I have a 35 year old kenmore stored downstairs. I found out after I'd replaced it with a new $2,000 Speed Queen that all the kenmore needed was a new (inexpensive) shock absorber.
Girlfriend bought a new Maytag to replace a 1 yr old (!) fully warranted Whirlpool that locked a full load of her husband's jeans inside. Nothing short of what the repairman had to do unlocked it (kicked it down a short flight of concrete stairs). The new Maytag ($900) was retired yesterday! FOUR REPAIRS! Impossible to make appointments for additional repairs because the warranty company required appointments be made online! She called 6 times on Friday, I drove out to her house and called 4 times. We got disconnected every single time, after filling out 5 pages of STUPID questions! So, my 83 yr old, disabled friend drove herself to the store yesterday, and parked herself on a bench at the front desk, "I'm NOT leaving until someone helps me! After a few "short" hours she was promised a new washer and they would haul the 14 month old Maytag away... Maytag is junk! Sorry, not sorry!
I agree. I did a great deal of detailed research and learned the only safe purchase would be a Speed Queen, which was really expensive and although so far reliable, still doesn't perform as well as my old Kenmore. That thing has a spin cycle that works like an old fashioned extractor. It saves a lot of money and wear and tear on my 40 year old dryer.
I'm so sorry to know your dear friend had to go through all that. It's hugely stressful and time consuming, and I hope she can enjoy reliable and trouble free performance from here on.
Thank you. It was so frustrating trying to make a simple repair appointment. I was fearful that she would have a heart attack trying to make a simple repair appointment! What is with these companies that require an online service appointment! Arg!!
For now I'm hangin' on to that bad boy. It can't be replaced. No unnecessary electronics and it works like a champ, so I figure it's good insurance and will only appreciate in value. It spin dries better than the new Speed Queen.
What I'd really like to find is a 50 year old gas range.
My water-spewing Maytag needed only a gasket--but to get that he had to buy a whole plastic thingy for about $136. Repair company would have charged about $200 just to come and take a look. And when we went that route, a few years ago, the repair work (after the $200 look-see) didn't actually fix the problem--so husband bought new parts...and....fixed it.
I hear ya. I bought a brand new Kenmore electric range that turned out not to just be a defective and inefficient piece of junk, it's actually dangerous. Very much so.
After it locked me out of my oven and activated its very hazardous self-cleaning feature I went through days of frustration and shock trying to get repairs and doing research that revealed such shocking information that I finally ordered a replacement part and did the fix myself.
I read confirmed reports of lockouts like I experienced resulting in house fires, so I was fortunate. I read multiple reports of the glass doors exploding. injuring people and in one case killing a lady's dog. My friend bought a top of the line cook top that spontaneously exploded one evening just after she'd finished cleaning up after dinner. The metal on the ovens is so thin that it warps under the temperature of the self cleaning feature, causing it to collapse under the weight of anything remotely heavy like a large casserole or turkey or roast. Nightmare stuff.
Thank you! Last month husband fixed my spewing-water-on-floor Maytag from ~1990 but....
Kudos to husband! Hang on to that Maytag.
I have a 35 year old kenmore stored downstairs. I found out after I'd replaced it with a new $2,000 Speed Queen that all the kenmore needed was a new (inexpensive) shock absorber.
Girlfriend bought a new Maytag to replace a 1 yr old (!) fully warranted Whirlpool that locked a full load of her husband's jeans inside. Nothing short of what the repairman had to do unlocked it (kicked it down a short flight of concrete stairs). The new Maytag ($900) was retired yesterday! FOUR REPAIRS! Impossible to make appointments for additional repairs because the warranty company required appointments be made online! She called 6 times on Friday, I drove out to her house and called 4 times. We got disconnected every single time, after filling out 5 pages of STUPID questions! So, my 83 yr old, disabled friend drove herself to the store yesterday, and parked herself on a bench at the front desk, "I'm NOT leaving until someone helps me! After a few "short" hours she was promised a new washer and they would haul the 14 month old Maytag away... Maytag is junk! Sorry, not sorry!
I agree. I did a great deal of detailed research and learned the only safe purchase would be a Speed Queen, which was really expensive and although so far reliable, still doesn't perform as well as my old Kenmore. That thing has a spin cycle that works like an old fashioned extractor. It saves a lot of money and wear and tear on my 40 year old dryer.
I'm so sorry to know your dear friend had to go through all that. It's hugely stressful and time consuming, and I hope she can enjoy reliable and trouble free performance from here on.
Thank you. It was so frustrating trying to make a simple repair appointment. I was fearful that she would have a heart attack trying to make a simple repair appointment! What is with these companies that require an online service appointment! Arg!!
Speaking of online service- 311 in cities is junk. I hate it in Mobile. Lazy incompetents are put in those seats.
And then the govt employees who get the request are pretty much useless too.
You should fix it and sell it on Craig's list. . .
For now I'm hangin' on to that bad boy. It can't be replaced. No unnecessary electronics and it works like a champ, so I figure it's good insurance and will only appreciate in value. It spin dries better than the new Speed Queen.
What I'd really like to find is a 50 year old gas range.
My water-spewing Maytag needed only a gasket--but to get that he had to buy a whole plastic thingy for about $136. Repair company would have charged about $200 just to come and take a look. And when we went that route, a few years ago, the repair work (after the $200 look-see) didn't actually fix the problem--so husband bought new parts...and....fixed it.
I hear ya. I bought a brand new Kenmore electric range that turned out not to just be a defective and inefficient piece of junk, it's actually dangerous. Very much so.
After it locked me out of my oven and activated its very hazardous self-cleaning feature I went through days of frustration and shock trying to get repairs and doing research that revealed such shocking information that I finally ordered a replacement part and did the fix myself.
I read confirmed reports of lockouts like I experienced resulting in house fires, so I was fortunate. I read multiple reports of the glass doors exploding. injuring people and in one case killing a lady's dog. My friend bought a top of the line cook top that spontaneously exploded one evening just after she'd finished cleaning up after dinner. The metal on the ovens is so thin that it warps under the temperature of the self cleaning feature, causing it to collapse under the weight of anything remotely heavy like a large casserole or turkey or roast. Nightmare stuff.