Product review (5 stars): Super Easy Solution to a Serious Problem
The handle on our washing machine broke off at the top (material fatigue, I guess).  One might argue whether this should have happened in the first place on a machine that is five years old, but that won't get the clothes out of the washer if the handle doesn't work!  We read the machine specs, hunted the part down on Amazon and elsewhere and ordered.  Time was of the essence, of course, because our household cannot go too long without doing the wash.  Happily, the replacement arrived in good time and - this is the good part - it took all of two minutes to replace it.  Loosened the two screws in the door with a Phillips-head, took off the rest of the broken handle, and screwed the new one on. Done.
If you do not have the screws anymore, do order them separately, as this replacement handle does not come with them.  Don't know that I'd chance trying to estimate them with replacements from the local hardware store, since they are positioned in the water-filled part of this front-loading machine. Just sayin'.
Can't speak to the longevity of this replacement handle, since we just installed it.
I stressed out when that handle broke, but the remedy was so painless, I thought sharing our experience might help to ease someone else's mind.