Sooner or later, it will go "bang"!

My washing machine, a Bosch Maxx, must be almost 20 years old, and still working (almost) perfectly. In all those years, it has been so reliable, never once needing a service visit. Previously, we have never owned a washing machine which has been so trustworthy and reliable.

Now it's rusty and old, and each time it makes a funny noise, I wonder how long it will last and need to be replaced.

These days washing machines are all cold-fill, and I feel would be more expensive to run.

I'm glad we're not alone! The noise is horrendous but it is still working. Part of me is embarrassed to have it taken out as I dread to think what is lurking in the darkness behind it!!!

Calendargirl I think we are in the same situation! Although ours only does the major noise thing when spinning..

Will just have to see how it goes!

When the fridge freezer (bought at the same time, 2005) started playing up in 20014, the place we bought it from said "£80 call out, plus parts of we can fix it, but to be honest, Mrs Phoenix, it's now quite an old appliance"

I've had the bearings repaired in a machine before.

Everyone said "Oh no! If the bearings have gone thats it" apart from the repair man, who said it was still cheaper than a new machine.

I got another 3 years out of it, so it was worth doing, even though it sounded like someone had emptied my cutlery drawer into the drum.

Our old washing machine was so noisy for about 18 months before it finally gave up the ghost. Sounded like a jumbo jet taking off, you had to shut doors and go in another room to have a conversation. Then one day, sob!, when I opened the washer door, the clothes were still soaking wet. DH said ‘That’s it, time for a new one’ But it had been a good workhorse for 13 odd years.

Thank you both!

Here’s hoping your washing machine lasts a bit longer. We are not under the same financial pressures as years gone by. I know that feeling of being thankful for being able to live reasonably comfortably now. Long may it last phoenix ps it sounds like the bearings are worn so although noisy it’s demise might not be imminent.

Are the bearings going in your machine phoenix ? That was what happened with previous machine in the beechnut household and I let it go on and on for about a year! ?