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| Can anyone tell me the lifespan of a GE Washer? I have a 10 year old top loader GE washing machine model - WBSE3120bww. It needs repair. Is it worth it or should I just purchase a new one? Also any reliable brands our there?
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| IMO, it depends on how much you luuuurrrrve the washer, and the cost of repair. I kept a 1994 model water hog Whirlpool TL going for years, spending $300 each time on repairs, because I simply could not decide what I wanted to buy as its replacement. You can "Google" the life expectancy of major appliances, and see what it is for "today's" appliances. |
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| I had a GE washer for 20 years once, but they aren't like that now. I have a GE Profile now and we had one repair that cost $15 and we could do ourselves. We googled the problem and found the solution. You could try that. It has another issue now and it is 7 or 8 years old. We probably will get a top load Speed Queen soon to replace it. It is old fashioned and has a projected life span of 25 years. It also fills with water. We have several we use in our business that run all day every day. The cycles are also a lot quicker. It doesn't have a warm rinse but we will add some hot water to the cold feed to make it warm. |
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| I would probably spend the $300+ dollars towards a new washer. I don't think there are any washers made in the past 15+ years that are made like they were back til about the early 70's. After 1980 I think all quality went straight downhill in favor of cheap because of economic swings. Right now your best bet for a decent machine that should last you 10-15 years is something like an LG or Samsung or about the last US made washer of decent quality is as mentioned already a Speed Queen. I paid $728 for our washer and fully expect 10-15 years from it. |
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| My first washer purchase was a GE profile set from monkey wards . The washer lasted 6 years. The transmission went up but that part was on warranty for 10 years only problem was not the labor. GE wanted $350 in labor to repair it with the free part..... The washer was under $400 new. I had the dryer longer but it died a few years later. New GE stuff is junk from what I hear and see. I have a GE dishwasher in a rental that is going strong but just got a letter it may be on recall due to the heating element catching fire. I would not by GE again |
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| 5 years. I was told that by a repairman. We don't use our dryer very much - just mainly for sheets. The washer we use more. We got 8 years out of our front loader Kenmore Elite set - but at 6 years both the spin cycle on the washer and the drum on the dryer went so needed to be repaired. Fellow told us we might get 2 more years out of them and only because there are just the 2 of us. Exactly what happened. In the meantime, the small front loaders were made deeper so we had to buy Bosch subcompact - and they are VERY expensive in Canada - twice the price of the full size. Only other option was a subcompact LG - and the dryer was condensor. I won't have a condensor unit in Canada - in Europe, yes. Fridges are also a major problem - we are going through that now. |
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| Here is a link to a website for appliance life expectances |
Here is a link that might be useful: Appl Life Exp
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| Thanks! You folks have been very helpful! |
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