Westinghouse 660L Side by Side RS662V (White)

Good at cooling poor build quality – Model RS663V*7 the fridge works well and performs as you would expect, BUT because we cant replace a small plastic hinge on the bottom of the door it has come time to throw it out. I'm all for repairing things for as long as I can keep them going. Show details

Fridge stop cooling cause the bottom part of freezer freezer – Fridge stop cooling cause the bottom part of freezer freez. So I have to difroze it all the time to get back to normal temperature. I change fuse and thermastate is well Show details

amazing – Hi all. I just realised that I have owned this fridge for over 12 years with virtually no problems. I have had a tiny piece break off the plastic on the freezer drawer but hey the 4 litres of ice cream that landed on it was heavy. As the title says I am absolutely amazed that is still going strong.

Hasn't missed a beat for 16 years – I came across this page when looking for a replacement part - the light bulb in the freezer is the first thing we've needed to replace since new. Seeing the poor reviews, I thought I should add a short one saying that this fridge hasn't missed a beat in the 16 years we've had it. Works perfectly, seals are like new, still virtually inaudible.… Read more

The only fault I can find with it is it uses a fair bit power - but that's expected for something this size & age.

Made of plastics that shatter when they get cold! – Great fridge/freezer as long as you have lots of gaffer tape to hold the broken shelves together. Always be careful opening as bottles fall out and shelves too sometimes. Final straw was fridge handle breaking. Potentially a great product but, in the end, very shoddy. Good temperature control, and mechanically reliable though.  Show details

Would consider very carefully – It can be quite noisy every thing brakes off . Leaves very bad marks on the doors very hard to keep clean cannot get rid of the rust The inside cracked , the door handles had to be replaced . Would consider very carefully when using their products sorry because it did cost a lot .  Show details

Everything breaks off! – Apart from the noise from day 1 and the ongoing replacement of major parts to keep it running, now the handles have broken off! Paid $1800 many years ago and now it owns another $981 not including the replacement handles. Never EVER buy another Westinghouse even after having one previous to this that lasted 20 years.

Out of Stock Component - Lengthy Wait – Our Westinghouse RS662V has worked without problems for 7 years but about a month ago the 'Board Control Defrost' printed board packed it in (diagnosed by Westinghouse registered mechanic). When we went to order another board we were told it will be another 3 1/2 months before a new shipment of these parts arrives in Australia from China or Korea.… Read more

There are another 144 of these components currently on order Australia wide. A lengthy ring around Australian refrigerator parts suppliers tells us that this part is unavailable Australia wide.

Is this level of service what you would expect in 2016? Really disgraceful support as far as I'm concerned.

Basically the fridge is a good one and capable of providing future use but this $115 component is preventing it's use. Do I spend a further $2000 (approx) to get another fridge? It sure won't be any brand associated with Electrolux!

Now 11 years old and still going strong – I am writing this review now as I am researching a new fridge and have been appalled at the poor reviews for all brands. So I looked up my current fridge as a comparison and it gets the same bad reviews. I am only replacing it because the new kitchen requires a shiny new stainless steel model, otherwise our RS662V will probably give many more… Read more

years of great service. Sure, there have been some cracked door shelves and the racks in the freezer seem to come off their supports occasionally but as far as freezing and cooling goes it has done a great job without fail. So I will take my chances with another Westinghouse despite the reviews and fingers crossed I will get another good one.

Would rate it 0 stars if I could – Paid $1800 for a Westinghouse RS662V. Consistent with all of the other low ratings on this page, shelves fall out and break, compressor died in 3 years and the door fell off. The door hinges are cheap plastic mounted onto a steel pin - no surprise they wear through in a few years. Seals lasted 3 years. Bottle storage is poor as bottles fall out.… Read more

Fridge door handle lasted 4 years before breaking off. Was a total pain to get level and have the doors close correctly. The last Westinghouse anything I will ever own.

Practical, quiet and reliable – This fridge was purchased new in 2006 for $1,799 and has performed well ever since. No design issues or quality problems so far. This unit has just been practical, quiet and very reliable.

Poor durability – Performed well for the first 3 years but then progressively started to fall apart. Bottom low shelf on fridge snapped (not surprising given it was only supported by a plastic nib), front door handle mounts have snapped and it is now intermittently blowing a fuse. A bad performance given what we originally paid for it. Lame, lame, lame

Best fridge ever! – Purchased this fridge about 9 years ago and it has run like an absolute dream which goes to show how great Aussie Made is! Reviewers giving a bad rap here most likely got a bad one off the shelf or not looked after it properly but I'd say like any appliance, once you are past that initial "run in" period this fridge will last forever. Very quiet,… Read more

maintains constant chill despite what goes in there, strong design and Aussie made! Should have bought 2 while they were still available

Rubbish – The compressor died at 4 years. The shelves in the freezer are forever falling out. The dairy bin door broke off. The plastic bits that hold the door handles on broke. It has always been noisy, we just assumed side by side units were, but having seen friends fridge freezers we realise its just our fridge freezer. You only get one chance Westinghouse, never again will I buy your junk. The size fitted the gap in our kitchen

'Wastinghouse' not Westinghouse! – We purchased our fridge 2005... Compressor went Xmas eve (I was 8 months pregnant) in 2009... Then we paid for a 'switch' to be replaced... Probs with temp continually... Then today we lost all food in fridge and freezer overnight... Not happy jan!!!!! Shame as we loved the design... Nice face shame about the body!!!! Design Did not last the distance......

Really bad Fridge , not worth the money – Paid $2,000 for this fridge . Not the model that I ordered as they said this was latest model and somewhat better . Door handles broke off , shelves easily fall out and shatter , seals of poor quality and fridge door developed a stress crack in it . These were all replaced under warranty including a whole door . Problems quickly developed again… Read more

and I told them that the fridge was a lemon . They told me that all of the problems were my fault and would not repair it anymore as it had just run out of warranty .

The bottom hinges are plastic and are broken . The door has dropped and a large gap is now in the seal . The other side of the seal has a large split in it . The door has fallen off several times . I have about five of the door shelves now attached with duct tape .

Food is now going off and nothing keeps longer than 2 days in the crisper .

Would not recommend this fridge to anyone .

Save your money and don't have anything to do with this brand or its offshoot brands .

Bad service from company for warranty . Door falls off .

Westinghouse never again – The fridge has always had trouble getting the temperature correct in the fridge but can live with that. Door handle is coming off but really turned me off is the fridge is not ten years old and has already had one compressor replaced and now the new one has gone again. This time Westinghouse goes to the dump never too buy another, just went out… Read more

and bought an LG 10 year guarantee on the compressor. Buy Australian made you have got be joking with quality like this no wonder Aussie factories are closing down. Still looks good keeps breaking down

Never Had A Problem – Sorry to read about everyone's compressor and door handle issues. Bought this fridge 8 years ago from 2nds World as the 20+ yo Kelvinator pigeon pair died. First thing I noticed was how well it chilled and that food lasted for days before going off. Even now, fresh vegies are almost the same as when placed in there 1-2 weeks ago. Just… Read more

thought I'd register my happiness. No problems whatsoever, it goes like the clappers. Perfect sized freezer, many nowadays are too narrow, chills very well

Never had one problem! – I purchased my fridge 5 years ago and it has never given me one problem despite a house move and having a house full of teenagers. I'm surprised at how many have had problems but mine has been amazing. I would recommend this fridge to anyone. I am selling it now only because I have a smaller house and it no longer fits, which I actually was trying… Read more

to remove a wall to put it in! I love my fridge! Runs well, no problems keep things nice and cold as wanted Freezer light blew after 5 years. Haven't bothered to try and fix it so really can't complain at all!

Absolute Rubbish – We purchased a Westinghouse Refrigerator RS662V approximately 8 years ago. We have had no end of issues with it and the quality of workmanship is a terrible embarrassment. Firstly the door handles broke on 2 different occasions and were repaired under warranty. They also broke outside of warranty. The shelves in the freezer keep falling… Read more

down as they don't fit correctly to the moulding of the freezer.

he compressor went just outside of the warranty period and now the whole refrigerator door has has fallen off. The bottom hinge is supported by plastic only and has cracked and broken off entirely which has resulted in the whole door falling off and crashing to the ground.

Now if I had known that the shelving and door handles were so poorly made and more importantly, if I knew the doors of these fridges were supported by plastic only, I would definitely not have bought it.

I am totally disgusted with the quality of this fridge.

Our neighbour 2 doors down bought the exact same model as ours as they liked the size (as we do), but they have had no end of trouble as well. They actually had their whole fridge replaced under warranty!!

You pay good money for this refrigerators and to only get <10 years out of it is a real disappointment.

Needless to say, Westinghouse is a dirty word in our area and will not be bought again by us and certainly will not be recommended. Size Compressor died just out of warranty, shelves in freezer are terrible and keep falling down, door handles are absolute rubbish and have broken on 3 different occaisons, whole door fell off!!!! Is Westinghouse (Electrolux) having a lend of us ?????

Poor choice it would seem – Was OKk for the first year or so. However plastic storage bins on door kept falling out/ off. Bottles didn't stay in very well. 8 years on and door just fell of hinges tonight and we have a constant problem with condensation. Freezers shelves continually fall down as plastic rungs seem to short for the things they clip into. One glass shelf in fridge. Plastic door holders. Door fell off hinges. Freezer shelves incredibly annoying. Energy monster.

Terrible – Our unit is two months shy of five years old and the compressor has failed. But it is only covered by the manufacturers five year warranty if we are prepared to pay a $95 callout fee, covering only the first 15 minutes, but after that a fee of $35 per every 15 minutes. Extortion. most old fashioned fridges ran on for 20 or 25 years and some were… Read more

still going when they were thrown out through not being stylish enough. Less than five years work is just not good enough. Also, their small clause states the fridge must NOT have been looked at by any other technician but their own. And in our hasdte to get it fixed, we DID call out a fridge bloke...who diagnosed incorrectly, overcharged us and fled. consumer protection will sort him out. Very Very unhappy. It WAS easy to use, with the freeze on one side and the fridge on the other see opinion.

Bad – Probably wouldn't buy this brand again due to the poor quality of manufacture. As mentioned the door brackets are woefully underdesigned...my 5 year old could design something better. Big...lots of room inside. Poor construction...very plasticy. The door brackets are pathetic and constantly crack, although very easy to replace. Grab the door… Read more

handle and pull upwards, it will slide out of the brackets. Use a 6.5mm socket to removed old bracket...installation is the reverse. Don't pay a callout to get these fixed as a very simple job to replace yourself. Replacement brackets are easily available.

Bad – Westinghouse did mean quality years ago, but sadly its all gone . It has plenty of room and seems to cool and freeze as it should Its made as cheap as they could, plastic shelves inside doors that crack, am sure that it becomes brittle when cold, so easily broken. Door handle brackets also tend to be very delicate.... poor quality. Clips on… Read more

crispers are also brittle and tend to crack easy when trying to clean

Its a costly mistake that I won't do again ...

Is there an anti-Westinghouse group ?

Terrible – After spending what we did 5 years ago on this fridge, I recently sold it to a second hand dealer for under $50 just to get rid of it. It chews power, the handles and other fittings broke and the seals were gone after just 5 years. I loved this when we first bought it but grew to be hugely disappointed. I cannot believe they are still being sold… Read more

with the door handle design fault. Big, cold, heaps of space. The door handles, the door handles, the door handles. Fittings that broke on the door shelves. It is possible to buy replacement handles, but what good is that if they are just going to eventually break as well.

Good – We have had this fridge for 6 years and have not had any problems. We have 4 kids in and out of the fridge non stop,(no broken handles like other reports on here) so it gets a good work out. I would buy another Westinghouse. Keeps food the way it should, good size and easy to clean none as of yet

Terrible – The fan was replaced under warrenty in first 6 months as it was so noisy. The compressor was also replaced under warrenty after 18 months. The compressor has now failed again and I have to decide if it is worth fixing. Good size and easy to stack Not reliable, plastice is weak

OK – plastic door handle cracked- get a brand which has metal door handles as it takes some force to open a good seal. crisper ices vegies up sometimes. Freezer gives burn spots on food after a few months (never happened with Kelvinator) one motor for fridge and freezer sealed at back keeps vermin out no defrosting weak door handles fridge /freezer balance hard to adjust

OK – My personal opionion on this product is it will do what it is designed to do.Correct maintenance, keeping the parts clean. With drawers etc, leave out until room temp. is reached and plastic wont be as fragile. Some care needs to be used opening and closing doors as they are 'soft'. I don't think this is necessarily 'a bad' thing, i feel we need… Read more

to be 'gentle' with the product, it is a domestic appliance afterall. I will update this report in 6 months and 12 months. plenty of space in both fridge and freezer. Seems a decent size cabinet Adjustable feet are challenging. Plastic wear needs to be looked after, clean regularly or 'human oil' will destroy plastic. Changed compressor 12/2010. cost effective if you can find a tradie who wont 'stiff' you. will be wise to realise that plastic is fragile and cost effective, taking care to open and close utilities will increase life of product, rough handling degenerates any product.

Excellent – Will deffinently buy this brand again. Had absolutely no problems with it, it keeps the food cold and fresh, a great size for a family. I love the side by side, no bending down to dig around in a freezer. There is so much space, I love the crispers, they are deep enough and hold lots of fruit and veg. The freezer has so much space, is perfect for my family of 5. The handles seem a little flimsy.

OK – For a white fridge that doesn't cost the earth this fridge has served us well. It replaced a very old fridge that we had which had a noisy motor. It is amazing how quiet these new motors are. We have had the fridge for several years now and not experienced any problems with the motor as other reviewers have. The only problem we have had is… Read more

that the handles detached from the fridge and needed repairing. We did this ourselves and we not out of pocket from any expenses. The fridge is quiet and looks okay. Handles detached from the main body of the fridge and needed repair.

Terrible – 1 month shy of it's 2 year warrenty (I extended the warrenty for an additional 3 years as soon as this happened) The compresser stopped working, everying in my fridge froze. The repair man came out & changed it, 2 weeks later everything was freezing again, again they came out to replace a different part, the next day a 12lt of water in the fridge… Read more

was frozen solid. There coming out again today, looks like I might get to know the repair guy quite well! Is quiet Could have more door shelves

OK – This design - side by side works well for the needs of our family and thank goodness it has never broken down. We bought Westinghouse as they had a reputation for reliability. Unfortunately, the plastic that has been used is not durable enough for the function. This shouldn't happen ! Design, no mechanical problems in three years Bad plastic ! Door handle has broken, deli tray wheel fixture has broken off and one shelf in the freezer has cracked.