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Old 11-11-2012, 05:23 PM   #1
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The previous owners had a new Dometic refrigerator installed prior to our purchase of the Newell and it has a three-year warranty, IF you have an annual maintenance done at an authorized Dometic service-center. I've called around my area and that is going to cost me about $160.

So basically, the Dometic fridge came with a one-year warranty and I have to pay $160/year to extend that warranty for the second year and then again for the third year. If someone asked me if I wanted to buy an extended warranty on my fridge for $160/year, I would be inclined to say no. If I wouldn't be inclined to pay that when the original warranty wore out, why should I pay it now when the fridge is only a year old? If it has worked fine the first year, it seems a reasonable risk to bet $320 that it will work the second & third years.

As to the annual maintenance, that seems to be a list of things that I could do myself. It just wouldn't qualify as "authorized service" down the road.

Any thoughts from fellow owners?

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Jimmy Dean Ross,

It is what ever you feel comfortable with. Some fridges have been known to operate properly for more than ten years while others have problems much earlier.
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Based on my own analysis I have decided I won't worry about the warranty and just preform my own yearly maintenance.
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