Westinghouse 453L Bottom Mount WBE4514SA (Stainless Steel)

Handle is rubbish – I have had a couple of faults during it's life, just not what they use to be. The handle has poorly designed mounts that just keep failing. Then to rub salt into it they sell the handles as a kit, when all that breaks is the mounts. So they rip you off for their poor design . Bought a cheap suction handle only $6.00. Not going to support them with their handle replacements that will fail in the same way.

After a month, we are relatively pleased but a few things could improve – after 16 years we upgraded from our previous Westinghouse 342 lt fridge. The 453 lt bottom mount is a great fridge for the most part, but there are a couple of minor annoyances. I particularly like that: its roomy and has a flexible lay out. esp the the freezer draws that have very sturdy metal runners and more space ie deeper than most… Read more

other brands, allowing for larger items ie large frozen pizza or pastry sheets etc. large tubs of ice-cream,

We also like that the fridge is well lit so its easy to see and things are easily accessible.

I like that the temp settings indicate the actual temperature and can be set accurately.

Some things that could be better are relatively minor, but ill state them for your reference

1st / the never quite closing door,

It's like they designed to stay slightly open, then annoy you with its beeping.

I cant imagine why they did it . It would be just as easy to make it self closing.

Specifically designed to stay slightly open, then demand your secondary attention, as if to say, "Hey notice me".

2nd / is less an issue but a preference.

The old Westinghouse fridge had a small under shelf deli draw, that we used for cold cuts cheeses etc,

but isn't featured in this fridge.

- I noticed that the shelves in the new fridge are made with almost identical screw holes etc. to enable the attachment of a Deli draw but just isn't fitted, nor is a deli Drawer even available as an optional accessory from the Westinghouse web site.

I have a mind to just reuse the deli draw from the old fridge and adapt / extend the draw runners by 40mm to fit.

Great Fridge at incredible Value – This fridge was bought after reading a lot of reviews online. I have not been disappointed. The fridge space is very generous, with it easily holding a week full of fresh vegetables and fruits along with the meat. The temperature has been very consistent with no issues even in the past month of hot days in the high 30s. The drink rack in the… Read more

fridge is very handy, not only for convenient storage but the positioning allows for great circulation which in turn leads to faster cooling.

The freezer is great. The quick chill function has been a life saver as has the generous sizing of the ice tray. The freezer temperature, like the fridge, is easily controlled by the control panel and the setting is reliable. The drawers are strong enough to support being filled and extended completely.

Easily cleaned and very quiet, it is everything a small family could ask for in a fridge.

I have owned several fridges over the past 10 years and while this was purchased with price in mind, the quality is by far the best.

Badly designed main door handle – Bought from Harvey Norman Mandurah WA Store in November 2018. Fridge has worked well until recently during hot weather, really good door seals made opening difficult due to air cooling inside causing difficulty in opening main fridge door. The extra pulling force on the handle caused handle to break off and we had to crack the seal before opening… Read more

the door by pulling the top of the door. Very poor mechanical design on the handle clips with flimsy plastic retainers caused the failure. A replacement handle under warranty took weeks to arrive with instructions to DIY installation. Some redesign of the mounting is definitely required to provide a stronger fitting

Fridge door very hard to open – This fridge works really good and we like the layout but it is very hard to open the fridge door. The freezer door opens easily. After one week I reported this problem to the Good Guys where we purchased it and they said they would contact Westinghouse Service. Two weeks have gone by and so far no has contacted us. I see on the reviews where another customer has pulled his door handle off and they had to replace the whole door.  Show details ·  1

Excellent fridge – Our food lasts ages in this fridge. We’ve had milk stay perfectly fresh for over a month in there somehow. It maintains temperature so well and cools thing down quickly. It’s pretty quiet too. Easy to clean, and shelves come off easily. The freezer is a little small but the drawers are very handy.  Show details

Makes many noises – Very noisy from new, so loud , my ears ring, when it stops its like the neighbor turned his lawnmower off! I bought it from The Good Guys, I called the store and the sales person was having that day off ( 3 days in a row) I think they know about the problem. Show details

The worst appliance I've ever purchased – I've had nothing but trouble with this fridge since I bought it. The door warped twice and had to be replaced. The main chip was faulty and had to be replaced (just stopped working one day). I was told by the repairman that he was replacing lots of these faulty chips in this model. The door handle broke off twice due to poor design and the… Read more

fridges door suction (which is inconsistent). And to top it off, it keeps freezing items in the fridge portion even at the lowest temperature setting. There is no consistency with temperature. I have never hated a product so much.

Westinghouse seems to have a bad quality product – we choose westinghouse brand as it's one of a trusted brand and good quality before. Our newly purchased fridge just a month ago doesn't seem to work efficiently.The water and ice dispenser is not working at all since the day it has been delivered to our house.so i have to call and ask for a technician to come over and he needs to come back to… Read more

replace a part of the fridge. Then, the power of the other westinghouse fridge that we're using for almost 5 months in my partner's place suddenly shut off,light was off and nit cooling at all. I have to call again the service center and the staff I speak with is not that too helpful. I even told her that both of our wesitnghouse fridge has a problem and i didn't hear any good advice.she even told me that maybe we might have done something wrong with the fridge like not reading the manual etc.Like!excuse me if we can fix this I will waste my time to call and wait until when your technician is ok to look at it. I will never purchase any westinghouse product again as their quality starting to declines.

Fantastic fridge – The fridge has worked great so far for the last 3 months. Maintains good temperature in fridge and freezer, and stays quiet. Easy to clean inside and outside. The temperature is also easily adjustable. The best feature is that it fits a lot of items and all compartments are adjustable.  Show details

Great fridge for great money – My partner and I bought this fridge from Good Guys in 2017, and was really the only fridge which had the freezer at the bottom. It works really well - is really quiet, has options to change the temperature, and the storage capacity is very reasonable for the price we paid. Plus it looks great in a stainless steel type of look. Would recommend!  Show details

Not working well – Ok , so I am a refrigeration technician with years of experience. I have worked on domestc refrigerators and seen many issues over the years. I have owned this model less than 1 month and it has failed. I have just actioned a warrantly call. The refrigerator is not keeping temperature and this is not due to defrost malfunctions. I believe the… Read more

compressor has become inefficient, that is where it cannot pump due to valve malfunction. I know this because the heat is not there in the condenser , compared to when it it was first turned on and the proteins in my refrigerator are not keeping despite the low temp setting applied at the electronic setting. I got this from Harvey Norman. Westinghouse, you have put a very poor compressor into this refrigerator and it cannot work with the loads given. I have adequate venitallation too. Shame on you , Fridges should run trouble free for years , not this poor effort. I hope your warranty agent insists on a return authority because i dont want your brand . Its not reliable and you have lost me food that i have bought

Fridge purchase – Very good and reliable brand. Good storage and lots of room for fruit and vegetables. This is my second Westinghouse purchase. Easy to have repaired if needed as parts are in Australia. Easy access to temp control in the fridge area. Has a wine rack for those who drink and is easily removable if you don't  Show details

Very Happy with the Purchase – I read other's review before buying, some said it is very quiet but some says it's very noisy. I finally decided to get it because I like the layout. I have been having this fridge for 5 months now and am very happy that I bought it. It is extremely quite and I can hardly hear any noise. The temperature in both the fridge and freezer are so cold… Read more

that the vegetables stay fresh in the crisper for up to two weeks. The compartments are very well laid out and I find it more spacious than my previous fridge even though it has the same capacity. The freezer has three drawers which makes storing and retrieving food very easy. I can easily remove the drawers out for cleaning too. I highly recommend this fridge.

Issue with top and bottom doors – 28/10/17. Received delivery today of WBE4514SA which I purchased from Harvey Norman, Caringbah NSW. The top door is really tight and difficult to open. So much so that the fridge starts to move towards you as you do need to pull quiet hard on the handle to get it open . The bottom door won't fullly close unless you give it a push and has a creaking sound. Would appreciate some customer service assistance.  Show details

Love it! – Now that we have had this fridge a little over a year I can say that, I love it! Keeps everything fresh and the Ice box is perfectly chill. I love the alarm feature that lets you know a door has been left open. Lots of space yet fits perfectly in our tiny kitchen. I would highly recommend this fridge if you are looking for a basic fridge with a little extra style and class.  Show details

Terribly noisy fridge. Brand new but sounds like it's been used for decades? Save yourself the troub – Bought the fridge over the weekend, delivered yesterday. I accidentally turned off the power switch prior going away for an overseas trip 2 weeks ago, and my 6 months old samsung fridge had turned into garbage central with rotton meat and so had to buy a new replacement. This new westinghouse works ok in terms of temperature etc, but EXTREMELY… Read more

noisy. I've changed 4 fridges in the last 15 years, never had such a noisy fridge. Had a circa 1970 fridge back in uni days and make the same level of noise - it's just not acceptable in this day and age!

Informed harvey norman, they said it's normal. They said they can get someone to look at the fridge, but if the noise is considered normal as they mentioned already, I'll need to pay for the call out fee. I then asked if I can change to a different model, or pay the difference for my old samsung fridge which was simply perfect in terms of being whisper quiet, they said they do not entertain change of mind. It may seem like a change of mind to them, but the noise of the fridge is stuck in my mind! I cannot even enjoy reading my book without having the constant buzz of the fridge in the background, and when it's off you still think it's there! I don't even know how to put across to them it's not a change of mind purchase, I just want a fridge that doesn't sound like it's from the baby boomer's era! Decided to publish my 2 cents after reading other westinghouse fridge reviews of this model and similar models, many complains for being overly noisy. Not impressed whatsoever with westinghouse and harvey norman. I thought I'll try local, and unfortunately didn't pay off. Thanks harvey norman for trying to push this fridge on me when I wanted to get a samsung instead, not sure if they more commission from westinghouse? Now I'll have to try and sell this white elephant on gumtree to keep my sanity literally. Stay away from this model - it's not any cheaper than other Japanese or Korean brands.

However, I must say that the shelving components and the compartments on the door side of the fridge are very useful, and I do like the bottle holding compartment - truly keeps juice and milk bottles in place.

just ok – nice design!in freezer there are 3 storage,u can easily store ur food! i think the organisation of the fridge is nice!easy to clean! i found i hard to take all the part out to clean!i think they cant take out,so i just wipe them! i bought this at The Good Guy on 29/7/2017 $1200 !$100 more expensive!  Show details

Worst fridge ever – First purchased this fridge on July 16th 2016 from The Good Guys, when it came home it didn't work at all. Lights were on but no cooling. It was replaced with another one buy The Good Guys. On August 27th 2016, the fridge was not working, although the freezer was working fine. Had to wait for 5 days to get someone to fix it. It broke again, on… Read more

September 10th 2017, same issue, I will still have to wait for the whole cycle between The Good Guys and Westinghouse to get someone to fix it.

poor quality – First two weeks the lights stop working also has a wave looks which looks like a dent. Rang company who told me I might be responsible for faulty light switch. Not good enough. Don't buy this fridge not worth it Thought Id buy australian big mistake. Do not go there.  Show details

Same fault! – Yes, we have had the same problem, ordered a new Westinghouse fridge, first one delivered, dent on the top door, sent it back! Got another one delivered the following week!! Same fault! Dent on door!! Now waiting for a technician to bring a replacement door!! Not impressed! Pay good money for this??  Show details

Wave in freezer door – Just purchased this fridge last week, noticed a wave in the door of the freezer, technician came out very promptly to replace the doors but the new doors have exactly the same problem, he has been to numerous other call outs for the same issue. Nothing he can do seems to be a fault in the manufacturing.. Not impressed!  Show details

Nice Fridge – Well designed, keeps everything cold, nice and quiet, easy to clean shelves. Much better with the frozen food below. Love the bottle holders and lockable dairy section ... I keep my dog medicine in their safe from visiting kids. The fruit and veggie draw is nice. The stainless steel doors have an easy to clean coating. Highly recommended refrigerator.  Show details

replaced 30yo fridge – we needed to renovate the kitchen and had to get stainless steel appliances so we opted for a stainless fridge too. Bottom freezer this time. Apparently the capacity is 50 litres greater than the old one but there is one less shelve although they are slightly wider and slightly less room in the door especially for bigger and higher items like 2l… Read more

milk and juice. The led lighting is good and as we purchased in the middle of summer the freezer was given quite a workout but seemed to cope ok. Ice maker is good but best if only half filled with water. Apparently fridges don't last as long as they used to so most of our friends and family had already upgraded to the new style years ago. We have gotten used to it and a damp microfibre cloth cleans fingerprints easily. Having said that, once installed, the room appeared darker with the SS replacing white. When will the companies learn that whitegoods should be 'white'?

Very bad experience ! – I bought this fridge from Harvey Norman for my family, we were truly impressed by the great capacity & the exceptional look of the steel fridge. It had been working well for 14 days then all of a sudden we noticed it's not cooling at all. I called 【Harvey Norman】 maintenance who connected me to 【Electrolaux】 who gave me a shocking appointment… Read more

after 4 days from the event. I tried to explain that I have a family & there's food & meat inside the fridge which will spoil if we 【wait for 4 days】 but in vain. Surprisingly, the fridge came back to life spontaneously after 12 hours & this happened on & off for about 3 days till the date of maintenance. I tried to have a specific time of the day form the customer service to wait for the maintenance people but in vain. All that I could have is that they'll ring on me half an hour before they come. I had to take that day off work & stayed at home, called them at about 2 pm & they said he'll come today & will approach you half an hour prior to arrival. I waited till 5 pm but also in vain. called them again & I was shocked to hear that the technician called me & I didn't answer !!!!!! I didn't receive any call on my phone & tried to explain that I'm【suffering since 4 days】☹ but they told it's not possible to receive the maintenance service today & I'll be contacted tomorrow. 【VERY DISAPPOINTED BY THE POOR AFTER SALES SERVICE】 ☹☹☹☹

Bloody Good Fridge – Chose this stainless model as being, for what we reckon, more for aussie conditions, so would be ok for our muggy summer conditions here in west auckland. Pretty happy with it. Certainly like how it holds a very cold temp in the fridge, was able to keep fresh cherres for 3 weeks plus and they still had that crunch in the mouth after that amount… Read more

of time.

Especially like the fast freeze option. Was able to have our freshly caught fish that was in a slurry of ice, straight into the freezer, then hitting that tab, they froze quickly... I am a fuss pot with my fish

The fridge holds temp well and am pleased with the freshness of veges after a week

Not sure what happened, but the freezer handle came away from the door. I doubt we were rough with it

There is a plastic part contained within the handle that broke. From there, the handle would fall off when open / closing the door.

Got onto hardly normal (Harvey Norman) about our situation. They replaced the handle free. When we received the replacement handle, it was supplied with both fridge and freezer handles. 4 months later, the handles have been fine

Other than that, its all good (thumbs up)