Product review (1 stars): Don't buy this machine
We just junked our top-of-the-line 4000 series Maytag front loading washing machine.  We purchased it new in May 2010.  We junked it on June 22, 2013.  We had to replace the belt for $30 only one month after the 1-year warranty expired.  We had to replace the pump for $287 in May 2013.  On June 22, 2013 we discovered that the bearing for the drum was going out.  The electronic control panel also was showing signs of needing repair or replacement in the foreseeable future, which we understand is such a costly part that it is half or more of the cost of a new washer.  We did not bother to price a new bearing.  We cut our losses and replaced the Maytag with a Speed Queen, which has no electronic controls and is doing a fantastic job.  We did not, in any way, shape, or form abuse the Maytag or overuse it, or use it for anything other than ordinary household laundry for a small family.  While we had the Maytag, it literally shredded our bath towels, so we also are now going to have to replace our entire set of bath towels within a couple of months. We purchased the Maytag without doing any homework on it.  We purchased it based on Maytag's reputation of the past and our own parents' experience with Maytags being reliable and long lasting.  Had we done our homework, we would not have wasted our hard-earned money on such a disappointing and very expensive appliance.  For the mere three years that we had the machine, we did not even come close to breaking even on the cost of using coin laundry versus the cost of the Maytag, not including the repair costs.  This was, hands down, the worst purchase we have ever made in over 20 years of marriage.  Our complaints to Maytag were met with nothing but insulting platitudes about how they use only the highest quality materials, etc.  We are done with Maytag.  Neither we, nor any of our descendants, will ever again purchase any Maytag product for as long as Maytag exists.