My top-of-the-line Kenmore Elite HE 3t has been problematic since I purchased it in 2002. In Oct. 2009, it stopped draining. The Sears service personnel told me there were numerous problems with the washer, and repairing it would cost more than $1, 600 ($600 more than I paid for it). He also explained that the mysterious holes I had been finding in my clothes were being caused by the washer. Apparently the clothes were getting caught in a tear in the drum lining. This has been going on for years. I never suspected the washer was causing the problem. At one point I thought I had a moth problem and tried many treatments to no avail. I called Sears Customer Service, and their attitude was "out of warranty, out of luck." No one I spoke with seemed concerned that their top of the line washer broke down in 7 years and had been destroying my clothes. I even had one customer service rep tell me "everything tears up eventually."