I'm no expert, but I think that they do, and many are self-cleaning filters. In my parents' 1980s vintage Whirlpool it's a plastic bong with a wide base and located near the bottom. In our year-old Whirlpool/Kenmore I think it's a ring screen under the agitator.
My parent's 1980s Whirlpool had a self-cleaning filter. It looked like a bong with a wide base and was located near the bottom of the machine.
If you can find a GE heavy duty it will last forever. Mine lasted longer than 25 years. It still may be running as I gave it away.
So using your line of thought; my Chevy Luv wasn't "really" a Chevy since it was made by Isuzu? Regardless Kenmore is a "Sears" brand that can also be bought at other "Sears" companies such as OSH and sooner or later at K-Mart. I know that in the past the Kenmore washer/dryer sets (and refrigerators) were made by Whirlpool; pretty positive the washer/dryers still are (seeing as how the He3 is identical to the Duet).
That makes my 60's era Sunbeam self-lowering toaster a teenager then! :) Yours will likely outlast 100's of $10 toasters out there.
The old Maytags were good. You might look around for one like this
they, like kenmore, is/was a conglometation of different things made by different companies and sold under one "brand name".
the geo metro was a rebadged suzuki sprint the geo prism was a rebadged toyota corolla the geo tracker? a suzuki sidekick geo storm? isuzu impulse
bingo! and the ford courier was made by mazda. the dodge D50 was built by mitsubishi.
now, the tables are turned, and the mazda, isuzu, and mitsu trucks are now rebadged AMERICAN vehicles! what a crazy flip-flop.
toyota and nissan still make their own "small" trucks, but small is a relative term now.
That's probably why I bought a Ford "Festiva" (a Mazda/Kia/Ford venture) and before that a Ford "Fiesta" (the US one that was here from
77-81 I believe, not sure what that was actually...thought it might be an Audi though); I knew they weren't really Fords. I do think a company should think long and hard before they put their name on a product they don't produce; it could lessen the value of that brand if they put the name on anything and everything (Sunbeam...are you listening...you don't make wooden spoons!).
Yes, Mike is right. Think about the Craftsman name for example. Just today I bought a pair of 1/2 hp electric garage door openers at Sears with the Craftsman label. There IS NO CRAFTSMAN COMPANY that actually manufactures these machines! Chamberlain makes them, but their name is not on the label.
The BRAND that you talk about is actually irrelevant in this discussion because the OP was asking about manufacturers. Kenmore is not an appliance manufacturer: Whirlpool and Kitchenaid and who knows who else makes their appliances. So, learn who makes the specific Kenmore models you're interested in.
Actually, the brand does have some bearning. When Sears goes to whomever for a Kenmore washer, they specify the features and price. The manufacturer decides whether they will substitute a plastic part for a metal part. So even if Whilrpool makes it, it may not be to the same quality as their own brand.
It was always that way with every single Sears-branded product they sold. Moreover, the actual manufacturer, who built the product to meet Sears' specifications, varied from year to year, presumably based on price.
When I worked there (1958-1960) their towels were made by Fieldcrest and Martex, both respectable manufacturers.
And Whirlpool probably outsources their stuff to Taiwan or Bangladesh or Myanmar.
I concur, my old Maytag washer lasted 24 yrs with one repair which I did myself for $70 in parts.
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