Product review (1 stars): Bad Machine!
We purchased this washer in Nov 2009 for just over $300, installed. It was to replace a washer/dryer that were 20+ years old. These old appliances worked fine, but we thought their days were numbered, and rather that wait for a breakdown, we'd be proactive and replace them. Boy, were we wrong!....should have held on to them!

In April of 2012 this washer ceased to work. We called 2 different repair people to give us a repair quote- one for $500+ and the second for $600+- both for parts and labour- not worth repairing. The problem was the washer timer, switch and power cord were all toast.

I should mention that this washer is in our recreational home, so we only visit periodically, so in total the condo was occupied for 11 months- so under a year of use, and when it was used it was used by a couple- so hardly used at all compared to, say, a family of four, or some other high use household.

We called Maytag and explanied the situation, but because the 1 year warranty had (chronologically) expired, they would do nothing for us- even though technically the machine had operated for under a year- I offered to provide proof of our occupancy of our condo, but to no avail. Bottom line- they don't really care. Quality and reliability are clearly not of importance to Maytag. And customer satisfaction is not on their agenda.

I will never purchase another Maytag of Whirpool appliance. If enough people stay away from lemon products, maybe Whirlpool will get the message and start building quality into their products.