Product review (1 stars): Run and don't look back
We've had our Whirlpool front loader for about three years. During that time, a design flaw has been the source of an ongoing battle with mildew smell both in the machine and the clothes it washed.

To add insult to injury, after only three years (the electrical warranty is two) the machine went dark. Unresponsive. Fixed and dialated.  After $50 service call, the prognosis was that the machine needed a new brain/switch device for a mere $350 (part only).  This machine will become landfill and Whirlpool doesn't give a darn.  I will never again buy another Whirlpool product . Of any kind. At any price... unless it's free and even then I would consider repair costs for what appears to be shoddy manufacture.

There are better machines and far better and more resonsible makers. Find them and buy them.  Leave this one on the shelf.