What is the WORSE washer you have ever owned

[ronhic]

I've not owned a machine I didn't like to use...

...but I have used 2 Servis machines which I wouldn't care to own...

- A very basic machine from about 2000 which had a diabolically slow spin....and
- A washer/dryer from about 2003 which was dreadful...

 

[Wasmachineman]

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

First, I censored it, Right?
Second, It was an old WG 1200TX or so, dont remember.

 

[whirlcool]

The worse washer & dryer we ever had was a GE mini stacked set. It was like a one piece unit. Similar to the skinny mini's.

You could only wash 3 towels at a time. Or 4 shirts. Or 1 pair of jeans. Agitation was OK if you only put a few items in it. The space it was in was designed for it (Condo). You couldn't replace it with anything larger.

The dryer vented the air out of the top right into the room. When we would do laundry in the summer, the place would turn into a sauna. And the darned thing would take forever to dry.

We finally figured out that these set was designed to wash only a few things between weekly trips to the coin op.

 

[passatdoc]

1988 White-Westinghouse TL washer

Purchased at Price Club (today known as Costco) for $325 new when I bought my home. Moving from an apartment to a house, I did not yet own a washer.

Price Club offered only one make/model of washer back then. However, many consumers, myself included, operated under the mantra of "Price Club wouldn't sell a bad appliance". I did know one other recent purchaser (someone older who had already owned several washers in the past) of the same machine who was satisfied with it, so I took the bait.

Matching gas dryer was $275, so the set was $600 at a time when most sets ran $700-900. $275 was a very good price for a gas dryer, which in those days ran $35-40 over the electric model. The other issue was that a friend with a truck had volunteered to go shopping with me and help me cart the machines home, but I had one day only to shop (the one day he was free). So once we saw and checked out the Price Club machine, I made the sale and brought it right home. Price Club didn't even have home delivery in those days, you simply brought your truck around to the back and they pulled your carton out of storage.

Gas dryer worked well, as primitive as it was (no moisture sensor; not sure if the Perm Press cycle really cooled down all that much) and it did get the clothes dry.

The washer never washed that well, showed lots of scaled crud on the sides (resistant to Lime Away or other products), and worst of all, the "Infinite Water Level" switch kept failing. The machine would fail to sense when the desired water level had been reached and would continue to fill until overflowing.

The machine had a three year warranty and the first time it was repaired free under warranty. That fix lasted another two or three years and then the switch failed again. This time the repair cost nearly $200. When it failed a third time, when it was seven years old, I decided it was time for a new washer, so out it went and a new GE went in instead.

At the time, I tended to overlook the water level unreliability because I was so thrilled to have my own washer and to not have to use coin machines any longer. In particular, I saved a lot of money by being able to wash woolens on Delicate cycle with Woolite, instead of having to pay $$$ for dry cleaning. Most likely the dry cleaning savings more than paid for the short-lived washer.

 

[washernoob]

The amana thing we have now. Its horrid. It is loud, and shakes violently and we try to balance it every different way but that just seems to be no help.

Its about to die, and its only a few years old.

We had to replace the matching dryer because it died. Our old Kenmore is WAY better.

 

[rolls_rapide]

A 1993 Hoover 'New Wave' AC178

This was the worst machine that my mother has ever owned - and I bought it for her!

Door lock was not set correctly right out of the packaging. The electronics went kooky and the machine aborted its programmes as soon as anyone sneezed. The doorseal punctured and fused the electrics, that turned out to be a reason for a nationwide recall.

Mum was glad to see the back of it.

 

[aquarius1984]

Callum.

FWIR The door seal incidents were related to the fill tube thing which also leaked and sent water dripping onto the heater terminals.

Modifications were made to include a drip guard over the heater terminals.

Something Hotpoint had been fitting for 10 years prior.

 

[fredriksam]

I,ve had an Selectro (Servis) that was beyond bad. It washed very bad, had awful long washtimes, rinsed very bad, took ages to do a spin and PCB blew 2 times when i had it. Also, the last few times i used it, it jumped around on the floor when it spin.

It was replaced with a Siemens that was way better.

 

[volsboy1]

G.E. Adora Front Loader I had. It can't clean on the longest cycle at all they don't use enough water.There might have been something wrong with mine but when the machine would pause during wash there was no even dripping off the baffles.I had it for about 7 months threw it in the back of the truck and took it to lowe's and went postal till they let me return it and I got my G.E. Harmony.You don't see many 1-18 done here in the South for some reason.I have only seen one in my life and was hooked but I have NEVER SEEN one for sale here or Atlanta.

 

[turquoisedude]

My worst was a Danby - it claimed to have the capacity of a full-size washer, but was only a compact cabinet size. It had an impeller (like a really big Hoover twin tub impeller) on the bottom of the tub. It tangled everything horribly (no Westy Slant-front could do better!) and it didn't clean worth a tinker's cuss. I had it all of 4 months and replaced it with a 70s Viking (GE clone) filter-flo style washer.

 

[hotpoint95622]

hotpoint 95622

Hoover logic 800
The first machine I paid for out of my first few months’ wages as a 16 year old school leaver. It was faulty on the first wash; the pump guard was bent and jamming the cooling fan, it was so noisy you had to shut all the doors. It eats the door seals like Sunday roast dinners. In the end I gave it to my dad who run it for a few years till a catastrophic bearing fault during the final spin which ripped the outer tub to shreds.
One I’m glad he put in his skip.
Unlike my Hotpoint Liberator, we don’t go there!!!!!!

 

[paulinroyton]

Servis Quartz 600

My Mum bought the Servis Quartz 600 when it first came out. Great looking machine, but terrible with an unbalanced load. The machine would dance like mad.

After 9 months it had to have a new motor fitted. Servis had to recall some of the 600 models with a design fault. She sold it and bought a Hotpoint Top Loader.

 

[strongenough78]

This is why I'm gonna find something vintage. Things just don't last as long as they used to anymore and you pay a small fortune for them!

 

[favorit]

Candy C 134

My parents bought this POS in 1973. "Washer" was a too big word for this poor thing. The drum had NO baffles, so partial or delicate loads just floated on the water ...

You can watch it here on Candy Time Machine : it is the machine with the detergent drawer in year 1973, pic # 9

 

[gelaundry4ever]

My worst washer

My pick would be the GE washers made after the filter-flo washers. They shake and squeak during agitation. Believe me, that happened when my dad got it in 2000 along with the matching dryer. Even worse, there was no filter-flo nor minibasket! We had our filter-flo laundry set hauled off to the dump! Boy! I should've kicked myself for that! Shame on you GE! You should've kept your filter-flo design! If you're thinking about buying a GE top load washer made after the filter-flo, don't even think about it! The GE machines that are even worse are the HE models! I'd hate for my clothes to be cleaned in diarrhea then sprayed with detergent and water... fabric softener and barely washed! That's what high-efficiency means! If I could've gone back in time, I would've bought a filter-flo set! That's it! OH... Don't remind me of that sewage smell! I'll tell you what! The new GE's should just fill the washer with backed up sewage and wash clothes that way! I'd rather spit on my clothes and scrub them with a toothbrush if this is how environmental conscious we are! Furious? You bet I am! Will I stay away from the HE GE's? You know I will! I'll steer anybody away from them! I know I will! Let's have a smash the new style GE washer and matching dryer party! The HE models will get the full brunt of it!

 

[gelaundry4ever]

My worst washer

My pick would be the GE washers made after the filter-flo washers. They shake and squeak during agitation. Believe me, that happened when my dad got it in 2000 along with the matching dryer. Even worse, there was no filter-flo nor minibasket! We had our filter-flo laundry set hauled off to the dump! Boy! I should've kicked myself for that! Shame on you GE! You should've kept your filter-flo design! If you're thinking about buying a GE top load washer made after the filter-flo, don't even think about it! The GE machines that are even worse are the HE models! I'd hate for my clothes to be cleaned in diarrhea then sprayed with detergent and water... fabric softener and barely washed! That's what high-efficiency means! If I could've gone back in time, I would've bought a filter-flo set! That's it! OH... Don't remind me of that sewage smell! I'll tell you what! The new GE's should just fill the washer with backed up sewage and wash clothes that way! I'd rather spit on my clothes and scrub them with a toothbrush if this is how environmental conscious we are! Furious? You bet I am! Will I stay away from the HE GE's? You know I will! I'll steer anybody away from them! I know I will! Let's have a smash the new style GE washer and matching dryer party! The HE models will get the full brunt of it!

 

[gelaundry4ever]

HE equals dirty clothes!

Don't even think about washing really dirty clothes with the HE models especially GE! They should be called clothes dirtiers! "HE!" What a bunch of crap!

 

[brib68]

2 entries here...

I've never owned a truly bad washer, although I would nominate my 1998 Maytag "Dependable Care" TL whose timer dial stripped sometime around 2005 or 2006 (and at that, had spent a 9 month 'vacation' in storage in between houses). I could have had it repaired, I'm sure, but I was hot for a new LG front loader.

The washer I cannot stand is the Whirlpool Cabrio TL at the cat shelter where I volunteer. Having to stack the dirty laundry carefully around the sides of the tub so the center wash plate stays open is ridiculous, time consuming, and a total pain in the neck, back, and other areas. On the plus side, the performance seems to be decent, but I so much prefer my LG at home.

 

[jeffg]

I second the Cabrio vote. Ours was an agitator version and lasted less than a week in our house. The only washer I've ever seen that defied every attempt to deliver sanitary hot water. The things are a public health hazard imo.

 

[dave886]

Hotpoint AQ9D-69I

Worst machine i've ever owed was the hotpoint aqualtis 9kg. It loves to rip holes in your clothes on the final spin. The gasket has a serious design fault, on those 9kg aqualtis models. Apprantly it still exists on the 11kg, my goodness.