Sub-Zero 685/S Reviews

We just built a house and my husband chose the 42" SubZero Side-by-Side refrigerator.  I hate it and wish I had my 13 year-old 38" GE side-by-side back!  Because of the ice-maker and water routing, there is very little room on the fridge door, so a good number of bottles and jars have to be on the regular shelves, where they get lost.  The feed from the ice maker to the dispenser frequently jams and there is no way to pull out the ice maker to grab some ice cubes without letting loose an avalanche of ice cubes on the floor.  The dispenser is tall, which is nice for large items like water bottles,...

We remodeled our kitchen in 2005 and we installed a Sub-Zero 685 refrigerator/freezer.  Luckily, we purchased an extended warranty which has really paid off! 

Repairs (thus far):  Main computer board replaced twice.  Heat exchanger,cooling fan assemblies replaced.  Ice/water valve replaced.  Exterior water "catch tray" replaced 3 times due to finish peeling off.  (The latest one is stored for the day we sell the house.  I can look at a plastic tray until then.)

The unit seems to run all the time, and this after our children are grown and moved out!  The computer display panel did not...