Comes with proprietary screws on the bottom that make it impossible to take apart to fix.

Go to take it apart to see what the problem is and they use unreachable screws which no one on earth would have a bit for

Shame to throw away an otherwise fine working coffee maker that likely has a loose connection or short, I will never know because for some reason B&D uses these ridiculous screws to discourage self reliance.

Weird screws won't let you take the bottom off

Maybe I’m a rough user, but I’ve owned my GM 4-cup brewer for a good 7 year’s before I had to replace it

Our future son-in-law had some requirement’s for a coffee-maker: programmable, clock, 12 cup, durable (not cheap looking or functioning), easy to add water and easy to clean