Our  previous GE unit was 17 years old! I am in hope this one will last as long. One item all buyers should know, the doors on this unit are equipped with "Door Levers" these prevent the door from completely shutting on its own. Not something my old unit had. In doing my research I found this to be a GE only concept. Not a bad idea. Let me better explain. You open the door and let it shut on its own-like on my old GE. This one shuts about 75% of the way so that if like my wife you are trying to get several items from the refrigerator you will not need to keep opening and closing. Once done and you want to shut the door just give it a slight "nudge" and it shuts! You can actually see these levers on the bottom of each door. Its a small wheel attached to a spring loaded arm. NO worries it works GREAT