Maytag rode their wringer washer reputation to market their automatics. The fins on the Gyrator were too high for the automatics' narrow tub. Instead of encouraging roll over by pulling fabrics down, they kicked fabrics up and dragged them back and forth, eventually, in some cases, rubbing the white porcelain off the tubs in deluxe washers right in the area opposite the high fins. Wash action improved greatly with the down swept flexible fins on the redesigned agitator, but the tub was still narrow by modern standards.
Maytag suffered from hide-bound management that refused to update their machines even less than Whirlpool. After they came out with a dishwasher and there were no more Maytag family members to run the troubled corporation, they got new management that decided they must have a full line of appliances so they bought the outdated range and refrigeration lines from Hardwick and Admiral that were not up to Maytag's reputation for quality. It was almost impossible to get the doors on the side-by-sides to line up in the closed position and the area behind the oven door around the oven cavity opening was painted enamel, not porcelain or stainless steel. Instead of spending the money to make a quality true large capacity washer, they bought Norge's production line and offered washers that drilled holes in floors. The most fatal flaw Maytag made was not supporting machines when customers had trouble with them and especially after customers paid a lot for the Neptunes, by not extending warranty support for the expensive electronic boards that I think were damaged by a flaw in the wax motor that locked the door. Poorly designed suspension of the Neptune's tub caused it to fishtail with poorly balanced loads and have trouble coming up to full spin speed. It you looked at it with the back removed, the rear of the tub wiggled like a happy puppy's back end.
