The Home Depot: item arrived damaged or defective

Collect

• photos of the item and packaging
• order number
• delivery date

Steps

1. Photograph the item and packaging before you discard anything.

2. For a major appliance, call Customer Solutions for appliances within 48 hours of delivery (excluding weekends).

   PhoneCustomer Solutions for major appliances (damage, defects and returns within 48 hours of delivery) +1-800-455-3869

3. For other items, contact Customer Solutions with the order number and ask for a replacement or refund, or return the item to a store.

   PhoneCustomer Solutions (online orders, price matches and price adjustments; also live chat on homedepot.com) +1-800-430-3376

4. If Home Depot does not resolve it, dispute the charge with your card issuer.

More contacts for this issue

Rules in force

• Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act
  15 U.S.C. 2302, 2310; FTC Disclosure and Pre-Sale Availability Rules

  Federal law for written warranties on consumer products. Warrantors must disclose warranty terms in simple language, may not void a warranty because the consumer used another brand of parts or service (unless those are free or the FTC grants a waiver), and may not disclaim implied warranties when they give a written warranty. Consumers can sue for breach and may recover attorneys' fees.

  Source: ftc.gov, verified 2026-10-12

  1 citable point

  • Policy

    Under a "full" warranty, service must be free, available to anyone who owns the product during the warranty period, and the warrantor must replace or refund if it cannot repair the product after a reasonable number of tries. It may not limit the duration of implied warranties or impose unreasonable duties, such as requiring return of a registration card.

    Source: ftc.gov, verified 2026-10-12

If that fails, escalate

Go up one step at a time. Keep the reference numbers and dates from each contact.

1. Customer service

   PhoneCustomer Solutions (online orders, price matches and price adjustments; also live chat on homedepot.com) +1-800-430-3376

2. Supervisor

   PhoneHome Depot customer service (1-800-HOME-DEPOT) +1-800-466-3337

3. Written complaint

4. Card or bank dispute

   Fair Credit Billing Act billing-error and purchase-dispute rights (Regulation Z)

   Electronic Fund Transfer Act error resolution and unauthorized-transfer liability (Regulation E)

5. State agency

   Your state’s attorney general. Find it in the list of state agencies (also as JSON: states/<code>.json, for example states/ny.json).

6. Public complaint

   RegulatorBetter Business Bureau

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