Kitchen Aid Crap

[iheartmaytag]

This is a tactic that is happening across the Whirl-crap line.
Last Christmas I had a wire, yes it was a wire burn through on my Maytag range. I was told by the Maytag dealer that Whirl-crap no longer supported this modes because it was over 10 years old.

It was a wire. No, they say a Wire harness. The repair man made me a replacement, but advised that if anything else went wrong with the range I would have to replace it as they could not longer get parts.

If I have to replace it, anyone want to bet me money it won't be with a Whirlpool family appliance.

I saw a GE I like very well, it had possibilities. That is if I do end up having to deplete my checking account, max my credit card and selling my child. Hopefully I won't have to do so for awhile.

 

[stevet]

If at first you don't succeed, send it over there!

Still looking for spare parts? Maybe you can contact KA in the UK.. That's where they shipped the Brivas to about a year or two ago! This one looks to have a smaller sink but the dishwasher should be pretty much the same!
Seriously, check for a parts manual and see if you cannot get the cable from them.

Hope this helps!

http://www.kitchenaid.co.uk/app.cnt/ka/en_GB/pageid/pgkaproddetail001/catid/8/subcatid/32

 

[hunter]

It's insane.

I keep wondering if the best thing for me is to find a 1950s electric range and buy that.

Whoever heard of a range dying after only 10 years? But nothing, nothing is built to last. If they were $100 you wouldn't care so much, but $2000? It seems like most of us here don't have that kind of money to throw away.

Custom sinks...you know, the hardest thing, Michaelman2, is you save up a bunch of money for a kitchen refit. You have it done, with a lot of effort and anguish expecting that it will serve you for ages. Then before you recover from the financial hit, you are hit again. It's adding insult to injury.

(I'm always astounded on Garden Web how much people will PAY for kitchen refits, like to the tune of >100,000 dollars, but hey, maybe I'm just poor).

 

[volvoguy87]

Longevity.

I work in an appliance parts store. We tell people that most appliances have a lifespan of 5-7, except for LG and Samsung appliances, which are closer to 3 years. The failues which tend to kill more appliances than any other are electronic control failures. Electronic controls tend to be expensive, frequently propriatary, and quickly NLA. An otherwise functional appliance is rendered scrap by the failure of a relatively small electronic control.
GE refrigerators eat WR55X10942 boards like candy to the tune of $150.00 a pop, for example.

No matter what you buy, PUT IT ON A SURGE PROTECTOR!!!!!
Dave

 

[michaelman2]

stevet, thanks for the link...I will try it....Amazing that the domestic dummies did not even think to look there....

 

Bottom line ...the KitchenAid - Whirlpool lines are planned obsolescence, period.  Crap.  But the human being element is even worse.  They are so trained to live in the land of "no"....can you do this.."no"..can you do that "no"....like robots.  This comes from the top.

 

 

 

[whirlcool]

After that crappy Whirlpool refrigerator we had for 10 years (failures year after year and also sold under the Kitchenaid brand name too) we decided to go with a GE refrigerator. So far so good. The difference in quality between the Whirlpool and GE is amazing.

The only thing we've owned by Whirlpool that hasn't had a problem has been our dryer. Even the original drum light bulb is still in the machine. The washer has had a few minor problems, nothing too much to complain about and quite cheap to fix.

 

[magicmarc]

BRIVA lid cable broken plastic - PART

hi, as everyone else, my briva lid cable plastic broke years ago. Ive created a simple replacement part with a 3D printer. if anyone would like to try the part out, let me know. i havent installed it as yet, because its a job to take out the unit, have space to work on it, etc.. in a tiny studio apartment without a garage or work room to really get the machine apart properly, but im going to...