Dishwashers

Dutchboy wrote:

The question….why after 15 years and nearly 5,500 trouble free cycles would you even consider changing brands?

Dutchboy wrote:

Ripjiggen wrote:
Do you think quality control in brands doesn’t change over time?

Do you think brands only get worse?

A lot of things change in 15 years. Today another brand may be heads above what was available 15 years ago. I am presently shopping (for a totally unrelated product) the old one served well, come to find out I can’t replace it with a “like” replacement. Things change, both good and bad.

Had a GE Profile and it was a piece of crap. Never again. We replaced with a Kitchen Aid a few years ago, and I have been really happy with it. I thought the GE was quiet, but with this Kitchen Aid you really can barely tell it’s runninng.

Have to remember this stuff, boss wants a new dishwasher pretty soon-I actually like the sound of a cycling dishwasher, just me? As others have said these companies build a reputation with a quality product then the temptation to slightly dial back that quality is just too powerful.

I can only relate my experience with LG.
3 brand new units, out of the box were bad.
First one had something wrong with the drive – WEIRD noises.
Second one was bearings ( called the store we bought it at and told them so – said “no way, they never fail” put the phone up the washer and the store says “yea, okay” )
Third one electronics were bad. That was 10 years ago.
Won’t have ANY LG product in my house.
Just my two cents.
The store support was a joke! Wanted me to bring back on my own. Told it would be several weeks before I could get a replacement and blew me off when I came into the store to talk to the manager.
Nothing “stellian” about THAT experience!

Hello, I am familiar with dishwashers and the reasons water might drain. I’ve fixed my own dishwasher before but this one has me stumped. There is NOT water at the bottom of my dishwasher, but there is water where my filter is. More than is normal. To the top of the filter. The filter is not clogged, no kinks in my hoses, and my my drain pump is fine. Any other ideas how to fix this? My dishes still get cleaned fine but this leftover water begins to stink up my dishwasher. Thanks in advance.

Skipped all the post. Went through several dishwashers over the years. Bosch is the only way I would go. I currently have a Bosch and it is the best one I have ever used.

What about this method.

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glenn57 wrote:

What about this method.

Ironically that is the case in my house. My dishwasher just called me to ask if I was going in the woods tonight

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Bearcat89 wrote:

Ironically that is the case in my house. My dishwasher just called me to ask if I was going in the woods tonight

Hopefully she isn’t washing someone else’s dishes…

ten474 wrote:

Hello, I am familiar with dishwashers and the reasons water might drain. I’ve fixed my own dishwasher before but this one has me stumped. There is NOT water at the bottom of my dishwasher, but there is water where my filter is. More than is normal. To the top of the filter. The filter is not clogged, no kinks in my hoses, and my my drain pump is fine. Any other ideas how to fix this? My dishes still get cleaned fine but this leftover water begins to stink up my dishwasher. Thanks in advance.

Hey Ten, have you tried the manufacturers customer support?

Link to Customer Support

Hopefully she isn’t washing someone else’s dishes…
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As long as she’s doing dishes and not cleaning the *ahem* entertainment center- your fine…

Ripjiggen wrote:

I have a wife. She is not quiet at all. Breaks down often and complains when I try to fix. Don’t recommend.

This…
Remember it’s a dishwasHER, not a dishwasHIM

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Also have a bosch – works great.

Whatever model you get – get one with the stainless steel tub – allows the water to get hotter.

Update sense someone dug this old post up, bought a used motor from a shop up the street ($50) and totally pulled the whole dishwasher apart and cleaned it, installed the new motor as the old one had a rusted pump head. Been working great for the past year sense I posted this. So now I have a 16 year old good running dishwasher. LOL

Our GE took a crap after 3 years and a $750 repair that lasted 3 months until the next $675 repair.

We bought a Bosch as a recommendation from the repair guy and have been happy for last 4 years. Was another guy shopping to replace his GE while we were shopping for ours for what it’s with to ya.

I’ve had the same dishwasher for over 30 years. Still works great!

Im on my 3rd dishwasher in 25 years. FIrst was a kenmore, seal went out and I got a Bosch. Gave my parents the Kenmore my dad fixed it and is still using it. The bosch had a recall due to fire hazard and then gave up the ghost after that. Now I have some el cheapo which works fine.

I’ve got a Polish/German brand made in 1970. She doesn’t mind doing the dishes as long as I keep cooking and grocery shopping.

I have come to appreciate my bosch even more after hearing how loud other brands are. My bosch is so quiet, I can’t even tell when it’s running. Some brands would give a lawnmower a run for its money in terms of noise. Peace and quiet is worth a premium in my eyes.

Update for us:

We are a year or so into the new place and opted for Samsung everything.

The dishwasher has been phenomenal (not sure on which model Samsung, but was the highest model a year ago). The wall mounted double ovens have also been impressive with their speed, uniform heating, and the options they provide. The microwave is a microwave and been fine. The Samsung refrigerator I would rethink if I bought it again. It seems to eat those water filters fast and the ice maker is slow, small, and clunky.

We had our dishwasher fail a short time ago. The tech who red tagged it suggested KitchenAid or Bosch. We went KitchenAid, the installer was talking about its care and feeding and then told us it had been running while we were talking. Quiet as a mouse.

Bucky, for what it’s worth, after having a fridge with ice maker and cold water spigot. I’d never, ever own one again for the extra money they cost. Ice cube trays are way better.

buckybadger wrote:

It seems to eat those water filters fast

Those things aren’t cheap either. My previous Whirlpool had filters that were like $50 each.

The one I have now is a Whirlpool as well but the filter is different and they only cost $10.

I have an RO system that feeds our refrigerator with water so I dont even bother replacing the filters in the fridge. Culligan replaces the filters once a year so no big deal.

We have a Miele dishwasher and works good, and it’s quiet.

Everyone here knows that GE is in name only now ? Haier (China) purchased the entire GE appliance group in 2016. GE (Haier) does still manufacture appliances in the USA.

Maytag, Whirlpool, and KitchenAid are all the same company now. Whirlpool is the parent named company.

Electrolux (Sweden) owns Frigidaire.

LG (aka Lucky Golden) and Samsung are Korean owned.

Bosch is the Kitchenaid of the 60s/70s and then quite a bit more.

We have a five-year-old KitchenAid. Runs well and like the first day we owned it. Gets things clean and is amazingly quiet.