Originally Posted by
riutzelj
The knobs on my Kenmore HE2plus are breaking off. First it was the start button, today i knocked off the wash cycle setting knob. Start button was a push to start so we could still use the washer. The selector knob has a plastic stem that broke. Can now only use the washer at what it was set to last night: the regular wash cycle. DH often chooses to do an extra rinse because he has never been happy with this washer: not enough water. leaves soap in after rinse if he used as much as he needed to get things clean.
He likes top loaders, i like the size of the front loaders. It is getting harder to bend down to pull things in and out. My thoughts on the large capacity top loaders without agitators is that they can't possibly get mechanics/ farmers clothes clean.
Help. I know i'll be replacing the washer by this weekend. Our appliance guy says that sears isn't making the control boards anymore, probably figured out it was a bad design since apparently this is where that model fails.
I replaced my old Kenmore (top of the line at the time) front loading with the Kenmore Elite Front Load (largest size available) and matching Kenmore Elite Dryer. The Elites are now made by LG. I added the small pedestal washer also. There was nothing wrong with my old set, I just wanted matching and much larger. Daughter is taking the old set. I loved my old ones and love these even more! Kenmore has never let me down in the 55 years that I have purchased Kenmores.