I am not saying your wrong but no one even tries to fix stuff anymore. I have a 12 year old Samsung dryer. Have replaced the heating element 3 times, the rollers once. Some safety switch once. It has survived two daughters, I think it runs nonstop. The washer lasted almost as long and eventually rusted out, replaced it with a Cheap Maytag from Costco. Cheap or high end there just bent sheet metal and some Chinese controls. More or less the same inside.
I do the same thing; Samsung has made me a qualified repair technician. On the washer,
I’ve replaced 3 drain pumps, the drive inverter board (I errantly also replaced the motor during this failure, but never put the original motor back on), and probably some other things. On the dryer I’ve done the heating element three times, the idler/tensioner at least 3 times (but not once since I went to the HD/double ball bearing version), and a couple other things.
In the initial failures of each part, I found many edges of the stampings that were, ahem, not OSHA compliant, and as a result I’ve probably donated almost a pint of blood to Samsung. Now I’m aware of the dangers. Anyhoo, if I add up the total of parts I’ve replaced I’m at about $330-350 thanks to detective work for part numbers and scouring Amazon for the cheapest OEM parts. Oddly enough, the parts from Amazon have lasted longer than the factory parts did! Anyways, $350 over 11 years ain’t terrible, it ain’t great, but that’s the cost of a single Samsung-solicited service call for parts & labor, and about 1/3 the cost of a new machine.
I agree, DIY repairs on these things may be inconvenient, but if you have 3-4 specific spares on hand you can have it back up and running for just about any failure in 45 minutes or less. And the only thing you normally need to fix these is the part, a Phillips screwdriver, and IIRC, a 10 & 12mm wrench or ratchet. Easy money savings!
