24” Built-In 177-Can Beverage Fridge

I never leave reviews but after spending this amount of money on a beverage cooler and having the experience I had; I had to warn other consumers. On month 13 of owning this fridge the temperature control failed and the cooler was a constant 67 degrees despite running all the time. When I reached out to customer service they agreed to send me a new seal free of charge claiming that was the first step in trying to remedy the issue. After two weeks waiting for the seal it arrived and I promptly installed it. That didn’t fix the issue and the fridge continued to trend at 67 degrees. When I called back the customer service agent said it must be a failed compressor and they wouldn’t honor the warranty since it had been 13 months. I protested and begged for them to honor the warranty given the price I paid, the close time period to the warranty and that I followed their instructions to replace the seal. They refused but politely offered me a 40% coupon to buy a replacement from them. I found that laughable and asked to be escalated to a supervisor who ultimately told me the same thing. After that I was disgusted and called several repair companies in my area to no avail as no one was willing to work on a Newair product. Finally on the 6th company I got someone to come out and they deemed the issue to be a leak in one of the hoses internal to the unit. The estimate to repair was over $1,000 so they advised me to just cut my loss and buy a new unit which I plan to do but it won’t be from Newair! Buyer beware!