Daikin Cora FTXV71WVMA

Terrible rubbish unit! Only 3 months old and so many issues, fan and fan blade replaced, rattling, vibrating on outside unit and ticking inside! It is also soooo loud and xieant cope well with frosty morning! Unit was pulled apart to many times until I said enough is enough! Unit being removed and refunding my $$ putting a different brand in. Show details

Very bad build qaulity – I'm an installer of air-conditioning and I used to only ever recommend Daikin due to their qaulity and installation method, but ever since they have bought out their new models they are just bad build quality and not installer friendly. We have also been recalled to many jobs due to manufacturing error with thermistor not being fit properly in… Read more

units causing ongoing recalls to jobs.

I would prefer to install just about any other brand over a daikin now. And have gone with Mitsubishi heavy industry in my own home due to the qaulity of daiking

Disappointed with Quality – Daikin has a reputation for quality, however I feel this is unwarranted. My 7.1kw Cora unit developed an annoying ticking sound almost immediately after being installed. The Daikin rep said the motors in some units aren't properly balanced and replaced mine, which dealt with the worst of the ticking sound. However the replacement motor… Read more

still seems quite unbalanced (you can feel the unit vibrating when it is running), and as a result, the unit's cheap plastic housing still rattles intermittently. While not particularly loud, I find it extremely annoying in a quiet room. The 2.5kw Cora unit in my bedroom does not suffer this problem.

I feel this might be easy to overlook on a cheap unit, but not given Daikin positions itself as a premium product, and charges accordingly.