Quote Originally Posted by brutal View Post
How old were these?

Ours is going on 2 years and still seems OK. Repair guy I talked to before buying said the new compressor redesign wasn't seeing the same failure rate the old one did. Same guy said pass on Samsung as they can't get parts.

I don't usually get them, but got a 5 year extra warranty from HD when we bought the fridge. Then LG extended the compressor warranty (parts only?) to 10 years. DW has been repaired twice now. Faulty (redesigned) door latch/sensor, and failed water tube to upper deck. Range repaired once for a broken (plastic) oven knob shaft.

Our 20 year old Kenmore/Whirlpool is still doing duty as the beer fridge.
Our fridge was coming up on 6 years, and yes it had the "Linear" compressor that the owner of Mr. Appliance described as being "nothing more than good as a boat anchor." The newer compressor isn't the same compressor as it's a known issue for LG. We had to buy a new PCB/power control board also and apparently this new system runs on a variable speed control and ramps up and down, instead of OFF or ON. Time will tell if it lasts any longer.
One of my wife's close girl friends also had her LG fridge quit at about the same time ours did, also with the Linear compressor. Weird thing is she got warranty service completed in less then 2 weeks, where we couldn't even get an "authorization letter" from LG so that Mr. Appliance could order the parts.