Luxury Garbage.

The funny thing is that I just replaced my LG CP, and the thing lasted almost 5 years [ I kept thing that I was going to have to stop mean mouthing LG products ] Anyway when I upgraded to a new smart phone at the Sprint store they told me that I had only had the phone a little over two years as I had forgotten that it had to be replaced once. I guess I am just like all those MT owners that say that this machine was NEVER repaired and we haul them away and find several replaced parts in them. O well LOL.

Mean while I will keep my eye out for an LG TL washer so we can do a sight and sound video of it blowing up, maybe this would be good at Kevin's wash-in.

 Malcolm you brought tears to my eyes !
Thanks I needed that today .
Woooooooo to funny.

Darren k

Yeah, you just gotta go collect it, that's what makes laundry day fun. OR.... fill it with easter eggs in the yard and invite the neighborhood children over later for a hunt.

Some banter that would surly follow...

"It was a terrible washer, but a wonderful random vector generator..."

"The LG Easter Egg placer is perfect for your family events: simply load, press start, stand back 500ft. and voila! The kids will never find all of these eggs."

(Also works with the soon to be ex-boyfriends possessions in one of the heart-breaking "on the lawn" scenes)

"I'm one sock and 2 pillow slips short... oh there it is [looking up at ceiling]... Anyone seen the cat?"

"It appears that we have been transported back to 1973..."

=Tim=

Malcolm and Tim you guys are too funny, Jason has me on the lookout for an LG TL washer that hasn't already exploded so we can do some basic research.       OUTSIDE the shop.

Does this mean I should be worried?I have a G.E. Harmony that is well at least 7 years old it was made by L.G. and has been a great washer not one problem.This machine was bought right when they came out with the see through glass and that heater in it which I love I could make that thing wash for 12 hours if I wanted to and still after all these years have not used every cycle which would be impossible.The spin speed is quite high for a top load and I always extend my spin but I can see how these things could fly apart now that I look at it and this machine is like a Lego because the tops switch out.This machine gets heavy use like my dishwashers,disposers,A.T.V.s,Etc.I torture my machines always have....

My G.E. is well here is a pic I had to use my camera cause, well I didn't want to sit on it and being onelegged  is hard at times to drag things.

Sorry wrong pic that's the front stupid H.T.C. phone...

This machine has been the best G.E. anything I have ever had but sense it's made by L.G. I think, cause it looks just like one just smaller.The heater is below the wash plate at the bottom and takes forever to heat.That is one thing I love about Europe 220V but here most people still think 110-120 V is safer but it's not.Well in my book it's not I watched a friend die from a lamp and a chain wrapped around his hand and he just froze.I was like 9 and thought he was playing but no he died..

 Is completely unnecessary as their washers do this automatically,     LOL.

I am sure they are well aware of the problem and if they don't do it on their own I hope the Feds will force a recall and LG can pay back a little of the money into our economy that they stole by dumping there junk in the first place. When LG and Samsung first came into the market around here they signed up lots of independent appliance repair companies and then refused to pay them the agreed apron rates after they did the repair work. Needless this left left a bad frist impression that they have done nothing to fix to this day. Every day we have people calling to get this junk repaired and every company is telling the customer the same thing NO call LG or Samsung and you can pay through the noise for their Factory approved Service. I think that is one of the reasons we see so many LG, Samsung, Bosch and Miele appliances on the scrap pile after a few years.

Jon I actually don't know what Meile pays for warranty service, I was trying to say that many folks get fed up with repair costs and just get a better priced more practicable machine. Just think of all the people that once owned a MB, BMW, Audi Etc. Etc.

It's hard to believe all these new washers from different brands self-destruct so quickly! After watching these videos, I think if Frigidaire reintroduced their cheap Agi-Tub washers today, they'd probably have one of the top rated washers in terms of durability!  Well, maybe not but I honestly can't complain about mine! It still works like new after almost 40 years (but probably very low usage!). And has anyone seen an old washer (even those with high spin speeds) self-destruct like that?

I was talking to Kevin the other day and he passed on some good information from another member as to why this may be happening. Apparently things like mattress pads often have a plastic layer in them which holds water as the machine starts to spin, so the computer thinks that the load is balanced as it accelerates. Then at some point in the acceleration the water escapes when the basket is spinning at a high speed probably well over 800 RPMs and the basket is suddenly badly unbalanced, this would be similar to dropping a cinder block in a spinning washer. Some of you may have seen the video where someone was abusing an old FL washer by doing just that and you saw what happened.

Maybe Robert will loan us an old Frigidaire Unimatic so we can test this in an older washer, while a Unimatic wouldn't fly apart as dramatically as a new LG my guess is it wouldn't be pretty and the washer and outer tub would likely be badly damaged.