Just be careful what new dishwasher you buy. With the introduction of energy efficiency and water savings, the 'new' generation of dishwashers have more complicated design and hence they fail more then they used to
I have personally gone through 3 or 4 dishwashers in the last couple of years, from expensive to cheap with no rhyme or reason to me. I just accepted the fact that I would have to exchange every two years, I made the power and water connection super easy, I have a dolly and I can pull out the unit and replace with the new one in 20 min tops....and then something funny happened:
My current Bosch works like a charm ever since I found this one (I had a Bosch before that failed just like the rest, so its not just the brand). This one also has a 30 min program that works really really well - we use nothing else anymore....its like we found a system that actually works like the old ones and are intentionally not using the rubbish programs to sanitize, safe water or energy.
You can try reviews, you can try consumer reports, my feel is that its just a crap shoot.
Don't bother with repair, its 1/3-1/2 of a new one and yours is 12 years old. Don't bother with extended warranties, the time you wait for them to show up or repair or replace is maddening - just go with a replace on fail - its a lot less stressful and the local appliance guy (or Home Depot/Lowes) deliver within 48h and take the old one away.
I have personally gone through 3 or 4 dishwashers in the last couple of years, from expensive to cheap with no rhyme or reason to me. I just accepted the fact that I would have to exchange every two years, I made the power and water connection super easy, I have a dolly and I can pull out the unit and replace with the new one in 20 min tops....and then something funny happened:
My current Bosch works like a charm ever since I found this one (I had a Bosch before that failed just like the rest, so its not just the brand). This one also has a 30 min program that works really really well - we use nothing else anymore....its like we found a system that actually works like the old ones and are intentionally not using the rubbish programs to sanitize, safe water or energy.
You can try reviews, you can try consumer reports, my feel is that its just a crap shoot.
Don't bother with repair, its 1/3-1/2 of a new one and yours is 12 years old. Don't bother with extended warranties, the time you wait for them to show up or repair or replace is maddening - just go with a replace on fail - its a lot less stressful and the local appliance guy (or Home Depot/Lowes) deliver within 48h and take the old one away.
Statistics: Posted by deikel — Sun Jan 28, 2024 9:40 am — Replies 33 — Views 1433