Maytag owner here. Did our research, and it was not cheap. Decided to upgrade to a 5 year warranty for an extra 100 bux. We absolutely loved it, then, 5 years to the month we bought it......it turned on by itself. You read right, it started to cycle by itself. It needed a new card, we were told it was a "very common repair" we were also told to extend our warranty. So I did for another 2 years for $250. Let me tell you before you get all up in arms, that warranty renewal has already paid for itself, 3 times over. I'm not renewing the warranty next month. They want $350 for 2 years. Further more, the manufacturers are not releasing
Parts to repair their appliances like they did 15 or 20 years ago.

On top of that, getting the people that are sub contracted to do the warranty work is a nightmare most times.

This thread has me thinking about Bosch now....