I’ve had a kenmore HE3t set for about 7 years and love it, not sure if they even make it anymore. Plus I bought it used. I think my mom and sister have had theirs for 10 years. Mine has broken a time or two (washer only), but diagnostics were easy online and parts online were cheap. Repairs were simple, there are only a few parts and I’d say it took ten minutes or less. Appliances are actually quite simple to repair.
But I have the same issue as hatfield with having to leave the door open to the washer and I use this tide maintenance packet every six months on an empty load to flush the system.
