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When it comes to manufacturers' warranties, they don't make 'em like they used to.
Kate Kalas of Parma paid close to $900 for a Whirlpool washer in fall 2008. Earlier this year, when the machine developed a bearing problem that would cost an estimated $600 to repair, the company told her she was on her own: The manufacturer's warranty expired after a year.
"One-year parts and labor has become standard," said Celia Kuperszmid Lehrman, Consumer Reports' deputy home editor. A few manufacturers of high-end appliances still offer longer warranties, and some manufacturers will offer a longer warranty on an expensive part, like a refrigerator compressor, but those are exceptions to the rule, Lehrman said.
The lean warranties come at a bad time for consumers, especially those who are living on tighter budgets. Appliances tend to have more electronic gadgetry, meaning repairs can be pricey. To get the length of warranty coverage consumers used to receive when buying a well-known brand, consumers are encouraged to buy an extended service plan from the manufacturer or seller, which can add hundreds of dollars to the purchase price.
Jeanette Burnett, who outfitted the kitchen of her home in Burton with GE appliances, said she was vexed to find when a control panel broke for the second time that her 4-year-old GE oven only came with a one-year warranty.
"I have called so many times and always get a lady who just says I should buy the (extended) warranty," said Burnett.
Although GE offered Burnett a replacement part and Whirlpool made the expensive repairs for Kalas at nominal cost after Plain Dealing called on their behalf, both manufacturers made it clear the adjustments were a courtesy.
A Whirlpool spokeswoman noted, "If the customer had an active Whirlpool service plan, it would cover functional failures and this failure would have been paid for completely."
But extended service plans, which can be sold by manufacturers, retailers or third-party providers, are a gamble -- a good bet if you need an expensive repair that's covered, a losing one if your pricey repair slides through one of the loopholes.
"One of the biggest reasons we don't recommend extended warranties is what we tend to find the cost of the average repair is pretty much the cost of the average warranty," said Lehrman. "We look at it as a dollars and cents kind of thing."
Consumers are better off using their dollars to buy appliances known for being trouble-free, she said.
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"It's the ice maker that tends to double the repair rate," Lehrman said. If right about now, you're thinking, they'll have to pry my icemaker out of my cold, dead hands, relax. Get the ice maker if you want it, Lehrman said, but put some money aside
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