Product review (1 stars): Broke 6 Months Past Warranty - $875 Repair...!
I generally like this washer and thought that the Maytag brand meant high quality and reliability (remember the "Maytag Repairman"...?). In fact, we paid a bit extra for a Maytag, thinking that we were paying for extra quality and reliability. Instead, the machine stopped working after 18 months of light use - it's only my wife and I at home - and it turned out to be some sort of board that burned out. The warranty was only 12 months on this part, so we were 6 months past the warranty period. It took the repairman 3-1/2 weeks to find a new board because he says the model is too new and nobody is stocking parts. He finally replaced this board, and it turned out that a different board was the problem (the machine's "error code" identified the wrong malfunction to the repairman). He won't charge me for this mistake, but the new board will take another 2 weeks to find and cost me $875 to buy and install...! I contacted Maytag early on in this process, and they basically told me that I'm on my own, for both the cost and repair. I talked with Lowe's as well, but they wouldn't help - even with a repair referral. In the meantime, we're stuck without a washing machine for over a month... - and a repair cost that's about as much as the machine cost in the first place, after only 18 months of light service... I would not recommend this machine, or the Maytag brand, to anyone