Buying New Dishwasher- need honest opinions

[murando531]

Also, in defense of the diverter-equipped models, that 920 has been going strong since the end of 2015, and now it's lived since August 2018 at my grandparents with fairly hard well water. Granddad has been instructed to use nothing but Cascade Platinum or Finish Quantum and to never let that rinse aid compartment run dry. From what I've gathered, hard water, cheap detergents, lack of rinse aid, and prewashing dishes are all factors that cause the diverter shaft to etch and start leaking.

 

[combo52]

Clogged Grinder Screens

Hi Andrew, Thanks for your thoughtful post.

I am not sure where you got the picture of the clogged screen, and I have seen many exactly like that myself. That is a good picture of a grinder with a broken drive, it will NEVER look like that in normal use no matter how much stuff goes into the machine, the screen ONLY can clog with stuff if the blade is not turning.

Thanks Joshua for the examples of what I am talking about, DWs with removable filters cause a lot of service calls because people can remove the filter and things either slip by into pump openings and or people do not get the filter reinstalled correctly and then the wash arms quickly clog.

WP built DWs with their heavy duty grinders almost never get anything stuck in their wash arms because particles can not past the grinding plate large enough to clog the wash arms.

John L.

 

[Chetlaham]

Maytag System

I think the biggest testament ti the grinder is the fact ball bearings are spinning inside it for a year now lol.

I see more clogging likely in the Clean Water wash system.

 

[jkbff]

Yup, out of 356 dishwashers in 3 years from Miele, I provided TWO explicit examples of service calls out of 19,004 calls from the last 4 years, but I am so very happy you extrapolated such a vague plurality and commonality of failure from those results.