Why did Maytag eliminate the Dependable Care Line?

[combo52]

New WP BD Washers

I have in all honesty heard of that and a few other problems, but we have not done a single service call on one. We probably will next week LOL, but we are a small company doing no more than 90 service calls per week divided among the three of us that are on the road 5 days a week. The service calls have always been pretty evenly divided between Washers, dryers, refrigerators, dishwashers, gas and electric ranges cook-tops and wall ovens and we still fix a lot of built-in microwaves and the OTR microwaves.

 

[thefixer]

Can't tell you how many VMW repairs I've done! These things are junk in my opinion. Tons of failed shift actuators, always carry spares. Broken wires due to overtightening of wire harness tie wraps during factory installation. Loose main pulley nuts (very common), lots of failed motor capacitors. Lots of failed transmission top bearings. Transmission not serviceable but I've heard of one repair company that had accumualted so many of these transmissions that they figured out how to get the transmissions apart to replace the cheap commonly available bearing. Once you've done a couple, it's a bit of work, it becomes routine and is worthwhile. When most people see the cost of replacing a transmission or control board, they just junk the machine. These machines did replace the DD, are very common so there are now tons of them being used so the actual percentage of failures may be low, I don't know, just know I've seen and heard of so so many failures since they came out in 2010.

 

[sarat]

I know this is an old thread but it's in keeping with the DC line so I figured I'd revive it . Can anyone tell me anything at all about this model? Was it one of the first or last DC's produced? How does it measure against the 'DC Plus' model? Would love any insight or assistance. A brochure would be fantastic. Thank you.

 

[vacerator]

Oh Laundress,

now talk about abysmal; "Not as long as Obama is in office, or California is around"
Please, the crummy appliance designs were all said and implementation underway before Obama was even running. You wish for bad things to happen to California?
So they label things with warnings for pregnant mothers, and toxic goods.
Remember the TV add in the 70's of the Indian rowing a canoe past all the smoke stacks?

 

[vacerator]

Personally,

I am better off than a decade ago. Except for a crummy washer.
A nice roof over head, food in the pantry and fridge, and health insurance which yes, we pay for.
Our son in law is a part company owner and got insurance through an exchange, and says it's better than he had with his former larger company.

 

[goatfarmer]

That's a later DC. Decent enough washer.

 

[48bencix]

Motel Laundry Rooms

I still see them in Motel Laundry rooms. And a Laundromat near me still has them. My 2001 model is still running daily.

 

[fan-of-fans]

I would guess mid-90s based on the white, but still squarish panel.

 

[Chetlaham]

the reliability of these otherwise great machines can't

You mean newer machines have fewer manufacturing defects? I certainly believe that. IF you mean longevity I have a hard time believing that. Built in obsolescence is by design. Any dealer will tell you they are chucking out just as many broken post filter flo machines as they are chucking out vintage machines. Look at the dumpsters for that matter. 5-10 year old machines in even proportion with older ones. And as of late I see more modern than vintage.

 

[gelaundry4ever]

maytag commercial dc at the dorm

I have used the maytag dc washers at my dorm. I don't like the short rinse cycle so I have to restart it. That's my pet peeve.