Fridge reviews: Reliability
Fridge reliability
Fridges are some of the most reliable domestic appliances on the market. Six brands lead the pack with reliability scores of 94% or above, but all of the brands deliver high reliability scores. We have fridge reliability results for 16 top brands including Hotpoint, Beko, Whirlpool, Samsung and Electrolux.
2956 Which? members have told us about the reliability record of their fridges. Bosch, Hotpoint and Beko were the most popular brands among survey respondents, with 40% owning a fridge from one of these brands.
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Reliability and Best Buys
A fridge can qualify as a Best Buy if its brand scores at least three stars in our survey of thousands of owners – in which we ask how often their appliances have broken down - or it has a free 5-year warranty. But as fridges are generally reliable, we also allow models to be Best Buys if we don’t yet have a reliability rating, unless we know this brand has a poor track record for similar appliances.
To see how well fridges from brands including AEG-Electrolux, Beko, Bosch, Electrolux, Frigidaire, Hotpoint, Indesit, Lec, Liebherr, Miele, Neff, Samsung, Siemens, Whirlpool and Zanussi perform in our tests, see the full Which? fridges review.
Common fridge problems
- Drawers and shelves 9%
- Leakage 6%
- Door 6%
- Blockages 5%
- Light 3%
- Control system 3%
- Noise 2%
| Fridges Which? reliability index | ||
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Rating | Score |
| AEG/AEG-Electrolux |  | |
| Beko | | |
| Bosch | | |
| Electrolux | | |
| Frigidaire | | |
| Hotpoint | | |
| Indesit | | |
| John Lewis | | |
| Lec | | |
| Liebherr | | |
| Miele | | |
| Neff | | |
| Samsung | | |
| Siemens | | |
| Whirlpool | | |
| Zanussi/Zanussi-Electrolux | | |
