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Thread Number: 72322
/ Tag: Modern Automatic Washers
How and When Do Manufacturers Stop Making Washer and Dryer Parts? |
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Post# 956047 , Reply# 1 9/4/2017 at 09:13 (2,425 days old) by askolover  (South of Nash Vegas, TN) |
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 ebay is my go to place for parts. I bought a brand new in the box entire pump/motor assembly for my KUDI23 dishwasher for $75. RepairClinic and Sears parts wanted more than double that. I don't need it yet but I would like to keep this dishwasher going for as long as I possibly can because they certainly don't make 'em like they used to! | ||
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Post# 956053 , Reply# 2 9/4/2017 at 09:19 (2,425 days old) by henene4 (Heidenheim a.d. Brenz (Germany)) |
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Depends on the manufacturer. Miele here in Germany warrants 20 years AFAIK. BSH don't mention, but we got parts for 10+ year old machines as well. Some more new to the business manufacturers or even more common manufacturers less popular models stop stocking parts sometimes after less than 5 years. Really, it just a gamble. | ||
| Post# 956064 , Reply# 3 9/4/2017 at 10:27 (2,425 days old) by johnb300m (Chicago) | ||
Back when I was a kid (circa 1998?) we had a GE repair man in, and he said that they generally keep parts available about 10 years. Then after that they scrap the tooling, or turn off orders from suppliers, and then just let the inventory naturally wind down.
That's in America. And WP seems to practice similar timelines. It's been my experience, however (maybe it's different now) where the Korean companies coming ashore now, only offer parts for a few years. After that you're SOL, unless you can jerry rig a universal part into one of their products. | ||
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Post# 956069 , Reply# 5 9/4/2017 at 10:41 (2,425 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine) |
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I have a 22 year old Whirlpool gas stove and after all these years, the oven temp markings have worn off. Whirlpool said my knob was NLA. I stopped at my appliance repair shop and the owner said feel free to go thru this big box of knobs and maybe you can find one. I did, it fits perfect and now I know what the actual oven temp is, not guessing with an oven thermometer.
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| Post# 956256 , Reply# 8 9/5/2017 at 12:02 (2,424 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA) | ||
As I Recall... | ||
| Post# 956259 , Reply# 9 9/5/2017 at 12:10 (2,424 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806) | ||
The more rare something is, it is usually a challenge to find parts for that particular appliance. Since there are a lot of older Maytag washers and dryers, you can easily find the parts for them. Maytag didn't change the design of their washers, and kept using the same parts for many years, and you can find them easily.
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Post# 956453 , Reply# 10 9/6/2017 at 19:21 (2,422 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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There really is quite a range, and as such the query has no 
Set reply.
Maytag stopped making certain wringer washers for decades, but if you needed a part an authorized Maytag repairman/service could often obtain. Maytag still had the dies/molds and would simply make up as required. Miele warrants they will stock parts for twenty years or whatever after a model is discontinued. However often certain parts are used in subsequent models so they have a longer lifespan. Then you have instances where unbranded/after market companies (GEM, Homespares, Qualtex, etc...) will continue producing parts long after OEM has ceased. Aside from perhaps Miele few appliance manufactures still produce much of their own parts IIRC. Much simply comes "off the shelf" from companies that make the same part/product for a host of other companies. Thus if you know what to look for and where even if an OEM part is no longer available a replacement still may be found. I mean things like belts, motors, solenoids, and other parts are rarely made in house these days (again excluding sorts like Miele), so again you have to know what to look for and where. When you consider a handful of corporations basically control the entire domestic appliance market worldwide, parts are often more generic than many think. | ||
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Post# 956656 , Reply# 12 9/8/2017 at 16:49 (2,421 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Of course as with the automobile industry
There once was a case for keeping parts manufacturing in house and or as a subsidiary, but times have changed.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delco_Elec... As manufacturing world over has gone "lean", for decades now companies have looked about and decided some things were best off their books. While vertical integration is all very well, Miele and others have found ways to keep the costs of keeping much or all component production "in house" down. One way is to move production to lower cost part of the world. In addition to Germany, Miele has factories all over the world including China. homevacuumzone.com/where-are-mie... www.miele.com/en/com/germ... www.miele.com/en/com/germany-war... | ||
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Post# 956722 , Reply# 13 9/9/2017 at 04:27 (2,420 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN) |
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