Berninas are great machines, last forever if you get the older ones that were made in Europe. and I briefly looked at them when I first started sewing but between the very high initial cost plus high repair and service costs and having to use name brand accessories plus a very rude high pressure local dealer equaled getting Singer and Janome and Juki brand machines. Very glad the warranty was there!!

I just put my 2 year old Pfaff QE 4.2 in the hospital because it won't make a decent straight stitch. I put my 25 year old Bernina 1031 in the cabinet and no more problems. I'm so glad I have more than 1 machine, I do miss the IDT that my Pfaff has and that bigger throat space for quilting.
I was sewing 4 patch strip sets for En Provence(Quiltville mystery), I had frog stitch 8 strip sets and resew them. I love my plastic wonders, but often find that the old mechanical machines are the most reliable.
Sharon in Texas

I have a 180 and do the same. Before that I had a 1630 and took it in every year also. I've never had a repair more than $150 and that was only once. I like to piece with the vintage machines but when it comes to clothing construction for my wearables, putting bindings on and FMQ, there's nothing like a Bernina.

I'm wondering why you - not even the owner of the machine - posted this. Expensive machines can potentially incur expensive repairs. But it IS COVERED under warranty - a 5-year warranty on electrical components. The machine also has a 20-yr warranty on mechanical parts. I personally think this post should be titled "got lucky" instead of complaining about how much parts cost. 👍🏻

Never lose the wonder is my personal thinking.

...I think onebyone posted just as a point of conversation.....a situation that could happen to one of us personally, I'd r a friend. Yes, she was fortunate to still have her machine under warranty...maybe makes us all aware of our warranty window...and if there's a problem, get it to the dealer, quickly!