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Thread Number: 62921
/ Tag: Modern Automatic Washers
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| Post# 854804 , Reply# 1 12/3/2015 at 04:55 (3,065 days old) by brucelucenta () | ||
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OMG!!! Someone will soon chime in that coveted Speed Queen has a longer warranty than that! Just wait. | ||
Post# 854809 , Reply# 2 12/3/2015 at 05:32 (3,065 days old) by askolover  (South of Nash Vegas, TN) |
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| Post# 854851 , Reply# 3 12/3/2015 at 11:14 (3,065 days old) by johnb300m (Chicago) | ||
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| Post# 854856 , Reply# 4 12/3/2015 at 11:53 (3,065 days old) by washman (o) | ||
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At any rate SQ 3 year warranty on parts and labor still trumps the junk that is out there today. And 10 year on tranny, mine anyway, indicates some measure of confidence that the bigger companies lack in their designs. | ||
| Post# 854869 , Reply# 5 12/3/2015 at 13:40 (3,065 days old) by mamapinky (blairsville pa) | ||
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Bruce..LOL as for someone chimming in about Speed Queens longer warrenty, you already did..and it does Haha...I couldn't resist messing with you...Cheryl | ||
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Post# 854870 , Reply# 6 12/3/2015 at 14:04 (3,065 days old) by kb0nes (Burnsville, MN) |
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Overall all I remain unconvinced that a shorter warranty reflects "lack of confidence" on the part of the manufacturer. I also don't buy that because a machine has a longer warranty means that machine will be better/more reliable/longer lasting etc. just because such coverage exists.
Manufacturers are ditching the warranty coverage because its expensive. I'd bet there are a lot of early calls that are just due to user error/misunderstanding too. Add into the mix that most everyone falls for buying the extended coverage from the retailer, so why not shed those costs as a manufacturer? The products that offer longer warranties are quite likely to be products that just have more profit built into them initially. Also as mentioned up thread the warranties often apply to thing that will NEVER (in a conceivable machine lifetime) fail, stainless drums, motors or the Speed Queen transmission. While the warranty does offer some piece of mind, it is really probably more of a sales gimmick then an ultimate indicator of quality. | ||
| Post# 854879 , Reply# 7 12/3/2015 at 16:27 (3,065 days old) by washman (o) | ||
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FWIW My plastic fantastic GE had a 10 year warranty on the tranny, lifetime on the inner and outer plastic fantastic tub, and 2 year parts labor on the whole thing, out of the box. | ||
| Post# 855273 , Reply# 8 12/6/2015 at 03:51 (3,062 days old) by washingpowder (NYC) | ||
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Am just mostly surprised at the ridiculously sudden change, among *all* manufacturers. It might be a gimmick but worked on me, would prefer the 5 years on transmission over nothing after all! | ||
| Post# 855277 , Reply# 9 12/6/2015 at 04:55 (3,062 days old) by robliverpool (england Liverpool) | ||
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Post# 855296 , Reply# 11 12/6/2015 at 08:28 (3,062 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Warranty Coverage Periods On major household appliances were suddenly and drastically shortened to just one year about 10 years ago. All the 5 year compressor, sealed system, electronic control boards,washer transmissions etc from WP, GE-HP, Frigidaire and Sears were all shortened to just one year with a few exceptions like Kitchenaid appliances, AND almost all warranties were changed to LIMITED warranties so in almost all cases the manufacturer was off the hook for property damage etc that was caused by the faulty appliance.
Longer warranty's are always nice, BUT often products with longer warranties are trying to make a name for themselves or trying to improve a bad past reputation for poor durability.
Speed Queen currently has a 5 year P&L warranty on most W&Ds for home use. This includes 5 years on the W&D motors and yet the motor in a SQ TL washer is far less durable than the motor in just about any other FL or TL washer on the market today.
SQ also has a very generous 15 year W on the TL washers transmission [ parts only ] after the 5Y P&L period is over and again the transmission is not one of the best and most reliable parts of the washer and when you consider how difficult and expensive it is to replace the transmission in a 7 YO SQ TL W I wager that most will just be junked rather than get fixed when they are between 5 and 15 years old when the transmission fails.
John L. | ||
| Post# 855706 , Reply# 12 12/8/2015 at 14:59 (3,060 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia) | ||
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| Post# 855715 , Reply# 13 12/8/2015 at 17:02 (3,060 days old) by johnb300m (Chicago) | ||
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Reasonable | ||
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