I received a new model as a gift. It had an improved non-stick pan but the beeper was ridiculously loud. I used it weekly anyway. after about two years I started making bagels so only used the Dough cycle. The motor has now begun straining during the knead stage and there is an electrical smell coming from it. I dread making the phone call where you wade through automation only to wait indefinitely for a live person. Then you have to ship it off somewhere or drive to an auth. repair tech.

I am contemplating investing in a decent stand mixer. I stopped using the machine to bake and the mixers have relatively heavy duty motors. They are 3x more but I can make whipping cream and cheese cake with it so all is not lost.

It is really a scam the way they have designed the whole bread machine business…….constantly replacing models and using cheap materials for the critical parts. Then they don’t continue to stock parts long after the model expires. I say, “Boycott bread machines!” and use a decent stand mixer and your oven.

There are quite a few parts available here:

http://stores.ebay.com/Bread-Machine-Parts-Finder_Breadman-Parts_W0QQ_fsubZ17950459QQ_sidZ649231974QQ_trksidZp4634Q2ec0Q2em322

It is the washer that came loose on mine. I eventually cracked and disappeared. I haven’t been able to find a replacement yet. I think I’ll just take the pan to my local hardware store and see if I can find a washer that fits. I just put the flour in the pan first and that prevents leaking, sufficient to keep it working.

As for replacement paddles, those are available here (for about $10.00 a piece):

http://www.goodmans.net/get_list_433.htm

Hope that helps.

We have had ours for 3-4 years, rarely using it. Last week my wife began to use it almost daily– and suddenly today it has completely died. The only sign of life is the interior light bulb still comes on when the top door is open. I guess the electronics finally died. Sounds like they don’t make these anymore, so time to get something different. Oh well. We loved the results we got from this one.

I called this: Parts & Accessories:
Phone: 1-800-738-0245 and got excellent customer service.

As for this product, I love to use it to make bread dough, but not to bake in. It’s way more efficient and useful for my family to make a double-loaf recipe and mix it using the bread machine. Then I make two 900g loaves in regular bread pans in the oven. If you don’t like the bread you get by baking it in the bread machine, don’t despair!! There’s nothing that says you can’t bake it in a regular oven!! I love the fact that I take control of my family’s bread ingredients and don’t need to buy bread at the store!