Chapter 13 Bankruptcy. The bankruptcy itself and the debts associated with the bankruptcy will be displayed differently on your credit report. A completed Chapter 13 bankruptcy will stay on your report for up to seven years, and discharged debts will also stay on the report up to seven years after they are discharged.
The nine (two duplicate brands so actually seven) were: Trane / American Standard (same system, different name); Carrier / Bryant (ditto); Lennox; Rheem; Amana; Goodman; York. The rankings for these units were: Gas Furnace â Rankings #1, #2 with 12% defect rate; lowest score of 9 was 26% defect rate.
Hotpoint was another. While GE manufactures some of its own appliances, and owns other companies which manufacture THEIR own appliances, some appliances are made by Matsushita (parent company of Panasonic) and GE has paid to put their company brand on the products they sell. NEC was another one; don't know if it still is. GE not only manufactures electric and electronic devices, but also aircraft engines, plastics, and even information systems, not to mention its own credit company which finances purchases and mortgages completely unrelated to their products.