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KitchenAid does not care about Product Longevity or the Environment!
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Moved into a home with a KitchenAid Range. It looks new, but in fact is 11 years old. The range is a glass top, electric range with an electronic touchpad, Model # KESC300HWH5. The pad died for the oven part of the range. Sears Appliance repair gouged me, charged me $139 to tell me the part was no longer made!! That's another story, and another review... So I am forced to call KitchenAid myself and see what gives.

When did 11 years mean an appliance is obsolete!? We complain up the food chain. No remorse. They don't care about their products once the warranty runs out! Now I have a stovetop that works and stove that does not. REALLY DISAPPOINTED in the greed, lack of environmental care American Businesses have come to. We repeatedly asked if throwing this 11 year old range in a dump was OK with them!!! You can bet I will not be replacing with another KitchenAid.

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Terrible Product
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I have a KitchenAid Stove/Oven which I bought in 2006. My first problem is that the oven does not heat correctly. The temperature rises and falls while in use. The main problem I have is the panels on the front of the oven. I couldn't change the temperature or turn off the oven. I had to turn off the breaker to do so. I had a repairman and it cost me $500 for a whole new panel.

Now one year later it has happened again. While telling my tale of woe to someone the other day, she stated that she has had her same appliance as mine for 7 years and the repairman told her she was lucky it lasted seven years, as he usually gets this complaint when the oven is three years old. I have gotten nowhere with the company where I purchased it and I refuse to pay another $500 to repair it again. We are now looking for a new stove and oven. I feel so cheated.

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KitchenAid Ice Maker and Customer "NO" Service
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BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA -- We bought 5 KitchenAid appliances from HH Gregg in December 2007. The ice maker worked intermittently until March 2008 and then quit completely. We have had 8 service calls and replaced 4 parts. It still does not work. We paid $1,400 for the ice maker and have been having to buy bags of ice for 5 months. KitchenAid/Whirlpool Customer "NO" Service is very arrogant and condescending and refuses to replace the defective unit. HH Gregg has asked KitchenAid to replace the ice maker, but they obviously don't have much regard for HH Gregg either.

KitchenAid has offered us a 6-month extended warranty, but I can't understand what good that will do us for an appliance that does not work at all. I guess we can meet a repairman at our house every 2 weeks for six additional months before we accept the fact we have been cheated and buy a different brand ice maker. I wish we had read reviews on the internet before we remodeled our kitchen. We bought KitchenAid appliances thinking we were buying quality products from a reputable company. We were badly mistaken.

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Kitchen Aid Refrigerator Quality Issues & Company Refuses to Acknowledge
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DEVON, PENNSYLVANIA -- When I remodeled my kitchen I bought Kitchen Aid major appliances because I perceived them to be high quality, however I have since found that the QUALITY is AWFUL and the COMPANY will not RESOLVE COMPLAINTS about FACTORY DEFECTS!

The molded plastic door liner of the refrigerator has developed cracks. The stainless steel skin of the freezer door has sunken in as a result of air pockets in the foam filler. The microwave oven clock LED has burn out digits. I wrote a letter to the President of the company and he had a customer service minion call me to tell me that they will do nothing to help because the 1 year warranty has expired. What a pathetic reply from a pathetic company. So if you want quality appliances, do not buy Whirlpool or Kitchen Aid Products.

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Buyer Beware - KitchenAid Appliances
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MATHEWS, ALABAMA -- We have a Superba Architect that is less than 5 years old and I'm now in the middle of my second repair issue. First, my through-the-door ice maker went out. Turns out it was due to the wires in the harness [which is located at the bottom of the door under the hinge] breaking. The repairman explained that Kitchenaid was aware of this over 2 years ago - the harness was strapped into place with a plastic tie and the tie made the harness (wires) bend hard in the same spot each time the freezer door was open. The fix was to splice the wires and cost over $100.

The repairman said I was lucky because a lot of them were breaking inside the door which required a full door replacement in excess of $500. I was appalled that KitchenAid did not alert consumers that the prevention was to simply cut this tie with a pair of household scissors. Its only purpose had been to keep the harness hidden under the door. I wrote them concerning this and got no results.

Now on to my second issue. The refrigerator stopped cooling and the freezer was only cold in the very bottom. Turns out it's the computer board that's gone out. It should tell the fan to circulate the cold air but won't. It will cost over $400.

We have a side-by-side refrigerator [GE] that we bought 16 years ago and has not had a single repair issue. It cost under $900. This KitchenAid cost over $2,300 and has been the worst purchase I've ever made. Proof, I guess, that you don't always get what you pay for. Stay away from KitchenAid. None of these universal problems posted by so many people are covered under warranty.

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Oven Temperature Adjustment Requires Complete Reset
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Rating: 1/51

When reducing an achieved temperature resetting the new temperature causes. uses the temp to drop precipitously and the oven goes into pre-heating mode. This turns on the broiler element which can (and did) burn the item being cooked. According to Kitchen Aid, "the only way to change the temperature is to cancel the current cooking cycle and restart with new desired temperature. That process would be normal." This is the response even after I told them about the pre-heating so I guess they are OK with it. (My Thanksgiving turkey wasn't too happy.)

Other issues with the oven are how long it takes to get up to temperature in the first place and how it can drop 50 degrees when you simply turn it off to reset the temperature, as instructed, when the door was not even open. Perhaps this is "normal" too. In one case the temperature never returned to the reset and lower temperature. The dysfunctional oven was only surpassed by the poor customer response which took over 3 weeks.

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Wall Oven Broke Cooking Thanksgiving and Christmas Meal
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Rating: 1/51

GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA -- We bought a Kitchen Aid wall oven ($1,800) last April. Had it installed in June. Was cooking Thanksgiving meal and the oven went off only after an hour and a half cooking time. Ended up having to take everyone out to eat as I couldn't finish cooking the turkey (24lb) and rest of meal. They came out and said it was a loose wire even though the digital read out said it was the relay board. Thinking the oven was fixed I started cooking the Christmas meal only to have the same thing happen. How frustrating.

It took a serviceman a week to get here and then he said it was the relay board and they would have to replace it. It came in and when the serviceman came out he found out the wrong color board had been ordered and that was almost 3 wks ago and we haven't heard a thing from anyone. I am so disappointed in the service and the function of this oven. I will never buy another KitchenAid product. I have several in my home and they used to be very good and have a good reputation but not anymore. This problems has caused a lot of money and frustration to say the least.

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Kitchen Aid Double Oven (KEBS277BSS) Does NOT Work
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Rating: 1/51

OCEANSIDE, CALIFORNIA -- I purchased a Kitchen Aid double oven online from a Sears outlet in Oceanside, CA in September 2013 (I am writing this in December). I have had technicians out to my house 6 times now (I have wasted 24 hours of my time). They have replaced the same part two times and the same thing happens every time. The lower oven has only worked correctly once otherwise the food comes out burnt in a fraction of the time the recipe calls for. The upper oven does not bake the food, the food tends to comes out raw.

When I contact Kitchen Aid they do not care that their product does not work and refuse to replace it. They also will not allow me to post my review. When contacting Sears they keep giving me the run around. The only thing this oven is good for is being a towel holder. I don't think a working oven is [too] much to ask for.

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KitchenAid KEBS277BSS Does Not Work
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Rating: 2/51

SAN LEANDRO, CALIFORNIA -- I bought this KitchenAid product in September and it has NOT worked since it was installed. I had a professional install it and tried to bake with it and it did NOT bake my dish. This product was purchased from a Sears Outlet store. The first time I had the technician come out he said nothing was wrong with the product.

After I discovered the issue, I have had technicians come out 3 other times and I have another appointment scheduled for after Thanksgiving. When speaking to the KitchenAid and Sears Customer service and asking them to replace this oven they stated that they will NOT replace the product no matter how many times they come out to fix it. I was explaining what was going on with the upper oven and the lady on the phone said that it was a simple calibration problem that I can do myself and if they someone come out they would charge me (after I have had a technician out 4 times).

I calibrated the oven and the temperature still drops about 30 degrees. Sears has already replaced the control panel and has ordered some more parts for the lower oven. Currently, my upper oven does not bake things thoroughly and my lower oven burns everything in a quarter of the time it takes to bake the dish. Example I baked cupcakes and they were in the oven 2 minutes and were burnt. I DO NOT recommend this product or any KitchenAid product. KitchenAid DOES NOT stand behind their product.

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Burner Failure 720-0745A Freestanding Outdoor Grill
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Rating: 1/51

NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA -- I purchased this grill approximately 6 months ago at Lowe's. The grill has worked pretty well until approximately 2 weeks ago when the burners started to fail. I can turn 3 burners on with no problem, but when I ignite the 4th burner all the flames on all four burners get so low you can barely see them and the grill will not get above 250 degrees.

Additionally, the searer will not light if more than 2 burners are ignited at the same time. I have performed all of the recommended troubleshooting solution provided in the owner's manual to no avail. This grill was very expensive and I am very unhappy with Kitchen Aid. I contacted them by telephone and was transferred to 3 different departments, all who said they could not locate model number in their system. After being placed on hold the 4 time I simply hung up out of frustration. Will never purchase another Kitchen Aid product.

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