rca.com / Technicolor
Reviews and Complaints

I purchased an rca 55in tv from Walmart may 9,2022. The mother board on the tv went out in October , Walmart only offered a 90 day warranty which means the tv could not be returned. I had the tv repaired by replacing the motherboard but again it went out during the testing phase at the shop. The tv has been deemed unrepairable. How can RCA fix this situation.

My 8 year old son used his birthday money to by himself a RCA 7/8 inch tablet for 79.99 from Cobourg Ontario Walmart. That was in july. I noticed after about 2 weeks he stopped using it. He told me it was incredibly slow and he could properly play the games he had downloaded. I tried to return it but the 14 day return policy was expired. I'm asking what the next step is? My daughter in may bought the 10 inch and it works great. I'm just very disappointed for my little guy that he spent all the money he earned and saved for a crappy tablet. Can you help us out please, .

Purchased this product, along with an extended warranty, from HSN in late November as a Xmas gift. It now has the blue screen of death. Contacted HSN who referred me to RCA. After calling three times, no one speaks English very well, I was instructed to go to the RCA warranty Website to fill out a repair request. When I received the return info it stated I had to pay $30 for them to do any repair, plus I needed to pay for the return shipping and insurance as well as the specific return material, signed receipt info just to ship it back. A $100 dollar tablet was going to cost me over $50 to ship back. So much for the one year warranty. Plus, if they deemed it worthy of replacement, they would send me a remanufactured unit, not a new one. When I called to complain to HSN, all they said was "sorry" that's the manufacturers choice, not ours. I asked about the extended warranty and was told that starts when the manufacturers warranty expires. Will never purchase an RCA product again, or shop at HSN.

Purchased this about a year and a half ago as a bedroom television, so not our main tv and the power supply just blew on it..it was on a surge protector so not that. Extremely disappointing..i thought RCA were quality items but if you cant even get 2 years out of a 55 in hd tv its garbage..will not be purchading rca items in future if this is not corrected for us!

We bought a rca tv from the brick in our town in march 2018.in august 2018 we shut it off before going to bed and tv would not turn back on the next day, so I called rca tech service, I went thru the process he told me to do but it would not work. I tried several times and yes I did replace batteries in remote, and we tried turning it on with on/off button on side of tv. The dealer in town told us to call rca number and we did, they in turn told us to take photos of the tv from all directions and send our copy of our receipt which we did.
They assured us they were checking the problem with several emails after I checked with them, well that was august 21, 2018 and each time I emailed them it was the same answer. Well in my opinion that is not performance when a product is under warranty. It should have been replaced if they stand behind their product. Also the tech person told us according to the serial number this tv we that we purchased was a 2014 tv and should not have been sold by any dealer. So now we are waiting sept 11, 2018 and no answer and no tv in our home. Please check into this problem. We have purchased many products from the brick and do not want their reputation to be spoiled because of products they sell.

I brought an RCA tablet for my daughter and it stopped working and it stopped working it took me almost three months to get in touch with someone once I did get in contact with someone, I sent my tablet off I and waited for months and was never contacted about the tablet so I called the 1-800 number and asked them what happen to my tablet I was told that it was a crack inside of the tablet crack inside the screen I told them that the tablet did not have a crack when I mailed it to them and if it is a crack inside it sound like a manufacturing problem they gave me an email to contact rcaav.com_support_webform I email this email address last year when I was told to by the first person about the crack and never receive a reply and I email it earlier this year and still did not hear back from anyone, It's been almost a year and I still have not received my daughter tablet back I am very upset I paid with my hard earn money and to be told that they will not send me back the tablet that I paid for is ridiculous and crazy. I never Buy RCA and this is one of the reasons why I never buy products from this company this company is a rip-off and it's a fraud it makes cheap products that do not have the quality to it. I would recommend to anyone never Buy RCA and for them to cheat my daughter's tablet for almost a year and refuse to bring it back refused to send it back is crazy. when I try to contact someone about it when I called the 1-800 number to technical support lady told me that I would have to email them I have email every time I call that one 800 number they give me an email address and every time I email I do not get a correspond this company is a fraud and it's ripping off thousands of consumers this company does not need to be in business and I recommend to everybody to never ever purchase an RCA product. I want my money back for the amount that I paid for my daughter's tablet my daughter has not even been able to use her tablet once and it's been almost a year that they have had my tablet and now they're refusing to send it back this is this company is a sham and a fraud and if you keep treating people like this you won't have a company I could have spent my money and brought another product I could have brought a Samsung I could have brought Apple iPod but I purchase RCA and I'm now I'm being ripped off and my daughter does not have a tablet. I spoke to a tech support for RCA and was told that I would not be able to get my tablet back unless I pay $40. I want the full refund for the amount that I paid for a tablet, they are refusing to send my daughter tablet back just give me a refund.

This laptop is a piece of crap! I missing a key. Every time I type my cursor moves elsewhere. Cortana constants speaks and I am not asking her to. My text gets highlighted randomly. I cannot believe that this laptop is being sold on Amazon for more than $100.00. Was this laptop passed through quality assurance before distributing to other companies to sell?

For Christmas 2016 I bought a 24" TV/DVD combo for my bedroom. It lasted less than 4 months. After filling out numerous forms and sending receipts, RCA sent out a repairman who couldn't fix the set. That was in April, 2017. I have been waiting for a response from RCA and emailing their representative, Deborah Labastida [protected]@gmail for 10 months with no result.
The claim number they assigned me is at rmalookup.com is SCT247615
Here is a copy of the email from today.

-----Original Message-----
From: Deborah Labastida
To: domnbetty
Sent: Thu, Feb 15, 2018 11:47 am
Subject: Re: RCA Warrranty

Hello,

Good Day!

I do apologize for the inconvenience it caused you. I wanna be honest with you that right now RCA is in the process of filing for bankruptcy. What I can do here in my end is to escalate this issue once again and hoping RCA will be able to get back to you as soon as possible.

Thank you for your patience.

God bless you!

On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 2:31 PM, wrote:

Dear Deborah,

I have not been contacted by RCA. It has been 10 months since my claim. Are you sure this is not being overlooked? Is there any way I can contact them directly?

I would appreciate any help you can give me. SCT247615

Thank you,
Elizabeth Cretara

-----Original Message-----
From: Deborah Labastida
To: domnbetty
Sent: Thu, Jul 13, 2017 7:03 am
Subject: Re:

Hello,

I sincerely apologize for the delay. We appreciate your patience and sincerely apologize for the inconvenience. Please give them time to check on this and rest assured this is not being overlooked.

Thank you

On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 11:45 AM, wrote:

Hi Deborah,

No one from RCA called me yet.

Elizabeth

-----Original Message-----
From: Deborah Labastida
To: domnbetty
Sent: Wed, Jul 12, 2017 6:05 am
Subject: Re:

Hello,

I do apologize for the inconvenience it caused you. I just want to confirm that no one from RCA called you yet?

Thank you

On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 8:19 PM, wrote:

Dear Deborah,

Thank you for this information. I went to the website and filled in the information on June 28, as soon as I got your email. I waited a week and when I did not hear anything from RCA I went back to the website and sent it again - along with the previous correspondence I had with you (I copied you on that email). I still have not heard anything from RCA. I expected to have some answer or at least an acknowledgement that my information was received.

Could you contact them again? Should I continue to go to the website and fill in all the information every week until someone contacts me?

Please advise me about this. I do not know if RCA will want the broken TV returned to them or if I should try to find a place to recycle it. I do not know if I should buy another set or if they will give me a replacement.

Thank you,
Elizabeth Cretara

sct247615

-----Original Message-----
From: Deborah Labastida
To: domnbetty
Sent: Wed, Jun 28, 2017 3:34 pm

Hello,

Thank you so much for your patience and understanding. We just received an update from RCA for your concern. Please click this link http://www.rca.com/activeon-warranty-request and fill in the information needed for further assistance and send it to rca.tv.[protected]@rca.com

Thank you!

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Thank you!

Sincerely,
Deborah

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Thank you!

Sincerely,
Deborah

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Thank you!

Sincerely,
Deborah

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Thank you!

Sincerely,
Deborah
There were many more emails sent and received before these.

Don't ever buy a RCA Product or but it from KMART I purchased a 50 RCA TV last year because I was going to move and wanted everything new. I had it in storage never opened it I moved In July and Had the cable company come to turn on the cable in August. Took the TV out of the box and had the cable guy hook it up . I worked for two weeks and will now not power on. I have contacted RCA and have had no response. I have now contacted the Better Business Bureau. I paid a lot of money for this TV this absolutely ridiculous. model # LED50B45R unsure about date just moved and never open it until 8/14/17 It will not power on Sep 23 (10 days ago)to rca.tv.support will not power on Sep 26 (7 days ago)to rca.tv.support This is my third email my TV does not have any power will not power on I just staring using this TV on August 14 my next step is the better business bureau and consumer affair complaints 9:51 AM (9 minutes ago)to rca.tv.support I am now sending this letter to the better business bureau I actually did not open this television box until August that is when I got cable Product_Or_Service: May 2017

ITALY MSP'
Aug 30

to rca.tv.support
Your name
Email address
Contact #
Television size and model #
Date of purchase, with receipt
Any past communication regarding the warranty claim
Rosalind Tucker
tucker.[protected]@gmail.com
[protected]
50" model # LED50B45Rq
unsure about date just moved and never open it until 8/15/17
It will not power on

ITALY MSP'
Sep 23 (10 days ago)

to rca.tv.support
will not power on

ITALY MSP'
Sep 26 (7 days ago)

to rca.tv.support
This is my third email my TV does not have any power will not power on I just staring using this TV In August my next step is the better business bureau and consumer affair complaints

ITALY MSP'
9:51 AM (5 hours ago)

to rca.tv.support
I am now sending this letter to the better business bureau

this tablet will not stream more than 8 to 10 minutes. it will stop and I have to reload the station I am listening too. this happens with Pandora and Sirius radio streaming.

I called rca tablet support and they told me this tablet does not support streaming. nowhere on the box does it say anything about this. they basically said I am out of luck. no refund. I cannot take it back to Walmart as it is past 15 ya.

RCA has the worst service ever after a lengthy attempt to get help I finally was assured that sending my unit back would get me a new one but not the refund I would rather have since their product is crap. We used the player twice and it was broken. They now have had my unit for 2 months and will not assist me. No one to call. Cannot find the CEO contact information and am beyond frustrated!

I want my 130.00 back that I paid for the unit and I want to be done with this miserable company.

Ticket # 187765

Defective unit in less than 2 months. Filed a warranty claim and received an email on Feb 27th that a replacement was being sent and I would receive it within 10 days. No replacement after 3 weeks. RA# they sent in email had no information found on RCA website when I checked it. I sent another email to get update and was told they would send a prepaid return label through email and I would need to send defective unit and they would either fix it or replace it (this after they said the replacement was already on the way). I never got the email. I am still trying to get the issue resolved with them

On January 31 2015 I brought a rca home theater. On February 21 2015 I smelled a burning like electric and heard some popping noise. I unplugged the main unit immediately. I contacted the person I brought it from which was walmart they stated it was pass the fifteen Days allowed so by the twenty first day of owning walmart day contact the manufacturer who is rca. The even more killing part is in this pamplet that was inside my home theater system made in October 2014 product number RT2781BE model number r0201013b0213 . How come none of the [protected] or [protected] work are there no real people who work for them. I filled my complaint with rca still no response after 72 hrs. Shame on walmart for selling there products and shame on rca for creating junk and maybe all most burning down my house. Also I sent a copy of the receipt to them

As a disabled person, any purchase I make of an item that is hard to move is stressful. This purchase has made my life a living HELL! Within a couple weeks of getting this TV installed into my house, it started to shut itself OFF all by itself.. and then turn back on without me doing anything! I immediately contacted the company... and got some kid who informed me that I just needed to push the button at the back of the TV to make it stop doing this. I complied with him...and he dismissed my concern that this wasn't normal. Now... if I had been any other customer, I should have been told to RETURN the TV to the store. But... since I cannot move the TV without paid help... and no one even suggested that this problem would continue... I got stuck with this thing. Now, you'd think that if they KNOW about the PROBLEM... they would have FIXED IT... and not just IGNORED IT and continued SELLING IT! But, no.. this company COMPLETELY IGNORES the problem! Now, I've had it 3 months... the problem still exists! I tried contacting the company.. and ended up with a Supervisor who tells me that I need to DRIVE to a repair shop that is almost 40 minutes away to see it they can fix it! First of all... I don't have a car! Secondly, if they want me to get it fixed... then they should have told me when I FIRST BOUGHT IT! I have purchased RCA TV's in the past.. and loved them... Not so with this one! The static on it is awful! The help from the company is worse! They said they would like me to SEND in the TV... and that it should be back with in 2 - 3 weeks?! Ok... I'm not an idiot... I read over the WARRATY. Since this a problem that they know about...and that is NOT FIXABLE... I believe they should replace it! STILL WAITING TO HEAR FROM THEM! AWFUL WARRANTY HELP>>>THE WORST COMPANY I HAVE EVER DEALT WITH!

I am the unfortunate owner of the RCA Wi-Fi streaming Media Player. this is a complete pile of crap to say the least. It works only half of the time and when it does it is as slow as dile-up internet. The pathetic remote that comes with this product could have been better designed by a five year old! The product costs enough but is CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP! It takes a special kind of stupid to design something this unreliable. Huge waste of time and money. I will do my best to NEVER buy an RCA product of any kind again!

I purchased a RCA 48″ TV> In the 6 months I have had 2 repair persons to come to fix it.

The repairman said this panel may also be defective. It has been over 2 months waiting for this to be fixed.

WHY DO YOU SELL RCA? RCA DOES NOT EVEN HAVE THE COURTESY TO RESPOND TO A COMPLAINT.

If this is the type of product you sell I will NO LONGER BE A CUSTOMER!

Picture bulb on RCA M50WH92S DLP HDTV last 6 months.I have installed 5 bulbs Also the TV is 3 years old and the screen is filling up with white dots. I think RCA should be obligated to let the consumer know on the box that the picture bulb is go to need to be replaced every 6 months. The quality of this HDTV is terrible and there should be a recall.

I purchased an RCA 46" LCD HDTV 3 years ago. Within the first year, the sound went out of the tv. I had to drive the tv 50 miles to have it repaired (warranty) only to be told it couldn't be fixed and they gave me a replacement (though it was not the same model). Two years later, the exact same thing happens only this time they say there is nothing they can do except extend unwarrantied service. For a company who's motto is "if you're not thrilled, we're not satisfied", they don't back it up with action. Instead, I was told a "top of the line" LCD tv is only good for 4-6 years and the customer just needs to get used to that. I would recommend to buy ANY other brand than RCA if that is their stance!

I received an RCA Opal mp3 player for Christmas last year. After 3 months, it short-circuted. Now, whenever I press the power button, the screen is stuck on initializing, and I'm unable to listen to music anymore (which is kind of the point of an mp3 player). I can't return it to Walmart, since it was a gift from my mom, (no receipt) and I know tech service can't help me since all I would be able to do is download an updated firmware version for the player. I've tried that...even in compatibility mode, their firmware software does not work with Windows 7. My mom wasted $60 on an mp3 player that stopped working 4 months after I got it. We're both never buying from RCA again, (that includes purchases from their unoriginal record label), and I suggest anyone who doesn't want to waste their money do the same.