So the “fails to complete a cycle without erroring out” rate finally seems to have reached 100%, on the Samsung dishwasher that came with the house.

What do I need to know when picking a new one, and/or what models do y’all recommend?

I’ll take recommendations about how to fix the current one too, I guess, but I already got advice from an appliance repair man, who basically said “it would need a new control board, I.E. ditch it.” The error code it’s giving is supposedly about insufficient water or water flow, but the water feed is completely fine, as far as I can tell.

  • @RatsOffToYa
    7•1 year ago

    I’m not familiar with Samsung, but a couple of things to consider:

    • does your model have an internal filter or screens? If so find them and clean them
    • pull the sprayer arms and inspect the water ports. Sometimes gunk or hard food debris clogs them. You can clean them out with a toothpick and some shaking
    • get a dishwasher cleaner pack and run it on the sanitize cycle. *Alternatively get some citric acid powder and run a few cycles with that inside the tub.

    It’s disappointing to hear a repair person say “get a new one.” My last dishwasher was 20 years old. I repaired damn near everything on it myself including the control board.

    • @RatsOffToYa
      2•1 year ago

      Oh also there may be a float inside to measure water level. Not sure if it’s possible to inspect it with a ohm meter easily, but it’s worth checking.