re: Ladies and Betas of the OT: Top or Front-Load Washer/Dryer?

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stay away from the Cabrio/Oasis/Bravos line. (all made by Whirlpool but sold under Kenmore, Whirlpool and Maytag.)
Holy crap. These things have a long list of expensive issues.

Bearing failure - $300 (requires lengthy rebuild)

Control failure - $250

Motor control failure - $225

Stator failure - $195

And it seems that every single unit will have one of these go wrong.

And then on top of that, you will over time stretch the supports and then the supports will need to be replaced. This happens quickly if a lot of heavy loads are used.
The drain and circulation pump are separate and each cost about $150 to replace. Fail rate is high on the drain pumps as well.


These units are lemons for the most part.







If you get a top loader you want direct drive.
It's a shame too, because I like what Whirlpool had designed, but they are just so finicky.