(Hi)story of my Siemens washing machine.Bought in 2013 for 40k INR which is at least 30% more than any other brands(price I assume we pay for German engineering!). This machine broke down within 4 years and had the pleasure of interacting with Siemens and Bosch service team. Service engineer visited and gave a list of parts to be replaced and promised would be back in a week.
Week turned to more than a month and after multiple follow ups, unanswered calls, escalations, false promises we did have the privilege of an engineer visit. But more surprises awaited, as he believes the issue is something other than originally diagnosed and more parts are needed and overall would cost about 30k+ INR! His answer to why such a short life is "Madam, these machines are not suited for our water and they have lot of such issues".
In short Siemens machines are expensive, short lifespan and coupled with an unresponsive and incompetent service network isn’t advisable at least in India.