I bought midea side by side refrigerator 1.5 years ago thinking refrigerator would last atleast 10 years with no maintenance. So did not purchase extended warranty. It stopped working in 1.5 years. Called cc and got paid visit. Company person told its pcb is gone n gas needs refilling and asked for rs 15500. I enquired locally and dealers told better get it fixed by them as they will nullify your compressor warranty. Seeing so mych amount i found one person who was ready to fix pcb and since it was inverter refrigerator not much option there. On scanning he found pcb working fine but compressor was not working. I called company back and asked them to send another person who is experienced and mentioned last guy i didnot find trustworthy. Another person came and he asked me if some one came earlier, he was also from same 3rd party. I told him and he scanned again and found compressor not working and told pcb is fine, compressor needs to be replaced and will be done by tomorrow. It took 10 days foe them tonarrange compressor, but i would highlight even company representative are not trustworthy these days and will try to get more n more money out of you. So be aware !!!!
I would like to inform all to avoid these inverter things. Specially in washing machine and Refrigerator. They save literally nothing in electricity and costs bomb when repair is needed. Any local mechanic can repair a non inverter thing but once PCB of inverter thing is damaged forget about it.
For AC also if your daily avg usage is > 6 hours then only go for inverter models.
Non INVERTER AC/Fridge/Washing machine can last for 10-15-20years easily w/o repair.
Happening with me as well with IFB washing machine. Service people are looters. Every now and then pcb/ sensors got failed. And replacing charges 1500 rupees. IFB microwave touch keys were stopped working without use. IFB Products are shit. Avoid buying.