Product review (2 stars): Died after 4yrs just after warranty expiration -- planned obsolescence?
My point in this review is that the thing worked decently for as long as it worked. And then about 4 yrs and 3 months after purchase, it went on the fritz. We smelled a bad odor like electronics burning, and it would not spin and missed other cycles. Even after we "rebooted" it (which the tech recommended) it was soon missing the spin cycle again and bad odor.
  So .... we then had to decide if we should throw away $150 for the service charge for a repair man. Probably there would then be expensive parts in addition, for another $2-300. So we said scr-w it and we just bought a different one, a GE the old-fashioned kind with agitator. None of this paying $1000 for washer. And we got the $159 4-year warranty from ABT. Hopefully the new one will give us at least 5-6 years of use before crapping out.