What is the WORSE washer you have ever owned

[bajaespuma]

Hard to believe

Never really owned a bad one. The worst one I've ever used, but didn't own, was a 1970's vintage real Westinghouse; loud, clunky, lame spin. Have used many Whirlpool/Kenmores that I thought were clunky, inelegantly designed machines, but they did the wash and I've spoken to too many service technicians that think they're the easiest machines to keep running. Also, my first washing machine was a BOL Whirlpool and I will always cherish that machine. Thinking very hard here, but I guess that it's making me realize that choosing good appliances must have been important to my family, because no one ever just went out and bought some cheap machine to do the laundry. Also, haven't had a lot of experience with breakdowns(knocking on wood here). And, as discussed before, I have had the opposite experience from Pete with LG. I am very careful to mention Pete's experience, though, when I recommend the brand to people.

 

[laundromat]

Maypool

I bought a Maytag 3 speed with ss tub and it would not use hot water. The temperature was warm,not hot and you couldn't over ride the damned sensor.I returned it and got the LGs.It also tore up a few towels I had just bought with that "Cruel-Action agitator.

 

[gowest84]

Haier front load washer/dryer.

I wanted a 24" front loader instead of a skinny-mini so I found this disaster. The first clue I was going to have problems when my washer & dryer passed Phoenix and wound up in the wrong store in Bakersfield.

The dryer always sounded like there were gerbils running loose in there and that was the first day. The washer wouldn't unlock within 2 minutes after the cycle and the door lock would break when I'd try to open it.

Service was impossible because after about 1.5 years they changed the model to an all-in-one and the parts would never come in or they'd be wrong.

Eventually, Lowe's bought out my contract and I got a Maytag set that fit in that space. My only problem with this machine has been the quarters that I forget to get out of my pants and found in the pump.

If that's what the Chinese are pumping out, backflush it back to them.

 

[norgeway]

Maytag!

In 1984 our 69 Frigidaire Custom Deluxe finally died,as I knew Frigidaire was certainly NOT a GM product anymore,I talked Mother into spending a little more for a Maytag,rather than a GE or Hotpoint,what a mistake,2 weeks old and the drain hose came loose from the tub and flooded the house,I fixed that,but no one ever got that d@#$ thing to work worth 2 cents,you could put about half of a Frigidaire load in it and get clothes acceptably clean,but NEVER ever would it wash 2 loads in a row without getting out of balance,3 years later my Mom told me to get her a washer she didnt have to baby sit,fast forward..I got a 806 several years ago,needless to say, I hated it worse than the first one,I know about everyone loves them,but I promise, if there are any old ones found here,YOU ALL CAN HAVE THEM!!!! I will keep my Belt Drive Whirlpool!

 

[dustin92]

our worst..

our WORST washer ever was a 2007 whirlpool direct drive top load washer! Model LBR5432PQ. 10 REPAIRS IN ONE YEAR!!!(pump twice, transmission, clutch, timer, and just about everything else! It had a one piece agitator and it had an extremely small tub, if you filled the basket over half full, the clothes on top would not even move and the ones on the bottom got SHREDDED. if the basket was filled full the ones on top didnt even get wet and still had soap on them at the end of the wash cycle. nothing ever came out clean, even on the heavy wash cycle (14 minutes on high speed) The washer wore holes through the linoleum in the laundry room because it moved so much. It was INCREDIBLY LOUD! It died after a year and it was replaced by the store with an Estate (made by whirlpool) which only lasted another year (but no repairs until the warranty was up!!) then IT was also junked.

 

[duet83]

Frigidaire

Not mine, but had was included in a rental. It was near BOL and did not clean well.
Even the stacked laundry centers, basically the same washer, are not good at cleaning.

 

[vintagesearch]

our 2002 ge tler o gosh aside from the fact it was loud and no matter how well i separated anything and i mean anything would tangle up so much lint from a ge????? developed a leak would take forever to stop spinning i guess tub break wore out did i mention the frustrating tangles even on the easycare cycle????? ohh and some strange stains left on the tub basket and holes in garments too!!! our kenmore we now have doesnt do any of the above stated!

 

[cfz2882]

solid tub hotpoint

not really a bad washer at all,but the 1970 hotpoint my parents
bought new started breaking down frequently at around 9 yrs
oldumps,clutch,sediment tube broke loose and jammed pump ETC
not a big deal normally,but was hard to find clutch parts in
1981(pumps were still quite avalible)hotpoint was replaced
with a new BD and was eventually stripped and taken to the
dump.

 

[mrcleanjeans]

A scrub board lol

 

[alr2903]

Amana, T/L. center seal leak at 6 years if i remember correctly. It was the most expensive machine we ever purchased. The slope of the floor caused the water to run behind the machine between the baseboard and under the vinyl flooring, our floor was mildewed under the "Shiney" top coat on the vinyl. IIRC someone else in the club had a relatively new Amana with a similar outcome. alr2903

 

[estesguy]

I second the above Amana nomination

Bought a T/L Amana in 2000, to replace a "dancing" 1983 Maytag that walked all the time. The tub bearing went out and took the motor with it at just 6 years of age. I guess I should have paid more attention to the bearing noise, but I was so disgusted with it failing at such a young age, I was ready for it to go. That machine still stokes my fobia's about SQ, even though people say they aren't related.

 

[jerrod6]

My 1996 KitchenAid Top loader

I paid over $700 for this machine thinking it would be great. It was direct drive and didn't make too much noise during the wash phase. Water pump outs were a bit louder.

This machine could never clean white underware or socks. I resorted to soaking the whites over night in LCB...even with that they never came clean. It could not clean collar soil. Worst of all it could not rinse. For the deep rinse it took 8 minutes to fill with 23 gallons of water while the thing just sat doing nothing, then it swished the water around for 2 minutes,then pumped it out.

After several months I developed a skin rash which the doctor said was coming from left over detergent in clothes. I took to running 5 deep rinses for each load and still there were suds. I was using Liquid Tide, then I went to powedered Tide and still there were suds. I tried Cheer, I tried Ajax, I tried a store brand...no improvment in cleaning or rinsing.

A year later water was running all over the floor while it was washing. The repair man had to replace the pump.

The next year one day I heard grinding and the sound of metal sliding against metal. There was the washer at a dead stop full of water. The repair guy came and said it was the gear case(transmission) He replaced it. While he was there I asked him to replace it with a KitchenAid part and he laughted while telling me that it was a Whirlpool "it's all the same just the name and the price and, the knobs are different" he said wule laughing his head off at my request.

16 months after this the thing was dead again - same problem, and it still was unable to clean or rinse well.

 

[foraloysius]

Candy

It's not a machine I owned but my mother got this machine in 1965. She had it only for a year and several times the repair man had to come out. After that year the machine was broken beyond repair. She got a Bosch as a replacement. The word Candy was a big no no for years after that in our house. Had to think about that when I saw the pictures of the exploded Candy's the German consumer organisation tested.

 

[servisslimline]

same here

not a machine Ive owned but its certainly one i never want to own
SERVIS M6011S (faints with shock of how bad it is) ok so from the start: low water levels, motor couldn't turn the drum as it wasn't powerful enough to start tumbling by the end of the tumble, for example, i was doing a load of whites 60c in it and you heard it click to start the tumble but it took about 5 seconds for the drum to start moving and by then the tumble had almost finished, also there were other problems like the buttons all looked like they did the same thing because there was just a small image and no writing of what the button did, also every single spin i saw or even heard it do was always unbalanced so it made a huge racket and the final spin without the unbalance, just a empty drum is very loud so id never get one for that reason, also it has the stupid merloni 4 shallow paddle drum. below is a pic of the awful thing, not mine.
phil

 

[servisslimline]

and one more thing

it took an age to do a wash!

 

[Wasmachineman]

Some bullsh*t Indesit

Completely rusting, Wont turn, bearings dead, Pretty much a POS.

 

[aquarius1984]

Candy Activa 101.

Lasted 4 months having burnt out 1 motor and then was gotten rid of after the Jet System pump leaked thus flooding over a week old laminate floor.

The Hoover Quattro 1300 that replaced it wasnt to hot either.

 

[aquarius1984]

Wasmachineman

Your language does not really impress me especially considering your age.

Might I politely suggest you learn some manners around your elders and refrain from sounding immature.

Using such language is something you should not be doing nor publicly displaying as a lack of maturity on your part.

Telling off set aside may I ask what Indesit you refer to?

 

[dyson2drums]

servis m6115

hello all

mine shall be my servis m6115, broke down more than 5 times in 6 months and finally it was taken away. PCB problems, poor washing and rinsing plus long wash cycles whcih weren't effective. Was glad to see it go, was replaced with my hotpoint aquarius wma58 with powerstream wash system whcich is still running without any repairs doing approximately 2 washes a day at aunts as we have the dyson and a hotpoint ctd80 condesor tumble dryer, working very well, no complaints. Thought i'd get trouble as many people experienced but mine is very good overall.

Thanks

 

[lavamat_jon]

In comparison to the other machines we've owned, our worse machines would be either the Hotpoint WM64, or the Bosch Exxcel for differing reasons - though neither were majorly disappointing machines compared to machines others have had, so I count ourselves lucky really!

The worse machine I have used has got to be my best friends integrated Diplomat - they are pretty spot on with the cycles and the drum actions... would be a fairly decent machine if only the drum had paddles that turned the laundry!

Jon