We bought our current fridge when we moved into this house back in 1998, so it is 28 years old.
A couple of years ago we noticed the freezer was cold, but the fridge was not. Poke around on-line and common issue is the defrost heater dies. I took the freezer panels out and it was a huge block of ice, and the defrost heater was obviously bad. I put it back together so we would have a fridge, and ordered a new defrost heater for about $100. Easy install, after defrosting the freezer again. Fixed.
Then a couple of years ago the fridge was dead. Sounds like a startup capacitor. I ordered one, but with no place for the food except a friends freezer and our big ice chest, Mrs. Carrera was in a bigger hurry. So I called a local appliance place, and he diagnosed bad start up capacitor, as I told him on the phone. He had one on his truck, and replaced it. Bingo, the fridge is fixed. That was a $100 service call. As he drove away the capacitor I ordered arrived. So I have a spare for 27 years from now if the new one fails.
We looked at new fridges while using our ice chest. Not one was the same physical size to fit the place in the kitchen. Either massive too big, or way too small. Many had no lights in the freezer, and ice makers were extra, and crazy expensive. Our ice maker works perfectly after 28 years of making ice.
We are super happy to have a 28 year old fridge that has no silly water filters to replace, and no giant computers display in the door. I never will want an fridge connected to the internet, or any appliance connected to the internet for that matter.
We bought a new washer for the house 28 years ago. I had to replace a board that sense is the door it open. It was like 50 bucks, and 10 minutes to replace.
Our dryer is one my wife bought used when she was in college back in the 1970s. Never any issue with it.