Sears Home Warranty Reviews
Is This Your Business?3.0
Overall Score
rosanna Hope Miami Beach, FL
This is the biggest scam rip off and service people were the worst they could choose., totally not knowledgeable! It is impossible to get them to pick up the line if you want to cancel and they do not cover high end appliances even thought they tell they do. Read the small print before signing if you have high end. They did not fix one of my appliances in the year and I had 5 complaints. they sent a service man that told me they could not fix and charged me for the service because told me not covered and they did not fix and left with over $700 and will not pick up the phone. Please save yourself a lot of aggravation and do not choose the Sears Home Warranty programs of any kind. It is the biggest scam. I am ashamed of myself for falling for this! It is impossible to cancel now as they will not pick up the phone and I have been on phone for over one hour at 3 occasions!
6 years ago
Patty
NEVER purchase a Sears Home Warranty Plan!
It's one of those "Its too good to be true" stories.
I was conned and lied to about purchasing this warranty and was told I could cancel anytime.
I paid to activate the plan on 1/19/18 and on 11/23 they sent out a technician who ordered parts. 5 more service calls and one didn't show (and I was told he was on the way), and more parts ordered and on 1/ 7/ 2019 Sears sent a different service tech. , the previous tech Christina was very knowledgeable , and professional but John had a bad attitude and I even had to tell him why he was here. After forgetting to hook up the water line it wouldn't start, my husband said he probably just shorted it out but he didn't agree so ordered more parts .
3 days later after it dried out I tried it and it worked but couldn't use it because he didn't put it back together, he left parts in 2 rooms, and the door wouldn't shut properly after he took it off.
Called customer support again, and most of the time couldn't understand who I was talking to, and after over an hour on the phone, and about 5 transfers, no one would schedule someone to come because he had ordered parts again and said had to wait for parts, even though I said it would now start.
I contacted Christina myself and she put me on her route to come back the next day and put it back together.
I was so upset with Sears and their attitude that today I decided to cancel this contract and when I tried to they said I would have to pay for all repairs and cost or pay $49.99 for the remainder of my contract.
I found out one of the main problems was the heater burnt out ( whichwas on a recall) and should never have been sold with that heater and the stainless tub on the dishwasher had tiny pin holes in it.
Just pay for the repair and NEVER let them sell you a home warranty! No wonder they are going bankrupt.
6 years ago
Cynthia Pruitt Homer, IL
Absolutely NOT worth it. A big rip off. I have been paying on this plan for 17 months and went to cancel it and they wish to charge me a $95 cancellation fee. Your advertisement states it may be cancelled after a year. Also, contract says that after 3 visits and the unit is not fixed, you may request a new one. We kept requesting and they kept denying. I had to pay for 6 visits where they didn't fix my water softener and finally gave up and bought one one my own. I paid for a visit on my dishwasher and they didn't fix it and told me there was nothing wrong with it so my husband tore it apart and fixed it. I had a problem with my washer and my refrigerator and they were going to charge me two separate $80 visit fees even though it was one visit so my husband fixed the refrigerator. They will only provide an 8 hour window for their visit so I have to take an entire day off work instead of the typical 1/2 day most people give you. PEOPLE - DO NOT DO THIS. Put your $50 monthly fee in an account and use it to pay for your appliance repairs.
6 years ago
Hassan HassabElnaby Sylvania, OH
My sump pump was broken five weeks ago. I contacted the customer service and was told that they do not have providers in my city. I was instructed to find a plumber and send the estimate to the customer service for approval. I sent them the estimate and was rejected by the approval department. I was asked to find another plumber and submit a new estimate, which I did. The new estimate was significantly lower than the first one. I was told that the approval department would contact the plumber; it never happens. I called over and over to resolve this issue with no luck. This not the only time when this happen.
6 years ago
JSchmitt Enterprise, AL
RUN, don't walk and don't look back, away from Sears Home Warranty. There is NOTHING good about them — not one thing. Their cost is more than most other companies, their deductible is higher than other companies, and their service is horrible. My first appointment after the warranty began was on Dec 24th. It was to fix the original problem. Unfortunately after numerous calls, long hold times, and rude customer service reps, the tech never showed up at my house. The next appointment Greg showed up saying he couldn't fix it under the 60-day warranty because the part was a different part. He told me to call in and schedule another appointment. This is three weeks without my clothes dryer at this point. I call in and get another appointment and as Greg advised I text him the appointment confirmation. He said he was going to grab the visit and stay with it until it was finished. He called me two days later and said he had canceled my appointment, put me in as a no show, and would come by when he was in our little remote town later that week. Greg did not call or show up. I text him twice asking where he was with no response. Sears called me over and over again to reschedule that appointment, so I finally rescheduled only to have a different tech come out to look at my fridge AND my dryer. He was not able to fix either. He did not have the part for my fridge even though I was very explicit in what was wrong and the part needed and said the part for my dryer was no longer produced. He said I should call the warranty people and get a voucher for a new dryer. Today I called every number I could find. Two of the numbers tell me they can't help me and the third I was on hold for 40 minutes when I finally disconnected the line. At this point, I have a new dryer being delivered this weekend and need to close this out. I can't even reach someone to stop the ACH they require you to set up to begin the warranty.
6 years ago
Vanessa E Morgan Winter Springs, FL
I opened a claim with Sears on 12/30/2018, my appointment was set on Tuesday, January 1, 2019. Gary from First Choice Pool Care did arrive on that day and inspected the pool pump which was going out. He decided that I needed to have a new one installed. He came out on January 3rd and started on the process of replacing the pool pump when I came home from work that day the new pool pump was sitting there but it was not connected to the PVC piping. I texted Gary on January 4th to find out what was going on and if he would be back to finish it that day and he said he "Yes we had a couple of snags. It will be this afternoon." He never showed I texted him again when I got home from work and he said, "Hi Vanessa I'm sorry we had some snags with then install installation and need to adjust the piping. I will try to get there today or tomorrow." Once again, he never showed.
I continued to text Gary from January 8th until January 18th to see when he would be by to finish the job and never received a response until I told him I called the Sears Home Warranty rep (which I really did) to let them know that he has not responded to me via call and or text for over 10 DAYS! The Sears Home Warranty rep said they could not do anything to help me with the situation since the job was assigned to him. They said they would "continue to reach out to him" but they would not reassign this job to anyone else. I asked, "what if this continues for months, am I just going to sit here and wait?" They said they would reassess that at a later time. Just a bunch of BS if you ask me!
Luckily Gary did respond after I told I called the rep and showed up on Tuesday to finish the job. Now that my pool has sat 22 days without the pump running, the chemicals being balanced, etc; I will have to hire someone to come and fix the chemistry balance since my pool is green and full of debris. Gary didn't even offer to clean it, even though this entire situation was his fault and YOURS for allowing him to do that. I even called another pool company to see if they knew of his company and they said they had a lot of customers that he worked with call and complain about him not coming back out to complete projects as well as fixing faulty repairs that he has made.
If this is the way you all do business, I do not plan to renew my contract with you all and I think I should receive my $100 back for the initial payment.
6 years ago
Roger Gerstenberg Shelby, NC
We have Sears HW about 4 years, and , if you play by the rules they are very good. What people don't take into consideration is there AC and heating preventative checks at no charge, 1 in the spring and 1 in the fall.
6 years ago Edited September 14, 2021
DWallace Rolling Fork, MS
My range went out the 2nd week in Dec. I made an arrangement for Sears home repair. The technician arrives about a week later. I was told the part had to be ordered ( don’t know what happen to parts on the truck after telling them what the problem was). I was told the parts was going to be delivered to my house. The parts were delivered and I called Sears to setup an appointment for the repair. I was given Jan 18th, it was changed to Jan 14th; Jan 28th and now Feb 11th. I’m wondering if they will change that date as well! I called customer service only to be transferred from one rep to another. I was on hold for 20-25 minutes only to be told there is nothing they can do. Services are TERRIBLE!!!!!!! I can clearly understand why Sears are closing # disgusted
6 years ago
Victoria Woodbridge, VA
RUN AWAY AS FAST AS YOU CAN!!! If I could give one star I would. My refrigerator broke down and 30 days later and two missed appointments with out notification and Sears refuses to make it right. I spoken to 5 managers and all of them say they don't know what happened and just re-schedule. One part was on back order for three weeks with no ETA on when they would have it. Come to find out the technician knew when he placed the order that the part was not available. After 4 people and several hours they finally out sourced the part. I set up another appointment and they cancelled with no notice. Then refused to send a tech out and honor the appointment. Told me I could take $257.72 to purchase a new refrigerator or wait for a new appointment. I'm looking into legal action now. Don't go with this company. They are awful! All they want to do is scam you for the monthly premium and detectable.
6 years ago
Dave Henderson, NV
DO NOT use Sears Home Warranty services! I am currently with them and they are an absolute nightmare to deal with in getting anything fixed. First guy they sent out didn't fix our appliance. NOW, trying to get them to send out a second tech to look at it and getting nothing but a run around. IF you use Sears, be prepared to spend hours on hold, transferred to about 6 different people, and still no resolution. That has been my experience with them, as I sit here on hold with them again, going into the second hour of being on hold today. I am so fed up with their absolute most lousy customer service of any company that I have ever had to deal with.
6 years ago
Justin Buda, TX
Was with them for 1.5 years. Dryer went out and it took 1 week for tech to show, then another week for him to come back to put the part in. The part arrived at my house before the tech came back and I installed the part and fixed the dryer myself. I called to complain about a lack of technicians and service and wanted to cancel our warranty. CSR told me that we renewed our warranty after the first 12 months and I said we never signed another contract just paid month to month. I said you can’t honestly service folks in this manner and expect people to stay. There is no timeline on repairs and they can take as long as they want at your expense. They said they wouldn’t let us out of our contract (that we never signed for the second year they just autoenrolled us) and to cancel we would have to pay $168 for remainder of the term. I said do what you have to. CSR “understood” me but in the end could care less just wanted to argue for the warranty program that he knows did not service us adequately. We spent 2 weeks doing laundry at the neighbor’s house and at the laundromat. They do not have enough techs to service their program and the warranty process fees like it is set up in a way to make you throw your hands up and call someone else on your own dime. Don’t have reasonable expectations of service if you get a Sears Home Warranty Plan. You will only be let down. Terrible customer service too. The technician was nice.
6 years ago
Jw
Worse experience yet! Frig not cooling. Called. The came out and said that the coil was dirty and cleaned it, not part of the warranty charged $107.00. Next day not cooling, called again, Tech said either motor, dryer, or compressor, ordered parts.
Days later parts arrived and Tech came again. Wrong parts - 2 compressors. Took one compressor back, not sure where to. Called again to check and no parts were ordered but Tech scheduled to come again. called again and no record of parts ordered. Called again an told Tech would need to come out to get part number. Total 5 service calls, lost $300 in food, and still not fixed. Have been paying $49.99 for over three years. Now wonder Sears has gone bankrupt!!!!
When you call you talk to the Philippines not in the US.
6 years ago
Michelle Beachwood, OH
Don't waste your hard earned money. I wish I could give it zero stars. I called sears out to fix my air conditioner. They will find any way to weasel out of doing work. A company was sent out no less than 3 times because they didn't know what they were doing. They specialize in short term quick fixes. They pumped Freon into the unit, a couple of weeks later no air and the line was freezing up inside of the house. I was told that they would have to get authorization to replace a line. I never heard back. I had to call Sears and a representative told me that they would no longer fix my air conditioner. They said that there were mismatched parts in the unit. The unit was here when I moved in and according to some part on the unit it is only about 12 years old. I've lived in my home for 5 years. Nothing was written, only a verbal decline. I never received any true explanation but they made sure to send me a notice to renew at $70 per month. No FREAKING WAY!
6 years ago
FedUpInTX Boerne, TX
We bought a Sears Home Warranty to get a discount on a lawnmower repair. $69 a month and we used it twice, right as we renewed it. Washing machine: sent the wrong parts, took over a month to repair. Dryer, sent the wrong parts, then sent a technician and told me he'd bring the parts, he didn't. Got replacement parts (had to search because the parts aren't made anymore) I scheduled service and they didn't show. When we called, they claimed they had no record of the appointment. Now we're up to two months trying to get our dryer repaired. They won't schedule a repairman to come out
until you receive the part in the mail and then it's been several weeks before someone is available. The guy I used before I got this home warranty just ordered the part he thought might fix the problem and usually fixed it within a couple of days, no longer than a week if it needed a different part. Sears Home Warranty is absolute crap.....RUN AWAY.....
6 years ago
Karina Sobredo Carson City, NV
I initially called in December with a cord needing to be replaced on my refrigerator because in moving the refrigerator , it was damaged. Anyway,Sears came out with an initial charge of $300.00 for the repair. I was going to pay it and then the technician stated, if I signed up for the home warranty on my appliances, I would receive a free HVAC (once a year) check and only be charged $75.00 for each repair for them to come to my home, plus the $49.99/ month warranty fee being automatically. And, there is no fee to discontinue services with Sears.
Its January 2019 and 3 months later, I went to cancel the membership and they charged me $155.30 to terminate, plus 25.00 administration fees. Really?
So make sure, since it is a verbal agreement and no signature on file, that you get it in writing that there is no penalty for discontinuing services. (my bad).
6 years ago
Bill
Very expensive and deceptive. Had Sears warranty service for two years and always a condition when you place a service call. Repair people never had parts on hand to fix my refrigerator and dishwasher. so repair would take at least two visits and usually a time frame of two weeks. Then they would want to charge you on the spot for 75.00 dollar deductible even when the repair was not complete. Thereafter the appliance breaking
a second or third time within a month they would want to charge deductible again within a month time frame. Totally deceptive and bad business. Do your research for better home warranty company. There are more affordable and honorable ones
6 years ago
Fadi Annaba Chatham, IL
I bougth a washer from Sears and as usual bought the 5-year extended warranty given prior experience with products breaking down (over the years, I bought multiple fridges, washers, dryers, freezers, ovens, diswahsers, etc. from Sears and others and know how low the industry standard has become nowadays).
The washer started leaking. I called Sears and they scheduled a repair appointment. The techinician came and wouldn't touch the unit after he opened it and claimed there were mice droppings inside it. I asked him if the leak was due to mice activity, and he said he didn't know but he declared the unit out of warranty (due to the claimed mice activity) and due to that, he can't do anything with it anymore. I asked him if he can find where the leak is coming from and if it is indeed due to a mouse activity that I'll happily pay for it, but if not, it should be covered by the warranty. He adamantly refused to touch the unit or do anything with it. When I realized that he wasn't going to do anything helpful I asked him to leave. He proceeded to leave without putting the unit back together (left the unit open with wires exposed, screws all over the place). I asked him to put it back together and he still refused repeating his claim that it was out of warranty. He went on to leave and when I tried to stop him from leaving without putting the washer together, he threatened to call the police. He left and my washser is open and I'm now calling someone else to fix it. I believe that after paying hundreds of $$ in warranty, one is entitled to a better service and experience than this. I will never ever again order anything from Sears.
6 years ago
Angry Lori College Station, TX
We had such bad experiences with Sears Home Warranty. In the end, I paid about 6 months of monthly premiums and got NOTHING for it. I submitted warranty requests on 2 occasions and got NO response from the companies assigned to the repair (Sears contracts with local companies to carry out the repairs). Since one was an emergency water leak from my water heater, I had to call my own plumber and pay for replacement of my water heater myself. I filed a request for review and they denied it, even though their plumber NEVER CALLED ME BACK. Even after my 2 requests into their system for service. I guess they thought I should just live with my water turned off to my house for a few weeks until their plumber would call me back (the plumber never called). Appealing to their customer service department did nothing.
6 years ago
Yolanda Bailey-Fountain Brookeville, MD
The Sears Home Warranty is a total SCAM. I purchased a whole house warranty and have contacted them 4 times about my dryer. 3 of the 4 times they sent a contractor, SilverTech, to fix it. The 1st time they came out they wrapped aluminum foil around a part and said it was fixed (it was not), then they sent one of their people to fix it and it was good for a while. The 3rd time they sent SilverTech and they changed a part and it was fixed for about a month. Today the same SilverTech contractor came to my home and was very rude. He went to the dryer, turned it on a d then walked out of my home telling me he had to call to see how the company wanted to handle the situation and then drove off. I called the contractor twice and was sent to voicemail. I got ahold of Sears and they told me the contractor said the problem was due to over stuffing the dryer and it was nothing they could do. I am livid. This is a complete lie so they could collect money and shift responsibility. I will be contacting the BBB and Consumer Affairs on both companies.
6 years ago
Tonia Daniel Memphis, TN
MY MESSAGE DIRECTLY TO SEARS HOME WARRANTY!!
IF I COULD RATE IN THE NEGATIVE, I WOULD!!!!
I tried my best not to have to come to your page and speak about an ongoing experience. My mother is 78yrs old and has been with out heat for over a week now. She has spoke with people, I have spoke with people. They have sent people to her house without calling after they said they would come in a certain time frame. They sent someone a second time and the person was unprofessional (he was jumping on her attic stairs to come out of the attic instead of walking down them the proper way, he was in the restroom on the phone, he didnt give her a card or any papers stating he came, he said he would come back 3 days later after he ordered a part (he didnt show) my mother called him and he said he was off on the day he was to come back. Another man came out, he did represent himself well, he said he would send the paperwork in to see if they wanted to replace the unit or the part and someone would call back, no one ever called, so we called back and there has been a runaround every since. My mother has paid the copay and still NOTHING! No one seems to know nothing except someone will call you back and THEY NEVER DO!!! Now the line being used is someone will call you within 24 to 48 hours!! You didnt wait 24 to 48 hours to take her money did you?? An elderly lady should NEVER have to sit in cold for as long as my mother has, using space heaters, when she is doing EVERYTHING you have asked of her! I would really appreciate it if someone would contact her and give her some concrete information. This has gone on long enough....................This will not be the last of me speaking about this! This is my mother I am speaking about and it hearts my heart to know that she is giving money and not getting the service she deserves!!!
6 years ago
Sherrie Olympia, WA
Wow. I’m so disappointed in this company.
Be careful! They have a one year contract and even though it says, “no cancellation fees”, that’s a lie.
I’ve used this warranty since 2010. $40-$50 a month for 8 years. I upgraded last July at the urging of the phone representative. Apparently, that starts your year over! This company created a problem when replacing the wiring harness in my washer incorrectly. It wasn’t covered by the initial repair because it took longer than 30 days to short out the entire system. After receiving some incredibly shoddy ‘repairs’ which cost me 4 - 1/2 days off work, a month without a washer and a new giant hole in my vinyl flooring (which no one bothered to mention), I decided enough was enough. But, I can’t cancel until I’ve met the 1 year commitment on my contract. 8 years is apparently not long enough. Sigh.
My recommendation:
Put $50 a month into a savings account and call reputable, quality appliance repair persons when troubles arise. You’ll save yourself grief, frustration, and trips to the laundromat.
6 years ago
Fenifula Madison, WI
I signed up for this service because the refrigerator I bought from Sears kept breaking down, and they told me the only way I'd get repairs after the one-year manufacturer warranty expired was to buy into their home warranty service. In spite of the high-pressure sales tactics, I decided to give it a try.
But the sales person who sold me the plan totally misrepresented it to me, leaving out many details like the fact that you've got to pay a deductible every time a repair person visits your home. Which is a pretty large detail, if you ask me. I only found out from the repairman this sales person sent to my house. The repairman was a fridge guy, not the electrician I needed, but at least he was kind enough to explain the home warranty program to me -- something for which the salesperson (who I'm pretty sure was just somebody at an overseas call center) had failed at, dismally.
I was really mad that they'd so thoroughly misrepresented the program to me, especially after the hard-sell I'd been given earlier, so I cancelled immediately.
6 years ago
LD Tucson, AZ
Very disappointed with Sears Home Warranty. We’ve been without a Refrigerator since October 18, 2018, waiting on a part. Finally part arrives, the technician comes out on Tuesday, December 19th, 2018 to fix it. Only to find out that now, the compressor is the problem. He tells us that the part may take up to 3 weeks to deliver. So we are looking well into the the New Year 2019...NOT! An appliance should not take over 2 months to fix, this is redicules!
They do not replace the product like they say they would, if unfix able. Going to go ahead and cancel this Sears home warranty plan for it’s useless. Could of had a new refrigerator by now for the money we’ve been paying them monthly. We’ve lost total confidence in the word of Sears, our shopping at Sears ends here! That is why our rating for them is one star.
This does not apply to the technician that has been here to work on it , for we feel Mark has done all that he can do on his end, I give him 5 stars, especially for his professionalism .
The 3rd party service that is given to you to call, if there is a problem truly needs to be improved, very difficult to understand some of these employees that work in these call centers from other countries. To top off you are put on hold for well over 30 mins., sad but true.
Sears needs to learn to honor their word. They also need to hire more technicians in our area, since there seems to be a shortage of them here.
Note: This is how we personally feel about their service. Others may have had better experiences with them.
6 years ago
Eileen J Michalski Oak Lawn, IL
I have had a sears repair agreement on my appliances for over 20 years and have paid hundreds of dollars for the coverage that I have used no more than 5 times. They are the worst. I call to get a repair and take off work because they give you a 4 hour time slot no less than three days later and never show up in the four hours and then when they do show up even though you tell them exactly what part is needed for the repair they show up without the part and tell me they have to order it and make another appointment. Their service is horrible and I will never put out another dime to have them cover any of my appliances or anything else. Dont waste your money - use someone else. No wonder they are going bankrupt.
6 years ago
Barbara Cox Anthony, FL
The Sears Home Warranty/Cross Country/A & E, etc., etc. is more awful than I would ever think. A service repairman suggested I purchase it. Boy, was I stupid - would love to meet this person again! I never ever would think a warranty repair service that I pay 49$ a month would screw me so bad. I have a refrigerator that only cools to 48 degrees. Since September 2018 I have been trying to get it fixed through my home warranty. Paid deposit only to find out today they are charging me for it again. Have proof, so that should be a moot point. We will see. These people are unreal. Indian in origin, they don't care a bit about our plight. They won't see us anywhere. Today was to be THE DAY my fridge was fixed. All three parts are here. (I had to find and buy one pf the parts myself because they couldn't/wouldn't/didn't want to find it) OK - you decide - there are two mechanical parts that are held in place by a bracket. Should it all be covered? Oh - no. I was told after a month of being put off, that the third missing part was in process? on back order? or worse, I found out eventually - only by me calling THEM, not them calling me - that THEY considered the bracket non mechanical and would not cover it. Not to worry I said - you said it couldn't/ isn't existing/not able to be found - so I merely went to ebay and ordered it, paid for it myself, and have it in my possession. Game on - let's fix this fridge. Already missed having Thanksgiving with my family (I'm a 72 year old Grandma) because of a fridge not keeping safe cool temps. Soo - I had a December 13 - hallelujah - date from 8 am to 12 pm to get it finally fixed for a happy Christmas. Guess what? I had everything ready at 7-the parts inside the house, the dogs put away - and waited.. and waited. and waited. Unlike the advertising that said in my email that they would let me know if there was a problem, or they would be late-nothing happened, of course. I was rescheduled until 12/28.I will sue.
6 years ago
MF
I purchased a Sears Appliance Warranty on the recommendation of my repairman. I was promised a contract would come but only by US Postal Service. Never arrived. Called and requested again; never arrived. The handle on my oven door became loose. I called phone number on my receipt because I had never received any information from them. Number worked, but they don't cover appliance handles. Requested the contract again. It never came either. Called today to cancel the contract. It required a 40 minute phone wait. I was told I will be charged 50% to cancel. Of course I didn't know that because I never received the contract! If you are considering getting this warranty - DON'T DO IT!
6 years ago
Denise Meridian, MS
I was scheduled to to have a repair man come work on my fridge on Nov 30th the estimate time frame was from 8am to 5pm. That day I waited until 730pm no one showed no called to let me know that they would be no courtesy call at all. I called customer service several times to ask was the repair man coming they continue to tell me I was next on the list. Still no repair man I called them back to can my service and warranty plan. They gave me the run around with the warranty plan kept transferring me to the home warranty line where you listen to automation and never get to speak with anyone. I have called a least 5 different days to get my warranty cancelled and still have not spoken with anyone. It's like they are trying to prevent you from canceling service. I will never reccomend them beware and stay away. Just terrible service.
6 years ago
daliah investment LLC Issaquah, WA
The first call was hopeful in offering an immediate service call for repair. I paid $50.00 as I could not make a decision on $600.00 for the entire warranty period. The service man never showed up because no appointment had been made or the technician cancelled but I was not notified. I called in for a refund and have spent the last 30 minutes on hold, and / or, trying to decifer heavily muffled voice prompts. I circled back to a customer service rep and explained my frustrating experience. I asked to speak to a supervisor, was put on hold again for about 5 minutes, only to be disconnected. I now have to try another way to get my refund. I find it highly offensive to thing people have unlimited time to spare. DO NOT Purchase this service.
6 years ago
Brooke Stephenson Spring, TX
My Freezer stopped working in April 2018. I called Sears to come make the repairs. The Tech said the compressor was bad which was common of LG compressors on the Kenmore Elite models. I paid $323 out of pocket for the repair. A couple days later I called Sears back as the freezer was not cooling again. There was a leak in the line where the tech did not repair the system correctly when soldering the pipes. In July is stopped again and the tech said it was a different problem so I paid $170 out of pocket as deductible. because time I purchased the whole house plan as this looked like it might start getting expensive for a 3 year old refrigerator. It is now December (7 months later) and my freezer is still does not work. Techs have been to my house no less than 12 times, they have replaced the compressor twice, the control board twice, the fan assembly in the freezer twice, and the temp control board once. Almost every time it is a different tech that shows up and they have no records of previous repairs made. They don't check voltages to parts they just simply order parts that are not stocked on their truck, so they don't have to work. The call center's records of repairs are inaccurate and i frequently have to request another operator because I cant understand them over the phone. It is no wonder Sears is in financial trouble.
7 years ago
Suzanne Newport Beach, CA
I don't even want to give them a 1 star. I am currently on hold with customer service. I've been on hold for more than 20 minutes. The service rep has not once checked in on me. I expecting the call to be dropped soon, as that has happened many times previously . I've been on the phone for 40 minutes. i have been trying to resolve the issue with my refrigerator for over three months. After the repairman took a look at our refrigerator they offered to replace my refrigerator with a refrigerator. However, the appliance they offered did not fit in my kitchen, it was too large for the existing space, literally would not fit. They kept saying they would research and offer another, but never did. After a month of calling in, being given a run around, then finally told they were only offering me that frig, that it didn't matter it didn't fit. But i could take the much lower cash offer. i accepted the cash offer. now, two months later, i am still waiting for the check to arrive. i've followed up and been told every excuse you can imagine. i've demanded a supervisor, been assured by supervisors they would take care of it...NOTHING. This is a total scam. The absolute worst customer service I have ever experienced! Terrible. My called just dropped after 45 minutes of waiting!
7 years ago
Rosa curubo Sanford, FL
I have a Sears home warranty for the past 6 months. I placed a called for my AC thermostat. Paid $100 deductible. The repairman told me that we had just paid to look at his face.... because, in his opinion, nothing was wrong. He checked thermostats and, apparently, everything was OK!
Next Day, neither AC is working, upstairs and downstairs. Called back to make another appointment. No one showed up for the appointment. Spend all day long- YES- ALL DAY LONG on the phone, no one knew what happen.
Next Day, after three different people, finally someone, rescheduled the appointment and told me someone will call me within 24 hours! No one called. I contacted them, again, for the THIRD day! I was told, sorry, they had NO providers to fix my AC. Just needed to wait until one was found! It could take days, weeks or months! I decided to cancel my contract. I was told, that to cancel the contract I had to pay $96. So, on top of paying $100 deductible for someone to damage my AC, not having a vendor to fix the problem, now, I also had to pay what they pay the guy who mess my AC!
I paid, I cancelled and now I go online to tell everyone possible: BEWARE of Sears home warranty, they are a misleading JOKE!!!
7 years ago
DAVID FRUEH Grafton, OH
This is not the Sears I grew up with. Apparently they outsourced their warranty service to some morons in India. My 2 year old , $3000.00 Kenmore refrigerator quit on Thanksgiving. I went through it and determined the compressor was bad, called for service, as parts were claimed to be under warranty. They set up a service call for 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. They never showed, but the idiot service tech called me at 6:05, and hung up when I answered. I called him back, got his voicemail, left a message, and he did not return the call. Within 5 minutes, I called their Service line. They told me I missed the opportunity, and they could reschedule for Dec. 14th. SCREW THAT! I just wasted enough on these foreign scammers. This is not Sears! They had the nerve to try and sell me a service contract on my other appliances...WTF??!!...I told them to go screw themselves, went to Best Buy. The new refrigerator is being delivered tomorrow. I destroyed my Sears credit cards. No wonder these incompetent morons are out of business!
7 years ago
Tawny Mansfield, TX
Our Kenmore fridge went out on Nov 7th and the 8th I called for service, was told if I purchased the home warranty it would be fixed that day for the warranty price plus the service call. The tech came out and guess what, part had to be ordered. Today is the 26th, Thanksgiving was last week and the part has still not arrived. Our scheduled repair date was the 19th, without a part. The compressor. I was emailed to confirm the repair, I called to check on the parts order, no one could give me an update, I called twice on the 16th, the 2nd time on the 16th I was told in the 2nd call that it had shipped out. The first call I was told that I would get a call from a supervisor within 24-48 hours. I am still waiting. Today I called to check again on the part, oh, it had not shipped, no idea what the deal was, no records of my previous calls, a supervisor will call me in 24-48 hours, I told them they informed me that would happen last time. I told them cancel the order and cancel my warranty. Transfer to the warranty department, after 30 min on hold, someone decides to find out what the status is, OH it is on backorder...did anyone tell you that? No, well we want to give you $500.00 claims credit, for what, so you can buy a new fridge. That won't buy me a new fridge. I flat told them, either way I have no fridge, it will be 3 weeks this Wednesday, all anyone can tell me, it must be really hard. Yeah, it is. And they are sorry. OK, so what. I asked, so what happens with this "great warranty" that I am paying for over the summer and my air conditioner goes out, am I to wait 3 weeks to live without air. I live in Texas with triple digit weather. I won't pay for something that gives me nothing. I read these reviews and thought, oh, maybe it is the law of averages, I told them I thought I would give them a chance but I should have NOT done this warranty. They want to sell you this garbage that does nothing. All smoke and mirrors. Maybe 1-20 get their stuff fixed. Well my number didn't come up. RUN far away.
7 years ago
Laney Nyack, NY
If I can give it zero stars I would! My Samsung dishwasher is under the extended warranty & it’s only 3 years old. The dishwasher has been repaired over 10 times. The latest was I had to wait 5 weeks because they kept ordering the wrong part. Sears sent me a check for $50 but the check bounced, another check was issued but I’m not sure if I should cash it, I have fees from the bounced check that to no avail I can’t get back.
Since the repair they were here for it not cleaning well, it’s now leaking water so I have a scheduled appointment soon.
Sears Repair is done by a 3rd party. I have read their contract & if the product has more than 4 repairs they can make the determination to replace it. Good luck this dishwasher has been a nightmare & Sears deserves to go out of business. What have they done to the consumers is unreal. I’m not the only one I know with Sears repair problems.
BTW I was transferred to over six people & still got no where!
7 years ago
Gregory Thompson Englewood, CO
I have had the worse experience this go around with Sears. I signed up for a plan in order to have my washer serviced. When making the choice to sign up they offered a month free, however during that first month no claims can be submitted. Once my first month was up, I scheduled my appt...tech did not show and/or call. Called the service center the next day after I received a survey for the service I did not get, to resched. Resched appt service tech broke down. Received call from someone at Sears indicating the tech was not coming and resched my service w/o talking to me...no name left and no phone number to follow up. Now I am having to resched for the 4th time as the window he chose for me did not reflect the time frame from the previous appts. I am frustrated, ticked be on belief and have lost my confidence in these people.......Please don't get me started on their customer service skills! VERY DISAPPOINTED!
7 years ago
Jim H Clearwater, FL
Paid over $900.00 for a full appliance warranty including a separate warranty for a barbeque grill.
The grills gas regulator failed and had to be replaced. After three weeks they told me they could not get the part so they would replace the grill.
I had to go in person to a Sears store to pick out a new grill and they would give me a $440.00 credit plus free set up and delivery. I had to drive over 20 miles to the store as all the local Sears stores closed.
After three hours of looking on line, and other places we found the only grill Sears had in the entire network.
It was to be shipped, but I received a call telling me that it was damaged. I would not accept a damaged grill.
No I found out that Sears has no grills available in the entire United States to send me. I asked for them to send me a check for the $440.00 and I will buy one from another store. They refused. As it stands not, I do not have a working grill, they cannot honor the warranty because there are no grills available, and they refuse to buy out my warranty.
They are just waiting until they finally close and screw everyone. DONT BUY FROM SEARS THE MAY NOT BE HERE SOON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
7 years ago
Mary Buena Park, CA
I had prepaid a year's premiums for a Sear's home warranty insurance that I bought in April, 2018. In October, I called Sears because of a water heater problem. Sears contacted Mike Diamond Plumbing in Murrietta Springs. They came and looked at the water heater on October 24. I paid the plumber the $100 that is paid as part of the Sears contract. Their office called on Oct. 25 to let me know that I would need to pay them $780 more for them to replace the water heater. I couldn't do that because I'm a disabled senior citizen on a fixed income and I thought that the insurance was paying it. My brother in law came a week later and all the tank needed was to be drained and I didn't need a replacement. I called Sears to cancel my insurance because I didn't feel that their service was working for me and they said that I couldn't cancel my insurance because they had paid Mike Diamond $500 to replace my water heater. That wasn't done. They said that if I did want to cancel, I'd have to call in March to stop them from automatically renewing it. If I cancelled at that time, they would charge me $25 to cancel. They refuse to cancel now or refund future premium payments. My sister cancelled her service because of what happened to me and they refunded her premium payments. Mike Diamond Plumbing didn't do the service that they billed the insurance and that is fraud. Sears won't cancel my insurance because they paid a fraudulent bill. This is fraud all the way around and I'm out $1000.
7 years ago
shelley barndollar Huffman, TX
I have been waiting for my refrigerator to be replaced since Oct. 29th since the tech came out to my home. The piece that needs to be replaced isn't available any longer. I am so frustrated at this point, I am about to call my lawyer. I have called 7 times to the warranty dept. and have had NO resolution at all..in fact, I've had the run around every time I've called. I just would like a resolution and my refrigerator to be replaced...which is why I purchased this warranty in the first place. Can someone PLEASE give me some kind of resolution and let me know WHEN I can expect service? The holidays are coming and I would love to have a working refrigerator before Thanksgiving, I doubt this will happen with what I've seen so far...I'm now shooting for Christmas!
Thank You
Shelley Bardnollar
832-729-2511
sbarndos6@yahoo.com
7 years ago
Charlie Duncan Tremonton, UT
If I could give them zero stars I would. Sears Home Warranty SUCKS bad. We have called many times to schedule a home warranty visit then after the 5th try we finally get someone to arrange a visit. We are told to expect the tech. from 8 am to 5 pm on the given day. Tech. never shows up, never calls nothing. Then after contacting the tech., he says he was there but no one was home. I have my wife ask where he left his contact info. to prove that he arrived at our location, he then says he called but no one answered. We have been without our oven for over 5 weeks, by this time you would expect Sears to have an immediate follow up tech. to remedy our problem. 3 weeks later still no solution. SEARS sucks
7 years ago
veronica warren Memphis, TN
This is the worst experience I have every have. I called on a Friday. I was promise a appointment on a Saturday for my water heater. They do not call for the appointment . They give you the number . Is that customer service? Finally I get a plumber out to my home. My claim was denial. Sears did not call to me that. I have been in my home for about 20 never had a problem with my water heater until now. Call to speak with a supervisor . I was told that supervisor will call back in 24 hours. Call the the next day the rep said it is no need to speak with a supervisor because you claim have been denial. No I need to speak with someone. She place me on hold I have been on hold now for 1 hour. I am paying for this warranty and I need to be hear.
7 years ago
Jeff Columbia, MO
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE I BEG YOU DO NOT GET THIS WARRANTY. I don't even know where to start and this is going to be long but please read to the end. I am so hot right now that I can barely type this in. I was talked into a warranty from sears (that was my fault) after I called them about my 4 YEAR OLD Whirlpool fridge purchased from sears that was not making ice. Really 4 years? anyway A service call was set up I paid 80.00 the guy came out opened the fridge stood there for about 15 minutes didn't take anything apart or even pull it away from the wall. Told me that I needed a new ice maker and that he would order the part and schedule another app. Of course they couldn't get back out for a week. The part came in the mail within 2 days now we just had to wait for the service. The part I like the most is the 8-5 window they gave me. Said I would get a call when they were on the way never did. Thank god I didn't run to the store for a minute. Service tech. came put the part in and left. I checked the ice about six hours later and guess what, that's right NO ICE. But lucky for me I now have no water dispensing from the fridge and its making a low muffled horn sound every half hour or so. Called to complain and all I got was how sorry they were. I only have another week to find out if I can get my icemaker fixed. Sorry this is so long but this is the WORST by far service that I have EVER received. Once again my fault for not doing my homework but I thought maybe Sears would stand behind their product a little more. PLEASE DO NOT buy this warranty.
7 years ago
R. Glenn Missouri City, TX
the words to describe my service would not be appropriate, so I will just start out by saying it SUCKS! I had one guy come out, overall he was nice, but from the time he left my front door the service has been downhill from there. Almost three weeks after that initial visit and the parts haven't even been ordered, I called only to find out that my ticket has been CLOSED and nothing hasn't even been done. So guess what, I am back at square one, in order to reopen the ticket a service rep has to come out to my house again, therefore I have to take more time from my job to be at my home when they come. So I am sitting here at home, I am beyond the window of time for my appointment, and I have called only to be told that they are running behind. No one bothered to share this information with me, no phone are nothing to say, sorry we are running behind but will be at your home at a later time. This service has overall been horrible, like I said in the beginning I have no nice words to describe this service. I feel like they should just replace my washer and pay me for my lost time from work.
7 years ago
Patti Muskegon, MI
I wish I could give Sears Home Warranty 5 negative stars!! First of all let me say that we live in West Michigan. I purchased my full home warranty ($69.99/month) on May 26, 2018. In August we needed a plumber for a drain problem in the basement. It took over 2 weeks to get a plumber and he had to drive 2 hours to get here! Drain repaired - no problems. So, the beginning of October I called for a "free" Preventive Maintenance on my 30+ year old furnace. They set me up with a company about 45 minutes away. I called the company and was told that they had told Sears repeatedly that they were too busy to handle their calls. After almost 2 weeks I was called from this company in Florida, Cross Country Home Services. I told them that I was covered by Sears Home Warranty & was then informed that CCHS was Sears!! That would have been nice to know! I was told that since they could find NOBODY in my area to do the maintenance check that I could call a local company. There were instructions for the tech to follow that were emailed to me. The tech comes in to do the maintenance check on Wednesday morning and finds that my heat exchange is cracked. Now, my policy states that if they can't repair it they must replace it (with the $100 deductible paid). He followed their steps & called them. He told them what the problem was & sent in the necessary paperwork. Yesterday afternoon I called "Sears" to follow up. At first there was a recording that said my "part has been ordered". Then I spoke with customer service and was told that they needed to know if the problem was from "regular use or misuse/abuse"!! Really??? This morning I called the tech that came to the house & told him what I found out. He called them & spent over an hour on the phone (no one ever documented his call from my house!). Bottom line: the service is denied for "pre-existing condition". At last year's check the furnace was fine!
Now I'm am force to replace my furnace myself. I'm out over $800 for the warranty (if I cancel I have to repay them for the plumber who drove 2 hours to repair my drain). I'll probably never see my reimbursement for the Preventive Maintenance check! The really sad part is that the local company I called had planned work with them on other calls...but not now! BTW: It's November in Michigan and it's COLD!!
7 years ago
Tara Price Owasso, OK
Worst waste of money ever. I wish I could give it less than one star. We bought whole house warranty. They charged full price for the first service and the dishwasher still didn't work. They came out a second time - still didn't work. They have been out to fix leaks in our Kenmore Elite Washer twice also - still have the same leaks.
They never responded to our service tickets after that. They were "unavailable" when we had issues with the water heater - we had to pay for service and replacement ourselves. They were "unavailable" when we had problems with the dishwasher (for the 3rd time) . We have since cancelled our warranty and used the monthly fee to replace the dishwasher. We have one sears brand appliance left - can't wait to get rid of that too. It is not surprising that this company is going out of business. They are all marketing and no service.
7 years ago
olivier JOUFFRON Houston, TX
worse experience with technical services in my life. Where to start, first by saying that despite the fact that 4 different technicians came to my house to fix my dishwasher, it is still not fixed. The 1st technician didn't find anything wrong... like I would willingly pay a non refundable $100 fee for them to come with a perfectly working dishwasher... This 1st guy told us that it was may be because it was needing a deep clean and recommended a product that we bought through him. A few days later the product arrive and it was a washing machine one, not a dishwasher one... we then looked on internet to see if it was the same (it is not) and found out that they sold us the product 2.5 to 3 times more than it cost in retail stores !!! Bough the correct one and clean the dishwasher - still not working.
The second technician came a few weeks later and because we insisted for him to keep testing our machine, he managed to see what was wrong, but was incapable to know why it was doing this, so he spent the rest of his time on the phone with another tech telling him what to do. They finally told us that our pump was bad (seems logical as the problem was that the dishwasher was doing nothing once it was filled with water...). He ordered the part and booked an appointment for the following week for somebody to come and fix our dishwasher.
A couple of days before the appointment, we received an email from Sears telling us that they cancelled our appointment and that we had to call them to reschedule !!! the reason they gave us was that the technician that came last was not available on the day we agreed on so they had to reschedule for another day. That put the new appointment on a week day, meaning that we had to reshuffle our schedule and deal with time off work for that...
The time for the appointment finally came and a 3rd technician arrive (yes, they rescheduled because the 2nd tech was not available on the initial agreed date but yet they sent a new technician...). This guy stayed in our house for 4 hours, most of it on the phone with somebody telling him what to do and then told my wife that he couldn't fix it and that a new tech was needing to come 2 weeks later !!!
I then called Sears to complain and see what was going on. I managed to have an appointment for the next day and not 2 weeks out (washing dishes by hand everyday starts to get old...), and when I asked what was going on and what would happen if the next technician would not get my dishwasher fixed the only answer I had was "don't worry, our technicians are very good and they will for sure fix it tomorrow, no need to worry about that".
So yesterday, technician number 4 came, no history of what was done before or what the problem was, and after a few minutes told my wife that he couldn't fixed it because he was needing to take the dishwasher out and he couldn't because "it was wedged in too tight and he couldn't move it" (it's a build in dishwasher). At that point, I told my wife to give up and tell him to leave and cancel all service on our dishwasher. When I arrived at home that night, it took me less than 5 minutes to get the dishwasher out of his space. I guess the technician , who is per Sears assessment "very good and will for sure fix my issue" did not realize that the dishwasher was anchored to the counter-top by 2 screws... like probably 99% of build-in dishwashers are so they don't move...
So overall, we had completely under-qualified technicians who did not manage to fix our problem, we paid a non refundable $99 diagnostic fee with no good diagnostic given to us, and rather arrogant customer service that will never accept the fact that they are sending under-qualified technicians and that my only option was to trust them because for sure they would fix it the next time and that there was no point in discussing what would happened if they didn't. Absolutely useless. I consider the $99 fee as theft.
We will kiss goodbye the money we gave Sears and we will buy another dishwasher and never ever use Sears again
7 years ago
Alma Whittier, CA
My dishwasher stopped working in July 2018. It is now the end of October and my machine is still not working!! I have had 2 different repair companies come out and they determined that the machine needs to be replaced in August. For 2 months I have been calling Sears Home Warranty to get my machine replaced, which is one of the selling points when you commit to this service. However, every week no one knows what's going on when I call them. Each week they tell me "it should't take this long", "someone will call you back within 48 hours", " I put the order escalated to the Supervisors Dept and it will be taken care of", "It's being sent to the Research Dept and they will contact you with a similar model or cash offer".....lies! Nothing ever gets done. Every week I spend over an hour on navigating the automatic phone system and get transferred to a service representative who has no power to help me. Don't waste your time and money with Sears Home Warranty. They are a fraud and stealing from customers who put trust in the Sear's brand.
7 years ago
angela Clute Clearwater, FL
Rating One Star is too many. Poor customer service. I have been waiting over 5 months to receive my claim check. Each time I call, I have to wait on hold for 30-50 minute duration - I have never been able to speak to a manager. Each time I call, I receive a different response as to why I have not received my reimbursement check and then assured the "check is in the mail." The phone system will disconnect you. Has happened on several calls. Their software/computer has gliches. They will not call you back. Takes about 3-7 days for a service call. 1-2 weeks for them to come back with the part to install. It has taken several service people on separate occasions to come out and fix the problem for one refrigerator. Try another Home Warranty company. They have to be better than this one.
7 years ago
Pat in Denver Denver, CO
When I first contacted Sears Home Warranty to inquire about whether my special conditions could be accommodated by the plan I was told by a supervisor that the could accommodate my situation. After paying for the plan and calling to add on additional appliances i was told by another rep that they could not accommodate. It seemed like a bait and switch and I decided to cancel the plan. The technicians was great - not so much the management.
7 years ago
Dana Ashburn, VA
I purchased all of my appliances (Kenmore Elite) from Sears - stove, convection microwave, dishwasher, refrigerator... All purchased 5 years ago. My ice maker was having issues I could "live with" (stopped making ice and would occasionally leak), but I called Sears out once my dishwasher stopped working in May. Once the repair man fixed my dishwasher I asked him about my freezer/ice maker, and he encouraged me to sign up for the Sears Home Warranty plan. It was sold as $75 per additional repair (not visit, but repair), and if Sears couldn't fix the problem, they'd replace the appliance. Too good to be true, right?! Well it was. It is now almost November, and after 4-5 visits from a 3rd party vendor AND Sears most recently, I was told I have a "lemon," but since the door needs to be replaced, they don't cover that! And they will not replace the appliance (door is $800 and replacement around $1400), so here I am, having paid for their warranty program, been sold/told a lie, almost 7 months later, and still a broken freezer. Atrocious, unacceptable service. The people who answered the phone were decently nice, but the supervisors could not have been less understanding, less empathetic, and came to me with ZERO solutions other than "tough break, sorry." Sears should be ashamed of themselves. I am tempted to go to Best Buy and buy all new Samsung appliances just to get anything that reminds me of Sears out of my life... too bad I can't afford it, partially because I got conned into buying a false warranty plan.
7 years ago
john howes Strafford, NH
I have a home warranty from Sears.
We purchased a GE washer from Sears in March of 2011.
On September 11th we had a Sears technician inspect the washer, and his findings were that the “transmission” was unrepairable and that Sears would be contacting us with a voucher for a replacement.
On September 15th I called Sears Home Warranty using the number the technician supplied, because I had not heard back from Sears; neither email or phone call. I was on hold for at least 15 minutes. When I spoke with someone I was told that there was no record of a service call and that it could be a delay in the technician’s findings updating the database. I was advised to call back.
I called back on September 17th and again was put on hold for a long time. I was told that I needed to speak with someone in another department and was transferred. After another long hold I was told that the service call was recorded but they did not have any information on a rebate, and that I would have to speak with someone in another department.
I finally spoke to someone in the right department and was advised that I did have a voucher and that I would need to confirm with my local Sears store. I asked that the voucher information be sent to me via email.
On September 18th I received the email regarding the voucher (only after I initiated the call and request). I then called my local Sears store and verified that the voucher was on file.
The majority of the representatives that I spoke to do not speak English well and their headsets are such that it is hard to hear them.
7 years ago
