I bought my LG stainless steel appliances almost 5 years ago. Those were the outset items I bought when I outset began thinking well-nigh renovating my kitchen. Yeah, I did it sort of backwards, the appliances were correct in that location inwards the kitchen fifty-fifty earlier I started to pigment the cabinets or to extend the kitchen island. I withal hollo upwards how I protected them spell inwards the middle of all those projects. I didn't desire non fifty-fifty a niggling scratch on whatsoever of them! :)
Well, fourth dimension has passed in addition to they withal expect great! I'm withal inwards dear amongst stainless, fifty-fifty though many people complain well-nigh the finger prints in addition to issues to maintain them neat in addition to shiny, that's non a large trial for me.
Just 2 months agone I did a review on how to maintain stainless appliances spotless in addition to that has been lots of help.
But dorsum to my review, ane of the major things I decided to acquire amongst LG appliances was because of their looks, their flow line. At the time, when I compared them to other brands, they were relatively similar on performance in addition to cost but LG was a winner inwards my eyes because of their looks.
Comm'n, I just adored those knobs! The stove arrive at has been working nicely, I have got no complains whatsoever well-nigh the oven or the burners, they piece of work nicely. What I don't similar well-nigh my arrive at is the cleaning of the grates (they are HEAVY), in addition to the drip pan, they acquire gross easily. :/
However, my precious knobs, the matter I loved the most well-nigh my arrive at were the ones who surprised me when they just began falling apart. Their forepart withal looks OK, but the plastic connectors to attach them to the stove began disintegrating!
H5N1 combat over a calendar month agone ane of them broke.
Then, the other, in addition to then, ane more! The 4th ane is create to break.
And I don't fifty-fifty desire to accept off the 5th one!
The dishwasher, just the same every bit all the other appliances, looks overnice on the exterior but its performance hasn't been that great. There's been e'er issues amongst it non cleaning the spectacles in addition to dishes properly. I've tried to bargain amongst that trial the best I can, trying to rinse everything well, non overloading it, in addition to changing the detergent nosotros job inwards hopes of it doing a amend job. The liquid detergent has been somewhat amend than the pulverization one.
Now, fifty-fifty for the dishwasher things went from bad to worse during these concluding span of months! One morn I woke upwards to unload the dishwasher in addition to when I pulled the top rack, the upper spray arm fell. :(
Once again, ane of those plastic components that kept the arm attached to the rack broke!
It's amazing to me that fifty-fifty earlier 5 years of job these things are happening. I hollo upwards my sometime appliances were withal inwards skilful working status when nosotros supposedly -upgraded- to these ones!
And tin ship away y'all believe the freezer halt freezing similar for an entire week, 3 weeks ago?! I was fuming! :(
We went ahead in addition to turned things around, cleaned it upwards in addition to downward in addition to somehow it began freezing again. Phfff!
After reading around online reviews, it looks similar we've been lucky amongst them non having problems for the outset 4 years of use.
The beautiful knobs too having that lousy plastic percentage that brakes easily, are prone to acquire burned when the oven door opens in addition to the estrus from the oven reaches them.
The job was there, thus looking for a solution I search for the knobs at Sears appliance parts in addition to certain plenty they have got them. Almost $50 a piece! Incredible. :/
I also flora around similar knobs at Amazon at a much lower price.
There's fifty-fifty a retrofit y'all tin ship away purchase to supervene upon the plastic percentage on the knobs for a metallic piece.
The dishwasher percentage I demand is this:
Well, alone the pocket-size flap, the arrow is pointing at, was the ane that broke, but the whole arm needs to live replaced. Its cost non thus bad.
However, earlier placing whatsoever order, I decided to telephone weep upwards LG to explicate the issues I've had amongst my appliances in addition to to know if they were willing to replaced those parts.
After a quite long fourth dimension explaining the problems I had, in addition to hollo for why on Blue Planet they're withal using inexpensive plastic parts on their appliances (without receiving whatsoever skilful answer), the guy helping me pose me on around other quite long agree spell he talked things over to the supervisor.
Long storey short, they were willing to supervene upon all the parts if I have got the receipts or proof of purchase of the appliances.
They sent me an electronic mail amongst a "Proof of purchase upload portal", y'all cannot reply to this e-mail, you're alone allowed to upload 3 pictures.
Boy o' boy, I was happy to live this organized!
All my large exceptional receipts are taped to the dorsum of their respective manuals. So, I at nowadays sent a re-create of the receipt in addition to began waiting for the parts to arrive.
Six days after in addition to without a give-and-take from them, I, again, called the 1-800 client service number to construct certain they got my files in addition to to banking concern check the status of my complain aka if the parts were already delivered.
Well, they haven't shipped them yet! The lady who took the telephone weep upwards said, those percentage replacements accept fourth dimension in addition to alone the knobs were approved. Somehow the supervisor didn't approve the replacement of the dishwasher part.
That happened this week, thus I had to hold off vii to 10 days to have the knobs. And believe me, I'm crossing my fingers for that to happen, because yeah, my fingers are the ones getting wound past times turning on in addition to off that stove!
I withal maintain on hollo for why o' why LG continues using inexpensive plastic materials on their appliances. Reading all the online reviews well-nigh malfunctioning LG appliances construct me fifty-fifty to a greater extent than nervous. I was hoping for these appliances to serve us for at to the lowest degree 10 years, similar the ones earlier did.
How long have got y'all had your appliances? Are y'all happy amongst them? What construct create y'all recommend?
I'll update this post if the knobs arrive. ;)
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As promised, I'm updating this post to inform y'all that the knobs arrived today, Feb.19, just ane calendar week after this post was published.
Thanks to Brittany-Pretty Handy Girl, who forwarded this post on Feb.13 to LG Electronics USA -Facebook Page- I also received the dishwasher part, fifty-fifty sooner ;) --> yesterday!
You tin ship away read the things I learned from this sense right HERE.
Thanks thus much for all your comments in addition to skilful wishes!
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