My GE track record
I personally haven’t had that much trouble with any of my GE appliances The timeline starts when we moved into our first new house in 1983
Refrigeration:
1983 GE 20cf SXS, is still in operation at my in laws house, was replaced in 2000 by a GE 25cf SXS, due to color change. The 2000 model is still in operation, given to a friend who needed it, as I purchased a new GE 25cf SXS stainless in kitchen remodel three months ago. The only issue was the 1983 ice maker had a barrel cube type that was replaced by the more traditional crescent shaped cube ice maker.
Microwave:
1984 over the range GE Spacesaver was replaced in 2000, as part of a kitchen update to help sell the previous house, as the wood grain door looked dated, ha. New house we moved into in Dec of 2000 had a GE OTR Spacesaver that the magnetron failed at 4 yrs. It was replaced by a 2004 JVM2070 touch screen in Bisque, and is now at my in laws house, as it was changed out for the same GE model in SS, for my kitchen remodel three months ago.
Range:
I’ve owned 3 GE slide in ranges over the years and never had any issues with any of them. They were only changed out for color styling updates. My bisque one went to the in laws, to replace their Maytag slide in, that had a self clean oven never worked. I replaced mine with a SS GE slide in, once again, for the kitchen remodel
Dishwasher:
1983 belt drive Maytag was replaced in 1997, due to a very noisy pump and worn out racks, by an upper end GE Electronic touch model with nylon racks. We moved in 2000 to a new house and installed a GE tall tub, which was replaced in 2010 with a GE hidden control SS model for the kitchen remodel. No issues with any of them.
Laundry:
1983 Maytag was purchased new, but I always felt had a marginally balanced tub, but I never could get the dealer to replace it. I kept that machine until we moved in 2000, and then had to get rid of it, as it would not stay put on a truss floor. It kept moving several inches after spin cycle was done. The matching Maytag dryer had to have the push to start switch replaced about every 5 years, or the heating element wouldn’t come on. So we replaced the washer and dryer in 2000 with an Amana set that lasted 6 yrs when the tub bearing seal went out and took the motor with it. The Amana dryer had issues too, I won’t go into. I now have a 2007 Hydrowave upstairs and a 2005 GE transmission model downstairs with matching dryers on both. I know it’s too early in the game for durability on both of them. But so far, both have had no issues. I did replace the heating element on the matching dryer on the older GE 2 years into ownership, and did it myself. I found the dryer wasn’t that hard to work on at all, having never done it before.
Summary:
In all of my GE appliances, the only appliance that gave me a major problem was the magnetron failure in the OTR microwave at 4 years. All the other’s have performed very well in my opinion, considering what you pay for them. Although I wouldn’t want any new top load GE with the infusor agitator.
