On 1/25/2011 10:20 PM, Bob Nogueira wrote:
> Our three year old Kitchenaide has had the main control board replaced twice.
> The tech told me it was really a design flaw in that the vent is just above
> the board and the moisture gets to the board.
> I've had too take out an extended warrantee on it since it doesn't seem to be
> able to go more than a year without a service call.
While we haven't had any difficulties with our 2003 Kitchenaid I agree
that the electronic controls do seem to be a sore point on many recent
appliances. We just purchased a new LG washer and dryer and for I think
the first time on any appliance purchase I did buy an extended service
agreement.
> While not a dishwasher, I'd stay away from GE. In three years the
>microwave
> has had one service call and the door is now rusting out. Our GE vent hood
> runs fine but the bulbs only last a couple of months and cost $5.00 apiece.
Our Wolf cooktop works fine; the Wolf oven cooks well but the control
panel's a bit hard to read at times and it's got a big nasty
thermal-expansion BANG! from time to time. I suppose I should try to do
something about it...
Our Sub-Zero fridge is old enough to drive now, it needed a new
compressor a few weeks after it was first installed back in '94. It
didn't respond too well to being shut down and put in storage during our
'03 remodel, shortly after it went back in I found a lot of the sealant
the refrigerator cabinet had been built with had peeled loose and was
allowing water to leak around the seal onto the floor so I had to clean
it out and reseal the seams, then it needed a new icemaker, then it
needed a new freezer thermostat, and about a year ago it needed a new
refrigerator thermostat. I'm sure it's not up to the latest EnergyStar
whatever but the general layout of the thing is pretty Stone Age and
easily worked on.
Our range hoods are these custom-made Swedish Abbaka things, the one
over the main cooktop is about 14 feet high (no fans in the hood, it
uses this roof-mounted Ventahood R2D2 of a blower.) When I had the
framing guys hang it and block it I could push it back and forth a
couple inches at the bottom, so it was out to the shop with the chop-saw
and now it's hung from a welded-and-bolted steel frame that extends
six-plus feet along and across the roof trusses and I can budge it maybe
1/4in if I really push.
> After our kitchen remodel I determined it would be cheaper to eat out ever
> night.
Yeah, I can empathize with that sentiment.
John.
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