Dishwasher Disaster (part 2)

[cimorene]

This dishwasher nonsense went like this:

1. The dishwasher didn't drain after the cycle a week ago last Friday and displayed the 'not draining' error. We bailed it out by hand and cleaned the filters and pump housing as instructed, then plugged it back in and turned it on.



2. We ran a load of dishes and got the not draining error again. However, the dishwasher had in fact drained when we looked in it and the stuff was clean. We unscrewed the outtake pipe from the under-sink trap and plumbing-snaked it. We didn't get much water or any evidence of blockage, so we hooked it back up.



3. But it started working again anyway.



4. It worked from Monday-Saturday, then yesterday (Saturday) gave the same error again. We found no problems in the filters, so we unhooked the drain pipe, but there was no water stuck in it, so we didn't use the plumbing snake. We just hooked it back up and turned it on.



5. But it started working again anyway.



6. ?!

I gueeeesss there might be some sort of sensor issue?????????

I am not cool with this becoming a pattern.

Wax says the cost of the repairman's labor is usually more than the cost of a new dishwasher, but given that it would be a cheaper dishwasher and this one came with the house and is a Miele and isn't even that old but IS out of warranty, maybe fixing it would still save money because it could presumably work longer AND better than its hypothetical replacement? I'm not cool with having to make this decision, either.

Comments

[stranger]

The illo for this story is striking and emotional!

In your shoes, I think I'd let it run another week to see if there's really a pattern before making any expensive decision. It sounds like the machine is otherwise good, and worth keeping if you can deal with the false error light.