Washing machine woes

[jetmechmarty]

We've replaced our stove and fridge so far, and you know what all of the review websites recommend? LG, Samsung, Bosch because of all the "features" like Bluetooth, and touchscreens, and cameras, and "smart modes." They say avoid GE because you don't get any "features" for your money.

You know what the sites that track reliability say? LG, Samsung and Bosch have great features but the core functionality dies easy. Like a fridge that has cameras inside and huge screens, but the compressor dies in six months. They say GE just keeps running.

So now we have two GE fridges - one is now the garage fridge.

We’ve been in our house six years. The kitchen has all GE appliances. The stove and dishwasher were put in by the builder. The dishwasher racks are rusting away. They cost as much as a new dishwasher. We bought the refrigerator and it was stupid money, but working fine. It doesn’t do WiFi or have cameras. Are washer & dryer are GE and over 20 years old. They still work fine. Of course the later I have repaired a time or three.

 

[Adamc]

We are on our second LG washing machine, the first one lasted about 10 years and I gave it to my stepson; it’s still going strong. It was replaced by a new one about 10 years ago. The new one has multiple functions but only useful ones. It is built like a tank compared to all the other big brands; has a proper steel chassis from which high quality components are hung. It very quiet too. I have replaced the rubber seal on the front loader because it was punctured by a foreign body accidentally loaded into the tub. And the warranty and LG service is excellent.
What would I buy next, an LG if it’s built to the same standards.

Oh and their better end TV’s are superb too.

 

[grouchie77]

Kinda' like auto manufacturers complaining about tariffs causing car prices to rise. True, but if you would stop making your "Base" model with more features than a Caddy or Lincoln had 30-40 years ago, I bet that would make them more affordable and more reliable.

Bring back window cranks! When I'm driving and I need to roll the window down, I ALWAYS hit the wrong button on the car I've driven for 10 years.

Failure rate on my first car, an '89 Caprice, and my second car, a basic 2002 S-10: ZERO.

 

[MacMcMacmac]

I kicked my GE washer to the curb a year ago after the tub seal began leaking. It was just 5 years old and did on average 1.5 loads a week. POS.

I tried fixing it by watching tutorials on pulling the tub and replacing the seal, except my newer whiz bang unit had the seal as a non-removable part of the drive assembly which would have cost half the price of the washer. A tech on an online forum said the top bearing was likely toast anyway, since that's what usually takes out the seal to begin with. I can believe it, since it seemed to barely try to even out the load, and sounded like an MG42 on the spin cycle. One review of the washer had a picture of the machine after it had busted apart inside and trashed the walls in his laundry room.

After trying to troubleshoot it via the GE website, they had the gall to ask me out of 5 stars, how likely was I to recommend GE appliances to a friend. I told them that a star would be uniquely uncomfortable where I would like to tell them to put it.

 

[jetmechmarty]

recommend GE appliances to a friend

Never. My wife’s laundry pair is 22 years old. They work fine. Good stuff. I’ve made some repairs, sure. All easy and cheap enough.

The GE junk in my kitchen was installed in 2019. Dishwasher, range, microwave, and refrigerator all junk. All broken in one way or another. I believe everything is junk these days, but I believe GE gets the award for being the worst. At least I hope it does.

 

[bosco659]

When we renovated our house in 2019, we transplanted our old Maytag washer and dryer from our old house. We did buy new kitchen appliances though and bought Kitchenaid (made by Whirlpool). The new dishwasher didn’t even turn on once before a repair person wad called in. It needed a new control board. Repeat - never ran once since installed. We had an opportunity to buy extended warranty. Factory warranty was 1 year and iirc, extended warranty gave you two more. While the service guy was fixing the dishwasher I asked him if extended warranty was a good idea. He looked at our appliances and pointed to the induction range and said if the main board goes on that, it’s $1,000 for the part. He further commented failures were not uncommon. This was a third party repair service contracted by our Kitchenaid dealer, so had had no skin in the game encouraging us to buy warranty. Anyway we bought the warranty for abot $900 and never had to make a claim.