Jenn-Air Electric Oven Reviews

We remodeled our kitchen 7 years ago and were VERY excited to get the double wall mounted oven with timer delay, convection, self-cleaning, etc.  It was at the upper end of our ability to spend but we figured it would be worth it, considering how long ovens last.  WRONG!  Just before the warranty ended we could no longer read the control panel.  The technician that repaired it did not have favorable things to say about the oven.  This has gone out two more times.  The top oven door doesn't close properly so the oven light stays on unless we put something between the door and the button to turn the light off. I have just learned that this problem is so common they offer a repair kid (all it takes is money).  Luckily my husband can repair the panel himself but it costs about $100 each time.  We have determined that it gets ruined whenever we use the selfcleaning feature so now I have a very expensive non-self-cleaning oven. Grrrrr.  More recently in the last 6 months the convection fan has gone out - so now it is a very expensive non-self-cleaning-non convection oven (and I really didn't use that often enough for it to be going out).  Then a couple days ago the oven over-heated as I finished roasting chicken.  I had to cook my dessert in the toaster oven.  The only way to stop the alarm was to disconnect the power to the oven.  I thought the fan that cools the outside of the oven (to keep from burning the cabinet) had gone out but when I tried the lower oven today the fan came on.  Still, when I turned it off the alarm sounded again and I had to disconnect the power.  I am so disappointed.  We thought we were paying extra to get a quality product that would last for many years. It's turned out to be a money pit. Now we have to decide if we can afford a new oven or to repair this one. . . .again.