I will never buy made in china panasonic washing machine again! Recently bought 10 kg front load from best denki and had to sent it back due to water leakage from the front door. Best denki replaced it with a replacement but had the same problem again. In the end, I topped up money to buy miele washing machine. I like buying made in germany and japan products because of their work culture of excellence. In contrast, when companies like panasonic shift their operations to China, their quality dropped. Sure, they would claimed they have stringent QC. But imagine in a factory, where the ratio of japanese engineers to local workers are not the same. This is where loopholes, shortcuts and blind spots occurred.