Product review (1 stars): Maytag Makes my Family's Blacklist
I am writing this review after Maytag's wretched machine flooded our washroom for the third time this week.  Frankly I would have given up on it sooner had I known, but I was not made aware of the problem until this evening.

The machine's erratic symptoms include but are not limited to:

-Failure to lock lid
-Failure to illuminate LED's on control panel
-Inoperative cycle cancel button
-Perpetual filling and draining
-Somehow managing to fill the washroom with water while its drum remains moist at best

After diagnosis, the problem lies with the washer's control board.  This part alone costs more than we paid for the new washer.  At nine months out-of-warranty, it seems to have outperformed some of the machines in other reviews, but this is a small consolation.  It seems that Maytag is guilty of the same sin as many of its competitors; attempting to cut the product lifespan as close to the snort warranty period as possible, then building the product up with meaningless tag lines like "Commercial Grade Motor".  Nothing is commercial grade unless accompanied by a commercial grade warranty.  Next shopping trip, I will bear in mind that a 1 year warranty means a 1 year product.

And now, for stress relief, I will take this $450 piece of scrap metal into the woods and pit it against the product of a certain American firearms manufacturer that hasn't compromised their integrity for short-term sales.