4 years ago...........I had major problem when I bought a Sears kenmore dryer. I burnt up 3 motors on new dryers. First one worked for 2 or 3 loads. Next one, burnt up in 1 minute.
They delivered a 3 rd machine...... it was the wrong model but it worked for 5 or 6 loads until they brought the right model the next day. It also stopped working in a few minutes.
IMO.....the problem was a design flaw in the motor wiring. Two of the motors [I did not get to look at the second machine] broke a motor winding wire in the same spot. See pic......look at the end of the broken wire in the top of the picture. Also during the 3 or 4 day this took place, I replaced every bit of wiring and plugins from the breaker to the dryer.....and the 3 rd Dryer still burnt the motor wire.
Sears was not happy..... I was not happy.....wife was not happy...... got my money back and bought a Whirpool from Stines and it has worked for 4 years now.
My Kenmore washer is 21+ years old and had to get a switch and agitator gear stops [plastic parts] replaced last year.
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