Kenmore coil burner stove

[rll70sman]

About a year ago, the oven element went out on my Kenmore 94012 electric stove. The stove was purchased new on December 31, 2006 so that wasn't a very long life for an oven element. A new element was ordered from Sears and the defective one replaced.

Fast forward to this afternoon. I set the self-clean option for medium soil, or a three-hour cycle, and walked away. It turns out one of the feet that holds the element up off of the oven floor turned sideways during the clean cycle so that the element was in direct contact with the enamel. It burned through the enamel and melted the steel. RANT!

What is with Sears and Kenmore quality? How does it expect to maintain a solid customer base in the current economic climate, all the while churning out a bunch of junk? Geez! Most of my family is (was) loyal to Kenmore appliances because of their quality and longevity, and so was I. Not anymore! Anyone have or know of a nice vintage electric stove for sale ?

Rob

 

[circlew]

Who is the manufacturer of this range? I know some of them are GE, some Frigidaire, and some may be by others. The three-digit code in the model # will tell this. I would imagine this defect would be in all similar ranges made during that time by that particular maker, not just the ones sold under the Kenmore name.

The house I'm renting has a BOL Admiral (Maytag) range, and it's oven went out when it was less than 3 yrs. old. Required a new control and connectors for the bake element. The '53 Westinghouse I own still has the original oven elements and the control is the one put in back in '54 to replace the original that was defective.

 

[rll70sman]

Manufacturer of Kenmore stove

The model number is 790.94012600 so it was made by Frigidaire. Interestingly enough, my grandparents have a Montgomery Ward Signature (O'Keefe & Merritt?) electric stove purchased in late 1979 or early 1980, and it has never needed a new oven element either. Only a couple of the burner elements have needed replacing over the years. Otherwise, it has served them faithfully.

Rob

 

[norgeway]

I hate to be!

The bearer of bad news, but nothing made today is anywhere near the quality of what was built 40 or 50 years ago! My 61 GE has all the original units and pushbutton switches, everything works but the clock.

 

[laundromat]

There was----

a recall on many of the Electrolux made electric ranges and yours may have been one of them. I would go on line to (frigidairecustomerservice.com) and go to recalls to see if your model was one of them and what you can do to rectify it.