My last washing machine before I bought the Speed Queen died after exactly 5 years and 4 months.
Which means even if I would have purchased the 5 year warranty it would have been wasted money.
A circuit board in the controls failed....$350 for a new one...couple hundred dollars more would get a brand new washer.
That circuit board probably costs $20 to manufacture.
I swear appliances these days are deliberately engineered to fail just after the warranty expires.
We have a Speed Queen that is probably seven years old.
I had to fix the lid lock by bypassing it altogether. It is now taped to the inside of the right metal side. It is a common problem with “hacks” on YouTube to fix the issue.
Speed Queen now makes a very basic washing machine with NO lid lock and NO circuit board. It has the dial and push buttons. Just like the washing machines from the 1960s that lasted forever. You can also lift the lid while it is going without it stopping the cycle. So, when you drop that sock on the way you can throw it in.
We have the basic Speed Queen dryer. It has knobs to change the heat setting and a dial to change the cycle. A button to turn it on. Just like in 1965. A lint filter on the bottom when you open the door. It turns on, heats up and the drum turns with a kevlar belt.