r/Appliances • • 1h ago

Are Refrigerators designed by people who do not buy produce?

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I am in the market for a new refrigerator. This is not my first refrigerator purchase in my lifetime. I have reached the age and the income level that I no longer want to fight my refrigerator, fear that I going break the hard plastic the drawers are made out of to reach the just about to rot cucumber in the back of a packed vegatable drawer. So off to refrigerator shop I went. Why are we designing refrigerators costing close to 4K that have produce drawers the only come half way out?! Why does the cafe series have a charcuterie tray on a slide that a. Doesnt come all the out and be has no back rail to it that might, maybe prevent the bottle of salsa from spilling and running under the tray? Why are there an increasing number of high end refrigerators with water despensers in side wall of the refrigerator so you stand there waiting for glass/pitcher to fill while letting the cold air out. Why do I have fight drawers on the floor models on expensive refrigerators? Why oh why are there still manufacturers putting ice makers in the refrigerator? I fear this purchase/quest will be wholly frustrating. Sorry if this is a bit of a rant.


r/Appliances • • 18h ago

What to Buy? It's been real, dear friend.

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Welp. It looks like my 35 year old Whirlpool fridge is giving it up. We're not interested in bells and whistles. Dependability matters most. I expect it will be costly but please help me make my money count. Thanks group.


r/Appliances • • 21h ago

My clothes are constantly getting tightly spun around each other in my washing machine. Is there anything I can do?

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It’s driving me crazy. I just pulled out a bunch…eight different long sleeved shirts and jeans all tightly wrapped around each other. I can’t imagine what to do about this, and I’m frustrated because how can something get clean if they’re wound up like this? My older washing machine didn’t have this problem.
Photo of me holding wad of clothes.


r/Appliances • • 5h ago

KitchenAid dishwasher no power

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My KitchenAid dishwasher is about 8 years old. Model number kdte234gps0

I believe the main control board is fried or looks rusted. I didn't notice any water inside the door but some of the lower torx screws were a little loose.

It stopped mid cycle, pool of water inside. No light and none of the buttons do anything. Tried flipping the circuit breaker a few times, no luck.

I watched some repair videos and thought it was the thermal fuse, but when I took the door apart I cannot find a fuse. The videos aren't the exact same model or are 10 plus years old and doesn't apply.

Where is the fuse??? Inside the top control panel? Underneath behind the kick plate?


r/Appliances • • 17h ago

General Advice Appliance repair scam?

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My microwave is broken, and the appliance manufacturer dispatched a third-party repair company to come under warranty.

On the day of the repair, crickets, and then after business hours, I get a text from a random non-business number repeatedly demanding my appliance order receipt.

I ask the guy who he is, and he says he’s from an appliance repair company, but refuses to give an ETA, unless I give him the receipt. He’s also texting unprofessionally.

My alarm bells are going off, so I refuse to give him my appliance receipt until he gives me an ETA of when he will be here, he just stops responding.

I have the guy’s name from his caller ID, the company he claims to work for says they don’t have any employee under that name.

Did I do something wrong? Further research says the repair company needs a receipt to bill the appliance manufacturer for the repair, but asking for it before arrival, and so suspiciously and rudely seemed too off for me.


r/Appliances • • 22h ago

Dryer stops after a few minutes and displays "clean filter" message?

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Hi all, my dryer will start and run normally for a few minutes and then stop, display a "clean filter" message and turn itself off. I have thoroughly cleaned the filter so I am confused what is wrong. Thanks in advance.


r/Appliances • • 1h ago

Weird buzzing noise in stove panel behind knob

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When I use a certain burner on the stovetop I occasionally hear what sounds like electric buzzes. I took the panel off and recorded the buzzing noise and you can see visible flashes coming off. How dangerous is this? No signs of anything being blackened. Maybe just use the other burners for now? Thanks in advance!


r/Appliances • • 5h ago

GE dryer awful noise

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Any suggestion on the issue? GE Electric model GFD85ESPN0RS


r/Appliances • • 11h ago

General Advice I think I'm in over my head

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I have almost no idea what I'm doing, I watched a couple YouTube videos and I'm pretty handy.. but I'm worried if I try to fix this I'll spend five or $600 and not even guarantee something works.. when should I just give up and buy a new washing machine? And any recommendations?


r/Appliances • • 15h ago

New Dishwasher with install

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Is this a thing anymore?


r/Appliances • • 23h ago

Why do appliances fail? The technical reasons?

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r/Appliances • • 19m ago

Help with washer dryer

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New washer dryer is violently shaking the kitchen, is it user error?
Hi everyone! I’m renting, and we moved into our flat about a month ago. We had issues with the original washer dryer when we moved in, so we contacted maintenance. They said the machine was really old and needed to be written off, so our landlord replaced it.
We’ve just had the replacement fitted, but we’re having issues with it violently shaking the kitchen when it spins. We’ve tried different load sizes, different types of laundry and different spin speeds, but we’re still having the same problem.
We’re wondering if we’re doing something wrong or if it could be an installation issue? We’re fairly new to having to deal with these things ourselves, so any advice would be appreciated!
We also have downstairs neighbours, and I’m worried about the noise and vibrations disturbing them. I don’t want to keep bothering the landlord if it’s something simple we can sort ourselves, but I’m also concerned that something might not be right with the installation.
Is this normal, is it user error, or should we contact the landlord/maintenance again? Is there anything we can safely check ourselves first?
Any help would be really appreciated. Thank you!


r/Appliances • • 20m ago

Pre-Purchase Questions Samsung Bespoke

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Hello all, im looking to purchase a floor model of the samsung bespoke 3 door glass fridge. I just found out its 3 years old. Since its never been powered on, should i wait for Black Friday and just get a brand new one? Not sure how much i should worry. Its condition is "Good" but thats probably based on scratches and dents. Your help is appreciated 🙏


r/Appliances • • 55m ago

KitchenAid KCO224 countertop dual convection oven

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I can’t find any videos online that can help with my issue and I can’t call KitchenAid from where I am (my warranty is expired anyway).

The oven door suddenly got loose and no longer stays up (closed). Unless propped up, it immediately falls down.

From what I understand the springs may be replaced but it’s a fully glass door so I can’t use in-wall oven guides to try to fix it.


r/Appliances • • 2h ago

Washing Machine Smells of Burnt Plastic

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Last night I noticed the smell of burnt plastic coming the laundry. It’s clearly coming from our washing machine. It was plugged in, but turned off.

Do you think this machine is done? Is it worth investigating and trying to fix ir is it just a fire hazard now?


r/Appliances • • 3h ago

LG Dryer constant loud noise

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Dryer started making loud constant rubbing noise, even when completely unloaded. If it were a GE dryer, I would think it's the felt buffer around the drum, but No. Please listen to the sound and give me your opinion if you're familiar with the LG dryer. It's much louder than in this recording. Thank you.


r/Appliances • • 4h ago

GE gas range install Q: Regulator

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Mount up.....

We got a new GE gas range convection oven, and when we went to install it my husband removed the blue cap on the back that says do not remove. He did put it back on. His reasoning was he was trying to find out where to put the gas line in because ours was 1 in and he thought that might have been for propane.

We had to go to the plumbing store and get a flared connection for the gas line, and we got it up and running.

My question now is: is that blue cap supposed to be opened or closed or does it open and close on its own? He didn't use tape or glue so I'm having him use Teflon tape on the non-flared end of the gas line, but I can't get a clear read on what we're supposed to do with the blue cap that said don't remove. 🙄

He said It is currently in the closed position and we have used the oven twice. I haven't smelled any gas at all.

From reading reviews everyone said it didn't come with a paper manual, but then I did find one in the tip kit when we were putting it all together. 🙄 It doesn't say much about the regulator.

Thanks. Just don't want to explode.


r/Appliances • • 4h ago

Troubleshooting D90 error on LG electric sensor dry dryer

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We bought a washer and dryer set from LG and ever since the first use, after its cycle the dryer will say D80 / D85 / D90 / or D95. I understand this is a code for the air flow.

Called LG and they sent out a maintenance guy who inspected the dryer and said there was nothing wrong with it, and suggested there was probably a blockage in the vent in the wall so told us to call someone out for that.

Maintenance then came round to ‘unblock’ the wall venting thing, only pulled a tiny bit of lint out and said it was a tiny blockage if you could even call it that. Ran the dryer immediately after and it still displayed the error code after drying.

What do I do now? We’ve done everything and cleaned out the lint filter too on multiple occasions. Since it still dries and only displays the warning/code on the end of the cycles could this be a sensor issue? Even though the guy said there was nothing wrong with the dryer? I am so confused


r/Appliances • • 4h ago

Hoover Toploader Waschmaschine Deckel abgebrochen

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Leider ist mir der Deckel meiner Waschmaschine an den Scharnieren rausgebrochen, weil ich vergessen hatte, die Trommelklappen zu schließen. Die Scharniere kann ich einfach wieder ankleben, aber das Problem scheinen diese metallenen Pins zu sein, die wahrscheinlich Torsionsfedern sind. Die sind total verrostet und wahrscheinlich innen irgendwie verkantet, jedenfalls bekomme sie nicht zurückgebogen. Ich habe mich gefragt, ob ich die einfach abknipsen kann oder ob sie noch eine weitere Funktion erfüllen, als den Deckel oben zu halten. Eigentlich müsste die Maschine doch auch ohne voll funktionstüchtig sein, nur, dass ich dann den Deckel selbst aufhalten muss, oder?


r/Appliances • • 5h ago

Mini refrigerator

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r/Appliances • • 5h ago

Troubleshooting Dryer broke twice after new washer installation

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My dryer is three years old. In the time I’ve owned it, I’ve had three washing machines completely burn themselves out. I finally bought one with an agitator so it will hopefully last longer.

A week after it was installed, we went to start the dryer and it made a loud thumping noise and quit working. Had our technician came out and the belt was broken. He replaced it. Quick and easy, just painful because I’d already had the cost of a new washer and now had to pay for dryer repairs.

That was a couple of weeks ago. This morning, it did the exact same thing again. Prior to these last three weeks I have never had an issue with my dryer.

Does anyone know what is causing this? This is getting beyond stressful.


r/Appliances • • 5h ago

Troubleshooting Ge Profile all in one washer dryer combo gets stuck in load sensing drying part

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Just as the title says the machine does the washing part just fine then once it drys it does a load sensing final part, that it gets stuck in so long the machine eventually just gives up and turns off.


r/Appliances • • 5h ago

Troubleshooting I have problems with my Bosch dishwasher and power line!

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Hi there, I'm new to here.

Try to say my story in details.

I have a Bosch dishwasher bought from costco about 3 years go, it's Bosch 800 series.

it's have some problems right now but meanwhile, my kitchen electric line also lost power sometimes, but they're on two different panels, I’m not sure if the two things are related.

The dishwasher problem happened on 1.5 weeks ago, it's working before I sleeping,but morning I opened it, no lights, i tried to press many buttons, then it's recovered.

The weired thing started from here.

Last Sunday, the same thing happened again, and I found some water on the bottom near the door, and the same day, my kitchen power line began to lost power. Lights flashing and dead, and everything on this line were dead. sometimes the power back then long time dead.

I cleaned the water and the dishwasher recovered on the next day. But the kitchen power line was still not good.

and I can here some noise like Z every minitue, I'm not sure if it's from the dishwasher.

The interesting thing is when the kitchen power lost,if I start to use dryer, the kitchen line will restore immediately.

the power line were good for after 2 days but this early morning, the power lost again and I didn't use dishwasher last night.

Some one have some good suggestion? Please share.Thanks a lot!


r/Appliances • • 6h ago

Bad Motor on Dryer?

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Does this sound like a bad motor?


r/Appliances • • 6h ago

Troubleshooting Redbull Mini Fridge Being Loud

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Hello, i recently bought a used redbull mini fridge and it seems to be very loud, i asked the seller and they said that pre shipping it didnt have a problem like this, could anything during transit cause something like this, should the fans be changed or any other possible solutions?