WASTEKING SS DISHWASHERS
Its amazimg how all they talk about is the [ so called SS interior ] and say nothing about the plastic coated all pot-metal pump assembly that many times would a cororred mess in less than 5 years. They were offen such a mess that you not only replaced the motor but the heating element as well, made for a pretty expensive repair, I lot of them were replaced at this point. They also had plenty of problems with bad door hinges, springs, door latches and broken wires where they go through the hinge area. I can only think of one customer that still has a late 1980s left in operation. However they were still no where as bad as D&M, W. Westinghouse or the non GM built Frigidare dishwashers.
Over the past 30-50 years 25-50% of dishwashers sold in the US were pretty poor in the durability department and this made for a huge replacement market. In the over 30 years that we have had our company we have sold far more DWs than any other appliance, littereley thousands. They have been 80% WPs with some KAs, GEs and a very few MTs. A good machine machine can last 15-30 years or even more in some cases, but a DW is one of the more easily destroyed machines depending on how it is used, pre-rinsing easily kills more DWs every year than all other causes put together.