Oasis/Cabrio Rust Issues?

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349948438771019643.post-88012444989834696842008-01-16T23:37:00.002-05:002008-07-05T12:06:06.345-04:00Oasis/Cabrio Rust Issues?<a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_Hr3VQdBgGuM/R47fWO3AxmI/AAAAAAAAAK4/12qLfcSxio0/s1600-h/rust.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_Hr3VQdBgGuM/R47fWO3AxmI/AAAAAAAAAK4/12qLfcSxio0/s200/rust.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156304196424746594" /></a>Found a couple very interesting threads over at the GardenWeb laundry forum. <a href="http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/laundry/msg0120554111052.html?17">This thread</a> details, with photos, a Kenmore Oasis owner who owns a machine developing a nasty rust problem. And Sears, in typical Sears fashion, is trying to stick her with the repair bill, noting the issue as "cosmetic". This thread prompted a few other owners to closely examine their machines and determine that their machines were also developing rust in certain areas. <a href="http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/laundry/msg1120515416128.html?14">This thread</a> is just as great. The owner's Oasis developed a rust problem under the lid which Sears wanted $365 to replace. (A third of the cost of the machine itself.) Sears eventually acquiesced and agreed to replace the lid. Quote from the post: "well i got someone to pry open the top and took alot of pictures..unbeleivable...its a piece of junk..the whole top is rusted..the service man is supposed to deliver the new lid..but my lawyer said to refuse the top and insist on a new machine" So now, after the <a href="http://worldofwashers.blogspot.com/search/label/f51">F51 error code debacle</a>, these machines appear to be prone to rusting. Don't think for a second this issue will not affect the Whirlpool Cabrio and Maytag Bravo units. They're the same machines built with the same process. Do not buy these machines. Bradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11377679284360826383noreply@blogger.com