Find a used appliance store and buy an older model versus these new ones that don't last. I've had mine since college, so 15 years now. No problems and is and old Armana and the dry is too!
I meant to say that I will look for Speed Queen when mine die, but being in super rural Georgia, I will probably go the way of Sears or Lowe's or a local electric shop that sells them. We don't have many vendors, but knowing they are on Amazon will make a difference.