Rochelle T.
Very Disappointed with Thermador
Very Disappointed with Thermador We are very dissatisfied with Thermador and its authorized repair service which has shown complete negligence and absolutely zero customer service. Thermador's quality completely deteriorates when they fail to care for their customers and fail to stand behind their products and take responsibility for ensuring they perform as intended. We purchased an approximately $11,000 Thermador built-in refrigerator from Albert Lee Appliance in 2023 and had it installed in 2024 as part of our kitchen remodel. For more than four months, our refrigerator has not been able to maintain a safe, consistent temperature for storing food and continues to make abnormal noises. Multiple repairs and replacement parts have failed to resolve the problem. The warranty repair was started while our refrigerator was still under its three-year warranty, yet Thermador's authorized service company has still not completed the repair. We have experienced more than five canceled or missed appointments, most of which were no-shows that we only discovered after calling the service company ourselves. We were given numerous reasons, including: • They did not have the right technician available. • The technician who knew how to perform the repair was on vacation. • They did not schedule enough time for our repair. • They did not have the correct parts. • They said they could not obtain the parts they needed. • They required two technicians but failed to schedule two technicians. • They could not locate or schedule the technician who was supposed to perform the repair. Even after Thermador sent the required parts directly to our home, we still had three scheduled appointments that resulted in no-shows. We have repeatedly cleared our schedules and waited for technicians, only to be left waiting or forced to call and find out that no one was coming. We have contacted Thermador repeatedly, spoken with supervisors, and requested a replacement twice. Both requests were denied. Meanwhile, we are using a backup refrigerator in our garage and going up and down 16 stairs to get food and prepare meals for our family of five. This is unacceptable for an $11,000 premium built in appliance. We have done everything we have been asked to do. We have made the refrigerator available for repair, waited for technicians, followed instructions, and even obtained parts directly through Thermador. At this point we expect that Thermador will replace this refrigerator with a new, comparable refrigerator at no cost to us in order to resolve this matter their repair service is completely unreliable. We chose Thermador because we expected a premium product backed by a premium company. Unfortunately, we have received neither.


