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Kohler • High-Pressure Toilets • Shower Doors • Lawn Mowers

There seems to be a big problem with the Kohler high-pressure toilets. Best case, they don't work very well. Worst case, they explode and flood the house. In neither case is Kohler very interested in helping to solve the problem. Other complaints about Kohler products include their shower doors and lawn mowers.

Chad of Virginia Beach, VA April 1, 2009

Chad of Virginia Beach VA (04/01/09)
I have a Kohler 8110 Pressure Clean Toilet System. The toilet quit flushing and could not be used anymore. I turned off the water inlet and then flushed the toilet. With the water inlet turned off, I held down flush handle. As the handle was held down, I could tell the the tank was being blocked by an accumulation of air bubbles, which in turn was keeping the tank from filling up with water after each flush. After holding down the flush handle until all the air bubbles escaped, I turned the water inlet back on and the tank was able to fill up to its full capacity once again, resulting in great flushes. I hope this helps others with the same problem.

Dolores of Egg Harbor City, NJ March 30, 2009

Dolores of Egg Harbor City NJ (03/30/09)
My Kohler shower door exploded this morning. Kohler says they will replace it with a new door and if there is any damage they will put in a claim for that too. I don't know if there is any damage to my bathroom yet because I'm scared to go in there and the other one may explode too. I feel like I got the run around with them. They said there could have been a defect or installation problem or the way it was handled. I feel like I cannot let this one go. They need to do more then just send me a new door.

Andrew of Daytona Beach, FL February 14, 2009

Andrew of Daytona Beach FL (02/14/09)
I have a home with two 2-year old Kohler Wellworth toilets with peacekeeper flush systems. Both are now broken and are economically unfeasable to fix!! The toilets employ a battery powered motor to flush them when the lid, that has a special magnet, is moved away from the tank. Very nice except the sealed motor unit breaks and costs 100 more than the entire toilet with the flush unit. The tank has no handle hole and cannot be converted to a handle flush.

So now I have both my toilets with the tank tops removed and a ribbon tied to the flapper so the bowl can be emptied manually. How nice for company!! Kohler is selling a poorly made product and charging a ripoff price for the replacement part. Apparently Kohler has realized that this system is junk and only offers it on one model anymore.

Wes of Evanston, WY February 1, 2009

Wes of Evanston WY (02/01/09)
My Kohler power flush toilet wouldn't flush very well and you had to flush it several times. I thought maybe that the plumping was nearly plugged. After using a snake I realized that it wasn't. It then dawned on me that the pressurized water tank was water logged and didn't have enough air in it to pressurize properly. The fix was very simple, I shut off the inlet water supply and flushed the toilet, I then held down the flush handle, I could hear air bubling up into the tank as the water leaked out. When the bubbling stopped I turned the water back on and the toilet flushed great.

Wes of Evanston, WY February 1, 2009

Wes of Evanston WY (02/01/09)
My Kohler power flush toilet wouldn't flush very well and you had to flush it several times. I thought maybe that the plumping was nearly lugged. After using a snake I realized that it wasn't. It then dawned on my that the pressurized water tank was water logged and didn't have enough air in it to pressurize properly. The fix was very simple, I shut off the inlet water supply and flushed the toilet, I then held down the flush handle, I could hear air bubling up into the tank as the water leaked out. When the bubbling stopped I turned the water back on and the toilet flushed great.

i thought about replacing the toilet, now I don't have to.

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