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After spending 200$ for a supposedly premium Philips blender which broke in less than one year after having been sent to assistance, having parts replaced and broken again, been repaired by me and after I spent thousands of swear and curses, I am really this ' ' close to smashing it with an hammer and crucifying it to scare the other Philips products away from my kitchen.

Since those were 200$ wasted, and my parents and grandparents kitchen stuff worked sometimes for 30 years before breaking, where can I get my grandparents gear? Should I just resort to smashing vegetables and fruits by hand with stones?

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[–] wraith 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Do you know if Vitamix motor units are relatively easy to repair? We have one that the speed control doesn’t seem to work consistently anymore. Even at low speeds sometimes it’ll randomly rev all the way to max, or if the knob is turned up sometimes it won’t actually speed the motor up. I think the model is VM0102D if that changes things.

We’ve been dealing with it as-is because the overall functionality isn’t terribly impacted, it just needs a little extra monitoring when it’s in use, but if I can fix it it’d be a much better experience.

[–] fake_meows@sopuli.xyz 1 points 18 minutes ago* (last edited 5 minutes ago)

I've fixed a bunch of things but not that specifically.

I'd try spraying the speed control knob with contact cleaner because it sounds like that might be the problem. (Available at any auto parts store in a spray can). Or use 99% isopropyl if you have that available.

If cleaning the connection doesn't work, you can then replace the whole assembly, the new part runs about $20 incl shipping if you're in the USA.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/326749491891

That's a non genuine 3rd party Comparible part. The genuine one is on Amazon for about $60 but I am not sure if it's 3X as good. Your call.

If I'm not mistaken it would be the 2-wire version but ou might want to look inside and confirm before ordering.

(I'm guessing here, but what I think is happening is that the potentiometer is so dirty it's like a crackily speaker or volume knob that is sometimes cutting out completely. I suspect it's wired so that it goes full speed and the knob steps down the speed. So when it cuts out at the knob the motor defaults to full blast.)