Its a gamble with any of them. My SIL bought a Kenmore stove several years ago now-made by GE. Nothing but trouble.Had to have board(s) changed every year and forget cleaning it. If you did the self clean it never opened again till the service tech did it manually. She kept the MA on it just so they would keep it going. Finally she got a tech she had never had before. They were talking about how much trouble she had over the years with it. He then checked something else about it and replaced that part. Hasnt torn up since and that has been a few years now. My Sister had a new Wpool built in micro/oven and it was always trouble. The oven would just go into the self clean mode by itself and the only way to stop it was to throw the breaker. Wpool replaced the boards in it several times,finally after two years they replaced the oven. They moved shortly after that with job transfer so dont know if it stayed fixed or not. Just cheap or weak parts I suppose.

JBmomto3 said:: Sorry to hear you had so many problems with your LG's. I've had mine for 3 years now and love them. I really put them through the paces too using them every day and at least 3 loads at that. I have the warranty through Best Buy and they've been great the couple times we needed to call on them (minor lint trap issues). That said, if I had to purchase a FL set again I would be very tempted by the Bosch machines having a Bosch dishwasher and being very pleased with it. ------------------------------------------------------ We bought the LG set a few months ago and love them. If we had to buy based on our experience with a Bosch dishwasher a few years ago, we'd definitely buy the LG. Just a note, the Bosch dishwashers don't use a "food grinder" as other US made d/w use. They're not allowed to put food waste down the drain "over there". Our Bosch dishwasher was a nightmare with their "water heater". The service man didn't know what he was doing, and first replaced the control board (under warranty) and pointed out to me the "burned component". I didn't see what he was talking about (I'm an electronic technician). After he left, the dishwasher did the same thing. A few weeks later (now out of warranty) they sent a different repaiman and he had to disassemble the whole dishwasher to get to the water heater. After many calls to Bosch, they covered it, but after many other problems we got rid of it and bought a Sears (Kitchenaid model) and has been working fine ever since. There's a web site with LG service manuals. I had a minor fix to the drum on our LG dryer which we bought scratch & dent. Easy to service.

In response to Gibby May 26, 08: This has to do with washer failures because of the corrosion of the aluminum "spider" bracket attached to the stainless steel drum. (See the web site http://www.appliancejournal.com/ or just search "Why Kenmore front load washers fail" for lots more information re why using aluminum to join with stainless steel in a liquid medium which the washer will provide is a recipe for failure.) I called Electrolux and spoke with a person in the Extended Service Agreements office (866)386-5286 who informed me that Electrolux no longer has any kind of lifetime warranty on washing machine parts as of 2005. I then called the parts department at 1-800-599-7569 where I was informed that the spider bracket attached to the steel drum in this model (and I presume all other Affinity models) was made of aluminum. (By the way it used to be made of stainless steel previous to 2005 when the lifetime warranty was in effect. Nice timing,eh?) I then called my local parts dealer and was not surprised to hear that when the aluminum spider brackets would inevitably corrode to such an extent as to need replacement (say four years?) then the cost of labor and parts to replace the drum assembly spin basket which contains the spider bracket arms would run me about $500. Thanks, but no thanks, I will be returning the washer.

jewels04 writes: "I'm very happy that the people we got the washer from actually took care of it, used to correct detergents and they actually wiped stuff down and ran hot washes with bleach and left the door and detergent tray open to prevent mold. So when we got it it didn't have a smell and looked brand new!" jewel04, congratulations for getting a well-designed washing machine. We just replaced our 1995 Frigidaire Gallery washing machine after 16 years of reliable service, and it served us very very well. It was not broken -- worked perfectly -- when we replaced it, but we had a chance, at a very, very good price, to replace it with a newer machine that promises similar longevity, and so at our age, we opted to get our "last" washing machine now. That said, we never saw any need to "wipe stuff down" in our old Frigidaire Gallery washer -- never did -- and we never had a mold issue or a smell issue. We never, ever "ran hot washes with bleach" in the life of the machine, and we never had a mold issue or a smell issue. We never "left the detergent tray open to prevent mold." Why would we? For 16 years with that machine we used a liquid detergent (Biokleen All Temperature), and never, ever, ever, ever did we see any mold develop inside the detergent bottle, even though the top always was on the bottle to create a sealed, moist environment. (Of course, mold never formed in the detergent tray, either.) If mold never formed in full strength detergent inside a detergent bottle, why on earth would it EVER form inside a detergent drawer that has VERY THOROUGHLY been washed down by the incoming wash water? Leaving the detergent tray open to prevent mold is a bit like walking down the sidewalk and not stepping on cracks so as not to break your mother's back. Enjoy your "new" used Frigidaire Gallery, but please do not think that you need to treat it like a fragile china doll to prevent mold. Treat it normally, and it will go for years without ever having a mold issue or a smell issue. Oh, and get over looking for suds. There is absolutely no reason why any detergent needs to show suds to clean effectively. Judge a detergent solely by how well it cleans your clothes and sheets, not by whether it gives you visual entertainment.