[Lurkinanloomin]

Yep, Maytag made quality washers for years and like most manufacturers went down the road of cost takeout that cheapened the product to the point of making them junk.
Maytag is now just a label owned by Whirlpool.
Labels mean nothing anymore.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Back in ‘92. we built a new house and went shopping for a washer/dryer combo at the May tag store. The salesman told us to buy the “mechanical” Maytags—still in production at Newton. They're still clanking and whirling...