Dishwasher problems!

[bleedingheart]

My dishwasher is retaining water... don't know why but I am going to have to call a repairperson because it is not draining...

Any ideas what this might be...

Its a Kitchenaid dishwasher and its only 3 years old...

ugh...I hate appliances..

[GOPisEvil]

1. Have you checked the filter?

There's that little screen-thing on the bottom. Sometimes they get clogged up. It should be removable...just clean it out good.

That is the extent of my Bob Vila-type knowlegde...

[bleedingheart]

5. ah...this thing looks pretty complicated...

it has a garbage disposal unit I can't find and I would have to tear it apart...pisses me off...and of course it happens when I have two kids working full time to dirty every dish in the house.

[ChemEng]

7. Take off the bottom panel (a couple of screws),..

And look inside. You should see a drain line that is headed towards your sink drain line. In that line, you should see a cartridge that has a filter. I'm not sure what type of filter you have, but they are normally pretty easy to take apart for cleaning....

Good Luck!!

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

2. Just give it a good diuretic and it'll be fine in the morning.

I'm sorry, but that was just too, too obvious...

:evilgrin:

[madmax]

3. Could be the pump

mine 8 y.o. dishwasher died 2 months ago. The cost to repair it was almost the cost of the replacement. We live in a disposable society. Notice that appliances don't last as long as they use to? :shrug:

[bleedingheart]

6. if i get a new one I am going with that german one that is really

quiet.
this kitchenaid was supposedly quiet...bull
its a noisy pain in the ass right now... and it wasn't exactly cheap... so I hope it doesn't need to be replaced...

double ugh!

My mom has a refrigerator that is 50 years old...and my three year old dishwasher is throwing fits...
the previous one lasted 5 years before it died and it was a lot cheaper..

[JM]

4. Throw in...

...50 or so diuretics and call the repairman in the morning :evilgrin:

Later,
JM

[zekeson]

8. I thought our pump went out.

Steve, the friendly repairman couldn't make it out to the house so he told me what to check. When you open the inspection panel under the cabinet if it is belt driven the belt should be on. If not, thats your problem. 3$ replaced the belt. Service call would've started at 40$

[Peace_2_Everyone]

9. Sorry to hear of your dilemma

I found this page on how to locate your model number

http://www.applianceaid.com/model.html

and here is a forum for appliance repair assistance

http://a-1appliance.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=1


Now my story, we bought a simple & cheap Tappan dishwasher from Montgomery Ward just before they went out of business in this area. We didn’t buy the extended warranty and it is a good thing. To make a long story short, the motor went out just after an extended warranty would have expired!
I took the old GE motor out and tore it apart just to see what kind of shape the bearing were in. This GE motor was riveted together and it took a lot of grinding and beating with a hammer to get that motor apart, but I did. This motor did not have ANY ball bearings!!!!! It had a steel shaft set into a steel socket, this socket was lubricated by oil filled wick that surrounded the shafts on top and bottom. When oil filled wick dries out this GE motor fails!

It just struck me as a very cheaply designed motor that was made to fail just weeks after the extended warranty would have expired. GE can do better than that (if they wanted to)

I replaced it with a Emerson motor that bolts together and I am sure it has ball bearings, that cost about $75 doing it myself.

Well anyways you might post at this sight, also NEVER pay over half the cost to repair a unit than it would to replace the unit. Listen for key words from the repairman about common failures and a modified part.

I just replace a $12 part on my Kenmore washing machine; the parts supplier said they make a living off of that part!! Hahaha
Good luck to ya in what ever you decide!

[TrogL]

10. your trap is full

At the back there is a small grill that's full of old food and junk. You may have to pull the grill and rummage around beneath it to get it all.