[FR] Maintenance Troubles on Residential Lot: Can't do required task

explosive malfunction also consistently fails to complete

Still no mention of this bug from EA. 😣

Same problem for me with Garden Blight and Explosive Malfunction. Extremely annoying because I can't cancel the event but can't move on another lot until it's resolved (so I'm stuck at home for the day).

However the Cursed Book seems to work.

Bug Description:
During active use of the "Maintenance Issues" lot challenge (from the For Rent expansion), the "Explosive Incident" event triggered incorrectly. The event requires repairing broken appliances, but:

• No actual malfunctions occurred (stove and all other appliances remained functional)
• No grills or similar explosive-prone objects were present on the residential lot
• Build mode remained locked for the full 22-hour event duration
• Event objectives could not be completed

Suspected Cause:
Improper event activation on a regular residential lot (not a rental property) while the "Maintenance Issues" challenge is active

Reproduction Steps:

1. Activate "Maintenance Issues" challenge on a non-rental residential lot
2. Wait for "Explosive Incident" event to trigger
3. Observe lack of broken appliances
4. Note build mode restrictions despite no repairable objects

Technical Details:

• Expansion: For Rent
• Lot Type: Regular Residential (non-rental)
• Platform: PC (Steam & EA App)
• Mods: None

Severity Impact:

• Blocks normal gameplay for 22 in-game hours
• Prevents build mode access without cause
• Creates impossible event completion

My spellcaster just became a land lord, and during a maintenance event, i cast repario on a broken appliance. The spell broke the event. I got a notification saying i couldn't complete the even even though the appliance is not broken. I took out my mods folder to test it again. Same issue. Mods aren't affecting this. I waited for a second maintenance event to spawn, and the same thing happened. 

For some reason, the maintenance event does not acknowledge repario as a valid way of fixing the appliance, and the entire event fails because of it.

Edit By Crinrict: Added missing pack tag to title.

Hi Solafae​ 

What platform are you playing on ?

Did you try if it works the regular way ? 

There's a bug report here for it not working at all: [FR] Maintenance Troubles on Residential Lot: Can't do required task | EA Forums - 11914227 so it would be good if you could test what happens if you repair regularly.

pc. i believe it works the regular way? The event timed out before i can finish repairing.

To be sure: You went back to that backup again and tested without mods but using the normal repair and it worked or is this when it timed out before you could do it ?

it timed out when i tried to do normal repair.