Re: Re: Maytag Neptune Washer complaints

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Thanks to all posting info on the Neptune washer. I was actually considering

buying on some time in the future.

Thanks so much for saving me headaches and wasted money.

Angelika

[] Re: Maytag Neptune Washer complaints

> I bought the first neptune, and had all of these problems, never buy

> maytag again

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> >

> > Maytag Neptune Washer

> > http://www.complaints.com/directory/2004/august/27/1.htm

> >

> > We purchased a Maytag Neptune washing machine model number

> > MAH5500AWW on Oct. 2000 for $887.86. At that time that was the

> most

> > expensive and supposedly best washing machine available in the

> > market. After watching an in store demo of the Maytag Neptune

> Washer

> > and Dryer where the sales person spoke about the long term savings

> > of water and electricity, claiming that the initial investment was

> > worth it in the long run, we were greatly influenced to purchase a

> > Neptune Washer an Dryer. It turned out we bought a lemon....

> >

> >

> > The " best " washing machine in the market worked fine for 2 years

> > until the mold smell and mildew started to appear and now the

> > electronic control board decided to break. We spent $324.66 to fix

> > the control board. All the supposed water and electricity savings

> > (so commonly advertised by Maytag) went down the drain while these

> > problems, unheard of in other washing machines, started to appear.

> > It also makes me very sad to know that it is very likely that many

> > other expensive breakdowns will occur in the next few years. I

> feel

> > ripped off....

> >

> >

> > After researching the problem I find out that the control board

> burn

> > out is a widespread issue in all Neptune washing machines and a

> > known problem by Maytag. I also felt outrage to know I HAD to

> > purchase a new motor with the control board even though the new

> > motor does not fit in my machine and the original motor, which is

> > still on warranty, works just fine. I now have a useless Maytag

> > Neptune motor in my garage, a motor I was forced to buy.

> >

> >

> > For all the money spent in the Maytag Neptune Washing Machine

> > ($1,212.52) I could have bought 4 washing machines that most

> likely

> > would never have to be fixed and that would do just as good of a

> job

> > (if not better) than the Maytag Neptune Washer.

> >

> >

> > If you are in the market for a washing machine DO NOT BUY A MAYTAG

> > NEPTUNE WASHER!!!

> >

> > If you own the Neptune Washer file a complaint at the Better

> > Business Bureau of IOWA (the state of the Maytag headquarters)

> > http://www.desmoines.bbb.org and demand a refund for the repairs

> on

> > known and widespread problems in these machine.

> >

> > Sincerely,

> >

> > Carla R

> >

> > Carla Reis-T

> >

> >

> > Click this link to e-mail the above consumer: Consumer

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