So my 3 years old Samsung top loader 18kg (WA18M8700GV) has give up on me.

Few months back I just change the absorber suspender for Rm100 to replace, and it went good.

Last week, the water won’t come out from the outlet, since I don’t have a digital multimeter, I straight buy the outlet valve(solenoid) to replace and still nothing happened.

A technician came and verify that my pcb has burning mark and he tried to connect directly to the solenoid and it works. So now confirm my pcb is the problem.

But the problem is, I tried to source it like jalan pasar and one of the big supplier for electrical products, but they don’t have it. Found one in shoppe but nil stock for Rm530. The technician quoted for rm800 plus.

For that price I think I might go with a new washing machine. So I’m here to ask which washer that have access for spare part after the 1 year warranty end? Bosch? Panasonic? Lg ?

Couldn’t find much Panasonic with simple design as I just need washing and spin only.

Any thought on Sharp? Found 1 at Seng heng sharp esx156.
Rm1600 for 15kg, and seems like plenty spares on Shopee.

What holding me back is I want 18kg 😅


Any Model number? I did some research on lg, but mcm not much spares on Shopee.

Any thought on Sharp? Found 1 at Seng heng sharp esx156.
Rm1600 for 15kg, and seems like plenty spares on Shopee.


What holding me back is I want 18kg 😅

To be honest, I don’t really care about the brand. I kinda prefer this esx156 just because of abundance of spares. Not all model in a brand that has a lot of spares, need search on Shopee 1 by 1. Unlike their bigger model esx2021 20kg, didn’t found any spares on Shopee . 😅

So I basically search which model are recommended, then I’ll search the model number in shoppee to see if it has abundance of spare or not. I think this is the only way to survive after the 1 year general warranty expire.

What I experienced from my Samsung service guy,
He mark up the price x5 including labor from what I get from Shopee.

Absorber rosak, he quoted Rm500. Then he charge me for his visit Rm100 since I don’t want to proceed with the repair. I bought from Shopee Rm100.

So last week I call him again, now his visit fees is Rm150 if don’t want to proceed with repairs. He quoted me Rm450 to change outlet valve. I bought from Shopee Rm100.

How was your LG experience?

Wow that’s cheap and hassle free. Where did u get his contact? And where’s your location? Means he’s an appointed technician from LG right? Now I’m contemplating between sharp and LG.

I got the cut throat guy number from Samsung as well, he’s their appointed rep.

U are right, Seng heng price slightly expensive from the rest. But their after sales is good, and I’ve been purchasing with them for so many houses already, so it’s easier for me to track the warranty. Plus I have coupons and cash back where I can redeem.

Newer but hard to get parts also problem. How long does your sharp last? Banging during spin is caused by the absorber.