying.


The worst thing is the manager was I guy I new, and used to do all his design work for him when he owned a PC company... no surprise there!! I have heard that they have picked up there standard since then but I'm still not sure I trust them.


So I have three choices send it to South Africa...(take to long have to much work but safest option). take it to them (and cross my fingers) or three do it myself ( which I was happy to do a few days after I got the imac and found that I had forgotten to order a fusion drive so was going to do it myself until I found out the risks and costs if I stuff it)


Choices choice...

Will keep you posted on what I do.. ;o)

May 16, 2014 2:11 PM in response to Mr Mo-Fo

Just dropped my iMac off ...


Big surprise I found out is I didnt buy Apple Care when I purchased my iMac ... <jaw drops> seriously!? Who does that!? Specially me!? Im gonna look hrough my receipts and check this out.


its costing me $106 to order the parts and fix ... it should be free, its a manufacturing/quality flaw.


Future Tip Apple - Create a stand to last as long or longer than the product not the other way around!


Apple you are not making me happy right now ...


- Disapointed Customer

May 16, 2014 4:15 PM in response to MichelPM

MichelPM wrote:


AppleCare is free for the first year of ownership of a Mac.

You pay and register for an additonal two years of extended AppleCare anytime during that first year up until the second of the last day of your free year of AppleCare.

Failure to do this, and you can never apply for the extended warranty afterwards.

Actually AppleCare is not free the first year of ownership. It's free for 90 days and may be purchased within the warranty period (1 year) of the Mac.

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