Product review (1 stars): GE quality is absolute bottom- refrigerators and ovens
Our GE Profile refrigerator has all of the disadvantages I have read in the reviews here and more.  Beginning with the day it arrived.  The wheels on the frig are so small that given the weight of the thing, it damages floors as it rolls, even empty.  They knew that and put down thick padding, but I didn't and when I pulled it out later when it started leaking, it put noticeable "track marks" on our oak (not pine!) floors.  So get some padding to roll it on.  And make sure every family member knows where the water shutoff to the frig or the house is.  You'll need it.

Now to the tale of woe:

Twice now, the solenoid control for the water/ice-maker has started leaking.  It is not that the line broke; the cheap little piece of Chinese crap began leaking from its own plastic casing.  The frig wet our wood floor, damaging it.  It damaged the drywall in the great room and its floor and walls below the frig.  On both occasions.  Since the leak was slow, and behind the fridge, we did not discover it until a lot of damage was done.  Both new replacement parts were identical copies of the old ones- no effort to fix the problem even though the repairman says they fail constantly just as ours did.

The thing began to have temperature control problems.  Took two visits for the repairman to figure out that the little plastic flapper that controls airflow between frig and freezer had broken.  Replaced that.  The one that came out I still have to show people.  It looks like a 5th grade science project.  The housing is styrofoam of the quality that your stereo came in, with a piece of plastic that is operated by a tiny motor.  The "axle" on the flapper is barely bigger around than a toothpick, and the repairman admitted, "Oh, those things always break.  This new one will break after a while."  I wish I could post a picture of it.

Turned out that while the flapper was indeed broken, it still did not fix the problem.  Fridge still would not cool properly and the left side was getting so hot you could hardly hold your hand on it.  Some sort of computer board swapout was required.  Very expensive.

The lever against which you push your glass for ice or water operates a valve for water.  Any sticky contents from a glass will be splashed onto the valve and it will become stuck shut.  If you are lucky.  Ours also stuck open, with water pouring all over the place, though at least we were here to see it.  Another repair visit.  Even if you use nothing but empty glasses, mildew will form around the dispenser and is a nightmare to clean since it was not designed with smooth surfaces for cleaning.

The ice dispenser is so imprecise that it never gives a predictable amount of ice.  You push the lever sequentially: No ice... no ice... no ice... a couple of cubes... then BINGO- full tall glass of ice and ice all over the floor.  It all releases in a torrent.  T

he water line for the water dispenser used to constantly freeze up, requiring that the temp in the frig be set higher until it thawed.  Also, the buttons that switched among water, ice, and crushed ice began to malfunction.  We finally got it back to ice and do not dare switching again.  We stopped using the water dispenser and now have space taken up by a Brita pitcher.

I have put a water detector under the damn thing, but I did ask the remarkably candid repairman what to expect next.  Said he:  "Well, you see these water lines for the ice and water?  Where they go into the solenoid I just replaced, that's near the compressor.  It gets real hot right there because the cooling fan is not adequate.  These things are not really made to be built in because not enough air gets to them.  So these plastic lines break all the time."  When that happens you get another flood.  There is no catch pan, water alarm, or shutoff valve.  If you are away for the weekend, good luck when you return.

We have friends who have a 1947 refrigerator in their basement that has been running constantly since they bought their house back then.  Only repair: a door seal about 10 years ago.  That GE puts out the kind of quality they do now is shameful.  We're pilots, and are aware that they make aircraft engines.  They know how to make reliable stuff- if they didn't in aviation, they'd kill people.  But with refrigerators, they can keep selling us crap, and letting our insurance companies pay the thousands of dollars in drywall, paint, and floor refinishing.  Of course, we policyholders pay in the end- in our premiums.

We have paid hundreds of dollars in repairs for this damn thing, and I wish I could just have back one of those old white things which you plugged into the wall, put your stuff in, it got cold, and you forgot about the box for 25 years at least.

Google "GE sucks" and other similar expressions of love you'd expect from irate customers.  ("GE sucks" brings up a YouTube video of a Profile frig that pretty much covers it.)

Friends of ours have a Liebherr that people are raving about.  German made, with the quality you'd expect from them.  You'll pay more money, but deduct the cost of two ruined floors, walls, ceiling, etc.  Beneath GE's stainless steel facade is nothing but the cheapest junk they can find.  Had we known, we'd have gone with Liebherr.

Finally, ovens.  We have two of the same type GE Profile ovens, one here and one at a country property.  The touchpads keep going bad, (Google "GE F7 error," and "GE F0 error") and they have a knack for knowing when company is coming.  Over $300.00 a pop.  According to an independent repairman:  "Electronics hate two things- heat and moisture.  GE refuses to build in the protection for their electronics, so they all go bad.  The more moist things you cook, the sooner it happens.  They make a fortune off selling touchpads over and over."

What an embarrassment insofar as American productivity is concerned.  And way too typical.  Bosch dishwasher? Great so far- 10 years in. Everything they said it would do, and quiet as a mouse.