I saw a couple replies recommending GE dishwashers, and at one time I would have wanted only a GE. That is what I once thought. In a nutshell, I would stay AWAY from any GE dishwasher now, here's why I say that:
I own a 4 year old Profile tall-tub, near top of line. My mother has a 3 year old Triton XL, which is very similar to mine. Hers sees twice the use mine does. She bought the Triton as a repeat GE customer, since her 1986 Potscrubber 900 had lasted 19 years and only was replaced because a door spring broke and she was looking for an excuse to have a new one.
About 4 months ago her machine began making intermittent grinding/grumbling noises that would start and stop unexpectedly, but were brief. We all figured it was the internal food grinder. Since then, the noise has become louder and more frequent. There are loads now when it makes this noise nearly the entire load. Last week my mother called for service.
The GE factory repairman removed the toe panel, and test-ran the machine briefly then said "Well, that's another one!" As it turns out there seems to be a number of machines where bearings in the motors are prematurely wearing out. The repairman complained something about the bearings being encased in plastic (I was not there to ask for an explanation).
Her machine as I said is three years old. It gets run about every other day, or every three days - depends on how much she and my dad eat out for dinner. For a machine that is not run daily to have it's bearings wear out so fast is unacceptable, and apparently mom's is not the only one. I have heard the same noises coming from my machine, but since I use it less, it is developing more slowly.
The repairman suggested, unofficially, that the machine was not worth repairing, then did not charge her for the service call, saying that if GE called for a survey, to state that the call was refused at the door. He quoted $300 to repair it.
We went shopping for something new - the salespeople at two GE dealers in Charlotte said essentially the same thing "we like their cooking products but we do not actively sell their dishwashers and only will if a customer wants one. Their quality control has not been there like it once was".
I inquired with GE if they were having a problem with motor bearings, they said "no", of course. They will not back mom's machine with any support whatsoever, even after mom threatened to cancel her $2000 Profile in the wall double oven that was on order. Replacement motors have no changes in design or improved bearings. Since my machine is doing the same thing, we've decided to scrap them both, but not before I take a hatchet to them and post it on Youtube, lol.
I don't know for sure, but I think the standard tub GEs may be using a different motor, but I surely would NOT recommend the GE tall tub machines that we have, based on what has been said by the sales peopld and the GE repairman.
I own a 4 year old Profile tall-tub, near top of line. My mother has a 3 year old Triton XL, which is very similar to mine. Hers sees twice the use mine does. She bought the Triton as a repeat GE customer, since her 1986 Potscrubber 900 had lasted 19 years and only was replaced because a door spring broke and she was looking for an excuse to have a new one.
About 4 months ago her machine began making intermittent grinding/grumbling noises that would start and stop unexpectedly, but were brief. We all figured it was the internal food grinder. Since then, the noise has become louder and more frequent. There are loads now when it makes this noise nearly the entire load. Last week my mother called for service.
The GE factory repairman removed the toe panel, and test-ran the machine briefly then said "Well, that's another one!" As it turns out there seems to be a number of machines where bearings in the motors are prematurely wearing out. The repairman complained something about the bearings being encased in plastic (I was not there to ask for an explanation).
Her machine as I said is three years old. It gets run about every other day, or every three days - depends on how much she and my dad eat out for dinner. For a machine that is not run daily to have it's bearings wear out so fast is unacceptable, and apparently mom's is not the only one. I have heard the same noises coming from my machine, but since I use it less, it is developing more slowly.
The repairman suggested, unofficially, that the machine was not worth repairing, then did not charge her for the service call, saying that if GE called for a survey, to state that the call was refused at the door. He quoted $300 to repair it.
We went shopping for something new - the salespeople at two GE dealers in Charlotte said essentially the same thing "we like their cooking products but we do not actively sell their dishwashers and only will if a customer wants one. Their quality control has not been there like it once was".
I inquired with GE if they were having a problem with motor bearings, they said "no", of course. They will not back mom's machine with any support whatsoever, even after mom threatened to cancel her $2000 Profile in the wall double oven that was on order. Replacement motors have no changes in design or improved bearings. Since my machine is doing the same thing, we've decided to scrap them both, but not before I take a hatchet to them and post it on Youtube, lol.
I don't know for sure, but I think the standard tub GEs may be using a different motor, but I surely would NOT recommend the GE tall tub machines that we have, based on what has been said by the sales peopld and the GE repairman.
