Can anyone answer our question regarding our water heater that just
broke down yesterday?

We just moved into our dc condo last september and the water heater is
dead now. We are the 2nd owners of this new building. The condos in
our building were built in 2003.

We can't believe that the water heater broke down in 3 years. The
warranty apparently expired in january. (just our luck).

Is there anything that we could do about this? It's definitely the
fan/engine that died. Even though the warranty expired 5 months ago,
isn't it a bit soon for our water heater to die? Does the
manufacturer, condo builder, or anyone else have some responsibility to
replace it? Or is it definitely on us to buy a whole new water heater?

Thanks so much for your help!

John