When Did Asko Go Off The Rails?

[askolover]

Note to self

When my old faithful Swedish Asko dies, won't be getting another one.  Disappointing because I really like their door gasket design.  I guess mine was one of the last good ones they made, going on 19 years now.  Still have a Miele on standby.

 

[launderess]

Sadly Asko today has a bad name

When it comes to laundry appliances. You often cannot give used units away because persons have heard or looked-up that brand.

Whatever great beginnings the Swedish units entered the US market with back in the 1980's or so were wiped out by problems by the 1990's. Everything from poor repair/service distribution to being prone to unreliability.