Finding Service Manuals for Sears Appliances

Need the service, repair, owners, user or instruction manual for the Kenmore, Whirlpool, Frigidaire, Maytag, GE appliance that you bought at Sears?

In a closely held secret, most such service manuals are available online from Sears site ManageMyLife under the Manuals tab. Entering the Sears model number will bring out the manual in-browser. At ConsumerPla.net we tried entering all the appliances we each own, and were able to find manuals for them approximately 50% of the time - not a bad ratio, really.

We called 12 Sears stores and were only able to elicit the site name in 3 of these calls - you are better off trusting ConsumerPla.net:-) The site is actually an interesting attempt by Sears to build a community site around DYI projects. You can build to-do lists, and projects, and get community feedback. You can also ask questions and get expert answers. The bulk of the site activity, however, based on the site stats, is downloading manuals: 6M+ manuals downloaded, vs 100K to do lists, and 65K questions.

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