GE Appliances
 

I am totally disgusted with the choice of appliances that The Villages picked out for pre 2012 homes. We closed on our house on 12/10. We bought this house new but the appliances were already in the home.

They were GE Profile appliances which we were led to believe were to top of the line at the time.

Since we bought our house, we have had the GE repairman to our house 3 times. He came twice for the refirigerator and lo and behold our Microwave died just 4 weeks after the warranty expired. Of Course, we had to replace the "mother board" which cost us about $250.00.

This past week we had family visiting and we had no ice!!!!!!!!! Called the serviceman and found out that that the ice maker was dead!!!!!!!!! Paid to have a new Ice Maker installed.

Lo and behold, this morning wake up to find that the Compressor was dead!!!!!!!!!!!!! If I sound mad you are correct, I am actually irate! We had to go out and buy an new refrigerator after only living in our house 1.5 years.

We moved to The Villages based upon our income level etc., and to have to dish out money for appliances that were basically DUDS is ridiculous!

Is there anyone out there who has experienced the same problems with these junk GE appliances. Is it not time for The Villages to step up to the plate and take care of the problems we have had with thes CRAP GE appliances and reimburse us for all of these bad GE appliances

Did you call your sales agent? They are understanding to situations.

I believe our home was built in '06 and has all GE appliances. Sorry you're having problems but we haven't had issues with any of them. I'll be keeping my fingers crossed!

Our Whirlpool microwave died three months after we closed on our home in July of 2011. Villages replaced it after service people took it apart and declared it unrepairable.

I'm beginning to wonder if there are any quality home appliances in the market. I bought a top level GE refrigerator a few years back and have had to repair several times. It was a piece of junk from day one. Shelves in the freezer fall down, makes all kinds of loud noises, ice maker keeps breaking, freezes food in the vegetable drawers even at mid level settings, it just goes on and on.

It would be interesting to see if there are any unbiased sources of data on appliance repairs. Our house is five years old and none of our GE appliances have needed repair. (Scary to post this though).

Some day you'll need GE service and find out it's worthless.

We also have had issues with our GE appliances, never again!

Our house is 11 years with one repair. An igniter died in the oven.

I can't disagree. GE appliances aren't that great. I'm buying a new fridge in the fall. The one we have freezes everything--and I've had that repaired twice. Years ago we had a top-of-the-line GE fridge, and we had to replace the compressor twice. Then there was a recall and GE sent a repairman to all the owners of that model with yet another new compressor.

The other appliances seem to be okay, although I wouldn't complain if the dishwasher was less noisy...

GE appliances
 

I worked for Sear selling Appliances and soon learned GE was call the boomerang appliance. Although all appliances are not the quality of 20 year ago, Samsung and Whrilpool are a safe bet.

Regarding my GE Appliances. We have lived in The Villages for 5 years, and were informed that the appliances and carpet would probably go in 5 years. By the way, when we were kids, the appliances in those days were built so well, you couldn't kill them if you wanted to. In our 5th year:
1. Ripped up the carpet in most of the house, and installed a laminete. Love it!
2. The garbage disposal fell down, and cracked while in use. Replaced that...found a new one through Craigslist in The Villages.
3. Had my own crappy Frigidare washer/dryer stacker....washer went.
Instead of buying a new set for $2000 on sale, went to Craigslist, and found a wonderful father/son business that refurbished the non-fancey Whirlpools. I called in the morning, he came in the early evening, with the appliances, removed my 5-year-old crap, and installed the reburished machines...Cost $330 total. Even if they go in a couple years, I'd still be paying for the fancy ones. And you know what? They clean and dry my clothes just fine.
3. One burner on the electric stove went. I lifted the top, found the part number, and bought a brand new one on Ebay. Got it for $40 (new) instead of $125 through the repairman, and did it ourselves.
4. The microwave died, but after checking on what it would cost to fix it, found someone in The Villages (Craigslist) who was converting everything to stainless steel, and sold the old Whirlpool to me for $100, unfortunately, that died 3.5 weeks later. Bought a new one in Sears (for what it would have cost to repair the 1st one), for $39 bought the 3 year extended warrantee. They come to your home every year to make sure it's working and will fix anything that's not. If they can't fix it, they repace it with a new one. In 3 years I'll extend it again, because we'll probably be replacing it within 2 more years.

Life is a challenge. I moved to The Villages for the lifestyle, not the house. I'm living and loving it here. I'm a frog, and will be here until I croak! **** happens! Get creative and deal with it! Put a smile on your face and enjoy what time you have left.:thumbup:

Umm... I have a brand-new, never used, side-by-side 25 cu. ft. Whirlpool stainless steel fridge sitting in our golf cart garage. Ice dispenser in door. We switched it out for a french door fridge when we bought the spec house. Make ya a deal! Otherwise it's going to be donated to Habitat when we return in early October.

Don't think this only happens with G.E. I have all upgraded Whirlpool appliances in my new house. Hate the stove, dishwasher, washing machine and dryer. Authorized repair has been here twice, and the repairman said all of the appliances are crummy compared to 5 years ago, and none perform well because they are "energy efficient". If I could, I'd replace them all...

Why do you hate your stove, refrigerator and ovens ?

We are nearing a year with our new Whirlpool Gold stuff and we like the double ovens, cook top and three door refrigerator and bar refrigerator. They aren't as fancy as the ones we left behind but they perform well. We brought our dependable old Maytag washer and dryer with us and they are still chugging along.

Just replaced the turntable motor in my GE over the range microwave yesterday...Gracie, as far as our Maytag washer...we have had it since 1975 and it still works/looks great with only one repair!

I agree with the original post. Ditto here. We have had at least one repair visit for each and every GE appliance in the house except the refrigerator and it has begun toi freeze items in the produce bins in the bottom of the unit, Our dishwasher was one visit away from qualifying for the GE lemon law. Seems like at purchase time we paid a few bucks more for better appliances, but these seem to be pretty standard, so I'm not sure, guess I shoud go back and review sales agreement.
In 2013 we are going to rplace all of the appliances, one every 6 months or year a part. Dang sure not in my budget, or affordability list, but just to combat the frustration we continue to have. I did not buy in The Villages for frustration ! Lifestyle, yes, frustration, no.

so far no problems for two years...:pray:

I have Whirlpool Gold and having problems. My refrigerator side by side has a side that won't stay open, after many complaints I got a new one and guess what it is still doing it. That was 3 months after we settled. My microwave did go up but I had bought the service policy so that was covered. I agree with you, never again and these are upgrades but I wonder if any of these are without problems. My icemake also gets stuck once in a while.

I have GE profile appliances, and I HATE THEM, GET WHIRLPOOL or something else, I heard good things about Kenmore. All I've had is problems too.

Kenmore/Sears doesn't manufacture their appliances. They are manufactured by other companies (GE, Whirlpool, LG, Maytag etc).
Before you buy a Kenmore, check the reliability of the company who actually manufactured it.

Our last House...builder put in Kenmore Stove and Microwave and Dishwasher. We bought a Maytag Refrigerator.

Year one...Microwave died. Replaced it with another Kenmore to match the stove.

Year 2- Kenmore dishwasher flooded...yeah floor damage to boot!! Replaced with a Maytag Dishwasher.

Year 2.5 Stove element snapped and sparks went everywhere...Bought a GE Stove. Second Kenmore Microwave died shortly after that. Bought a GE Microwave.

So those Kenmores were dead within 2.5 years of home purchase (it was a new home btw). When we left after year 7...all GE & Maytag appliances were working fine...including the 7 year old maytag refrigerator that never gave us one problem.

Now appliances can be a crapshoot. We are going to have all the SS whirlpools in the new home replaced with GE after closing, either through the installer or buy new and sell those. Our GE stove (not profile) was one we absolutely loved. It cooked correctly. The whirlpool in this lease house burns food :(((((

Basically when replacing appliances or having them put in ..do your homework..read lots of reviews...I've got the model list of what we will be putting in...no substitutions. And just because Profile is suppose to be better and costs more sadly doesn't make it so. I've seen bad reviews on those and good on regular GE. Just remember everything the builders put in they're getting at package discounts. If nothing else...check out consumer reports for that extra leg up in picking appliances. :)

Yeah..they made them to work and last back then :) I had a friend who still has her lady kenmore washer and dryer set!!

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I have the Whirlpool Gold, too, Gracie. The stove: the coils now have thermostats that turn on and off throughout the cooking process, which makes almost everything take longer to cook (in my opinion). Coming from a gas range makes it all the more difficult. Oven is fine. When electric company came out for an energy survey, I was told by the tech that the stove is very energy wasteful and to use either the BBQ or slow cooker for best energy efficiency. The dishwasher silverware container does not hold enough silverware, and, due to "energy efficiency" does not fully dry the dishes. When the cycle is complete and you open the door, water drips out. Repair man said it's normal because the drying temp isn't high enough to dry the inside of the cabinet. The washer is "HE" but I've noticed that there is always residue visible on dark clothes, which means that it's always on lights but can't be seen. Another service call is in the works. BTW, I use TIDE HE and the cold water setting. The dryer? Well, it takes forever to dry clothes, and I've strung a retractable clothesline in the garage. This, too, is because it's "energy efficient", but Fields repairman said it's really just standard equipment in higher-end casing which is more expensive to the consumer. As I said, I'd trade all this junk in a minute if I could.

BTW, Maytag was bought out by Whirlpool Corp. a few years back. The Maytag plants were closed and all manufacturing sent to various Whirlpool plants (depending on the item being made). Now, there is actually very little difference among Whirlpool, Maytag, Amana, etc....all the same company.

To be a home owner you have to be able to fix some things yourself, I have GE appliances in my couryard villa and have had no problems also been using GE for about 20 Years and have had no serious problems

drd

Isn't it strange that people are finding it difficult to find American appliances that are reliable? I can't think of any other product that hasn't had improved reliability. Think about how much better automobiles are today. And electronics. It's funny, we have a 1930's vintage GE refrigerator still working in our hunting camp in rural NY. The one with the cylindrical compressor on top. It just keeps on running, year after year. And our house in NY has a 20-year old Maytag washer and dryer set that have only required a dryer belt replacement in all those years. Why do current GE, Maytag, Whirlpool, Frigidaire, etc. products fail after only a few months? We are currently in the process of purchasing a complete set of stainless steel Samsung kitchen appliances. I never thought in a million years I'd be buying Korean appliances.

:sigh:Our Maytag washer bit the dust recently, we could have had it repaired but who do you calll? We wen t to Lowes and my wife picked out a GE. It was installed but she noticed, it was not cleaning the clothes. We talked to a friend and his new GE was not cleaning his clothes either. My wife went to Lowes talked to a salesman and a manager an d was told to pick out another machine, which she did, another Maytag. It was installed and worked to her satisfaction except for the water on the floor. We called and right away an installer came by and checked it out and left. Guess what ? It still leaked. Another call and this time a different installer came checked it out, on the rinse cycle, in the unit, it leaked from inside. He condemned the unit, My wife went back to the store and this time picked out a plain jane washer by Hotpoint which I think is owned by GE (Who knows) it washes . it cleans the clothes, she is happy and the everything is right in the world. Thank yoU Lowes!:crap2:

Anyone else have a problem with their GE frig freezer where the drain line clogs. Pull off the back panel in the freezer and it is all iced up. Water will leak into the lower frig area instead of the rear drain line to the wall. Apparently, that drain line has a P trap like your sinks. Bugs (roaches) can get in there and clog it. Also, I suspect, due to the extreme hard water we have, deposits can clog it. This same problem can happen to your dishwasher.

I agree, had to have ice maker replaced and later a gasket that was allowing water from the ice maker to leak into the glass holder compartment. Over $500 in repairs on a less that 5year old GE fridge---disgusting. msleute

Appliances are different than they used to be I guess.


We had very expensive appliances in our old home in Cincinnati. Industrial type and still had some issues.


We had a water line clogged when we first moved into our home, and the warranty fixed it.


Is yours under warranty? If so they will fix it....even call warranty if they are not. They might just put some pressure on the manufacturers rep. They can do that. And note it for future purchases.