A Maytag electric dryer should last more than 2 years!
Mr. Fix-it
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JAN
9
2009
When we originally bought the machine, we paid $400, which was a good amount of money for a dryer at that time.The repairman quoted us $320 to fix it. He also recommended that we not fix it, but rather spend our money on a new machine of a different brand.
Maytag has always had a good reputation, which was part of the reason we bought it. Was our problem just a fluke? Should we fix it, and stay with good ol' Maytag? I was researching the problem on the internet and I found a fix-it forum where a man was talking about having the exact same problem with his Maytag dryer, except his was only a little over a year old... barely out of warranty. We decided we better take our repairman's advice.
Edit/update: Shortly after I posted this review, a girl named Mandy contacted me and said she was with Maytag customer support. She asked me some questions and said she was going to send me a new motor free of charge. It would arrive in about 5 days. I said great! That was 15 days ago. We still have no motor. I called Mandy 3 days ago and left a message; no reply, no motor. Good old Maytag!
Edit/update #2: A few hours after I left the preceding update, a package arrived: the motor! I never heard from Mandy, but apparently she forgot to send the motor after our initial conversation, because it was shipped the day after I called to say it had never arrived.
So, bottom line (unless there are more updates to come): A fairly expensive dryer died after only 2 years. BAD. It's out of warranty, but they gave me a new motor for it anyway. GOOD. It will cost me $165 to have it installed, unless I can do it myself. BAD. It's been out of commission for over 3 weeks. BAD.
You decide.
Last edited on Jan 29, 2009
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