The Cool Down
Maytag washer owner spent a month on a $300 repair, then found the aftermarket part was too weak
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A Maytag Bravos XL washer repair run for more than a month ended with the owner blaming the aftermarket part installed to fix the machine. The Reddit poster in r/ApplianceRepair said they reassembled the washer expecting the problem to be solved, but it still would not run. The owner eventually concluded the issue wasn’t the original failure but the aftermarket rotor, which they said was too weak to turn the washer’s system. The total repair was estimated at about $275 to $300, after over a week of further troubleshooting. The thread repeatedly warned that OEM parts generally outperform aftermarket alternatives and can prevent repeat failures.
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