The phrase "after a malfunction" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an event or action that occurs following a failure or breakdown of a system or device.
Example: "The system was rebooted after a malfunction to restore its functionality."
Alternatives: "following a failure" or "subsequent to a breakdown."
That vote was declared void after a malfunction was discovered in a voting machine.
That is something that differentiates me from, say, American Airlines, which had to ground "a few dozen" flights on Tuesday after a malfunction with its pilots' iPads.
The vote was declared void after a malfunction was discovered in a voting machine, but the tally angered and embarrassed the school board.
MOSCOW — Eleven people drowned, 11 were injured and dozens more were missing on Monday after a malfunction at a Siberian hydroelectric plant trapped workers in a flooded chamber.
Food stamp recipients in 10 states were unable to use their debit cards for about six hours on Friday after a malfunction at JPMorgan Chase.
Forensic medical experts said initial tests showed the fatalities aboard the submarine in the Sea of Japan on Saturday were the result of Freon gas spewing into the craft after a malfunction in its fire extinguishing system.
That means that even after a malfunctioning router or power source is fixed, it can take hours to bring the systems back online.
At least eight people have been injured after a malfunctioning ski lift threw people from their seats at a ski resort in Georgia.
He held another hearing, in 2015, after a malfunctioning elevator in Boston Road Plaza, in the Bronx, jolted upward when Olegario Pabon, an eighty-four-year-old tenant, tried to step in.
Although Disney and J. J. Abrams went out of their way to prevent any spoilers leaking onto the internet early, fans at a midnight screening were left incensed after a malfunctioning projector skipped a huge segment of the film, showing the audience a huge spoiler.
Hundreds of people in a 30-story public housing tower in Harlem were led from their steamy apartments yesterday after a malfunctioning transformer in their building forced city housing officials to turn off electrical power, shutting off air-conditioning, fans and elevators on one of the hottest days of the year.
