How old is my Samsung?

1. Find the rating label. Where to look on each kind of appliance.
2. Take a photo of the whole label, or note the model and serial numbers.
3. Use the lookup below. It is free, and no account is needed. A date is shown only when the available evidence supports it.

Samsung appliances

How to find the age, the serial number, typical life and parts for each:

• Samsung refrigerator10–15 yrs
• Samsung range or oven13–15 yrs
• Samsung dishwasher9–12 yrs
• Samsung microwave8–10 yrs
• Samsung clothes washer10–13 yrs
• Samsung clothes dryer10–13 yrs

Samsung also sells air conditioners and vacuums; Dacor covers the luxury built-in kitchen segment.

Samsung Electronics is a South Korean company founded in 1969 that makes appliances alongside phones, televisions and chips. In North America it sells refrigerators, laundry, cooking appliances, dishwashers and microwaves, and it owns the luxury appliance brand Dacor.

Samsung Electronics, in its own plants including Newberry, South Carolina. Samsung has also built some Kenmore-branded appliances.

Owned by

Samsung Electronics (Samsung Group)

Headquarters

Suwon, South Korea (US appliance business: Samsung Electronics America, New Jersey)

Founded

1969

Sister brands: Dacor.

• 1969: Samsung Electronics was founded in Suwon, South Korea; an early joint venture with Sanyo produced appliances including refrigerators and washing machines.
• 2016: Samsung Electronics America agreed on August 10 to buy Dacor, a US luxury appliance brand.
• 2018: Samsung's first US appliance plant, in Newberry County, South Carolina, began building washing machines in January.

Every Samsung check is compared with Health Canada, U.S. CPSC and U.S. NHTSA recall notices.