Product review (2 stars): Writing on front panel MELTED by Spray and Wash
This unit was purchased in November 2007.  My primariy mechanical complaint is that the spin cycle does not always perform properly.  With smaller loads, sometimes even with a full load, not enough water has been removed for the clothing to be transferred to the dryer.  The articles must be wrung out by hand and then an attempt made to dry them.  This occurs especially with a small load containing towels.  The "spin only" cycle does not do anything to solve the problem.  They are as wet at the end of the cycle as they are at the beginning.  The repairman did not help. It appears that small loads with towels are not to be washed in this machine.

Another troubling issue is the plastic panel surrounding the control knobs.  The paint/decals labeling the cycles has almost melted away.  The dealer from whom I bought the machine said he had heard of that, and it was from "Spray and Wash" type products.  "You just can't use them around the machine," he said, AFTER the damage had been done.  Get REAL!!! A washer is in a laundry environmnet, and must be able to SURVIVE in a laundry environment, which may, from time to time include chemicals such as are found in stain removers.  The panel, in addition to losing its lettering, is also turning yellow, creating a noticeable difference in color between it and the rest of the machine. Very unsightly. The dealer said that he would probably not be as successful at solving the problem with his Frigidaire contacts as I might be calling customer service. That comment told me that he was not interested in solving the problem for me or for customers in the future. He said he didn't really know about stain removal products; he never used them.  Not an excuse.(He has seen the last of my appiance money.)  When I did call Frigidaire customer service, in a foreign land, I was told that as a "one time special courtesy" they would replace the panel for me.  It has been almost a year, I suppose, and no replacement parts have come to me. I doubt that there was ever an intention to send a replacement panel.

While this model may have been replaced by later ones, and perhaps improved upon, I am disappointed in my machine, and would probably never purchase a Frigidaire washer again. And one should probably never purchase THIS model, if still available, without spraying the control panel with a laundry stain remover, to see if the decals can withstand the stain remover!! (For what is is worth, the dryer has worked well.)