Cabrio & Oasis: ticking time bombs?

I've been reading up on the Kenmore Elite Oasis / Whirlpool Cabrio high-efficiency top load washers. Judging from what I have read, it is difficult to say whether these machines are disasters waiting to happen, a la the Calypso washers that plagued laundry rooms across the country for far too long, or they are decent machines that need just a little tweaking.

In reading the reviews over at epinions.com, what I find most surprising is the fact that there are very few reviews in the middle of the road; people either love it or hate it.

It's no secret that Fisher & Paykel has a hand in these machines. I'm just not sure to what degree. F&P moved their laundry production facilities to Clyde, Ohio, where Whirlpool builds their top load washers. I had heard that F&P was only supplying motors to Whirlpool. But if that's the case, then why in the hell move to Clyde, Ohio. Furthermore, I have read dozens of accounts of an F51 error code, and the cause of this code is evidently a common problem F&P had with their machines.

Curious.