We had a fridge that was manufactured in 1998 that lasted until November of last year when it failed irreparably. We replaced it, and 13 months later, 2 days before thanksgiving, our new fridge failed. It was like pulling teeth to get the warranty servicer to get it repaired.

Repairman finally figured out what was wrong with it yesterday, replaced the seized up defroster and it's running again.

That's still so ridiculous for an appliance to break that early in its lifetime.