Product review (1 stars): Worst Domestic Appliance ever purchased in past 30 years
This is singularly the worst domestic appliance we have ever purchased/owned. This month it is 4 years old and we bought this with a 1 year manufacturer warranty and 3 year extended warranty. I pity those who didn't. Today I took delivery of its replacement. I am a design engineer and everything wrong with this unit is a design flaw. The switch mechanism for stopping the ice production when the tray gets full is mounted at right angles to where it needs to be and never works. The result is it never stops producing ice. It literally fills the tray to overflowing then fills the freezer. When the defrost kicks in it part melts the overfilled tray that is now too near the defrost coils so the ice part melts and then freezes again as a solid block jamming the ice drawer completely. I could go on. The first time we didn't realize what had happened and tried to get it to dispense ice and the ice delivery motor went on fire. We have had the ice maker replaced twice, repaired twice and then gave up. The on/off switch for the ice is conveniently located behind the drawer that is now jammed because the ice has overflowed and frozen solid so it just keeps going unless you turn it all off and defrost it. The water dispenser freezes when the ice gets full and the manufacturers solution is to add a heater which then causes it to dispense hot water until you let it run for more than half a cup. I believe this unit was designed by a disgruntled employee or an utterly incompetent imbecile with no knowledge of basic engineering. I will NEVER buy another GE appliance. Everyone can have a problem but GEs refusal to take ownership of this disaster or to permanently fix it or recall and replace these lemons is disgusting. GE you have lost a customer for life. I wouldn't recommend this item to my worst enemy. PLEASE don't buy one of these or even look at a used one. BUYER BEWARE.