Product review (1 stars): Case for a Recall
Coming from Europe, I was relieved to see that American washing machine manufacturers have finally come around to face European competition of the likes of Miele and Bosch in producing high efficiency, space saving front loading washing machines. In addition, our trusted salesman assured us of the high quality standards of the Maytag Company (remember the commercial with the idle repair guy?). Nevertheless, and now I question the reason for that, our salesman recommended the purchase of an additional 3 year warranty.

We are empty-nesters, so our machine has not been constantly challenged with heavy loads of highly soiled clothes. Otherwise the problems we are facing now would have occurred much earlier. We also should have taken the time and read some of these revealing reviews about the machine.

- From the beginning, we never felt like our clothes were clean. Many stains did not disappear and clothes often smelled musty.
- Numerous expensive clothes, particularly some very expensive athletic clothes were severely torn.
- Even though we always leave the door open, the machine always smells musty and the rubber seal shows areas of mold; I repeatedly run the "self-cleaning cycle" but not to much avail (until now, I have actually never seen a "washing" machine with a "self-cleaning" cycle).

We never thought to pursue these concerns with the manufacturer, because we thought we were at fault - we should have read all these reviews.
For the last few weeks, the drum seemed to be squealing, to which we did not pay much attention, since the machine makes all kind of peculiar noises, anyway. However, today, suddenly, a full load of clothes was covered with grey sand. After removing the clothes, we thought it might have been something in a pocket. So I run the "self cleaning" cycle during which water comes gushing out of the front door. Finally, when I open the door, there is more of the grey residue and after inspecting the door I notice that the bellow is torn; so were some of the clothes, by the way. We hope, the 3 year warranty provider will honor the repair, but after reading all the negative reviews, we know, this is only the beginning of horrible things to come.

This machine should have never entered and stayed on the market. I cannot believe a reputable manufacturer such as Maytag would continue to put their label on such a dysfunctional product. This is definitely a case for a recall. And I will fight for it and so should you!