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Dishwashers Question
We have a Frigidaire Gallery dishwasher that we've had about 8 years.
It has worked satisfactorily for the most part but recently the top rack keeps falling off the tracks and we're tired of fighting with it, treating it gingerly, and struggling to fix it. My husband says we overload it... my thought is that it's MADE for glassware, mugs, etc. I should be able to fill that entire rack with glasses etc. and it should not fall off the tracks. Why should I limit it to only Tupperware or other very lightweight things? That's just ridiculous. We're shopping for a new dishwasher, he found one almost identical on sale for a very good price but I'm leery of buying it again. Does anyone else have similar problems with the top racks? Is this a universal problem? Or am I right and I should purchase a different mfr., maybe Kenmore which CR has rated very highly. |
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"Cindi" wrote in message ups.com... We have a Frigidaire Gallery dishwasher that we've had about 8 years. It has worked satisfactorily for the most part but recently the top rack keeps falling off the tracks and we're tired of fighting with it, treating it gingerly, and struggling to fix it. My husband says we overload it... my thought is that it's MADE for glassware, mugs, etc. I should be able to fill that entire rack with glasses etc. and it should not fall off the tracks. Why should I limit it to only Tupperware or other very lightweight things? That's just ridiculous. We're shopping for a new dishwasher, he found one almost identical on sale for a very good price but I'm leery of buying it again. Does anyone else have similar problems with the top racks? Is this a universal problem? Or am I right and I should purchase a different mfr., maybe Kenmore which CR has rated very highly. never had the top rack come off my dishwasher. |
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"Cindi" wrote in message
ups.com... We have a Frigidaire Gallery dishwasher that we've had about 8 years. It has worked satisfactorily for the most part but recently the top rack keeps falling off the tracks and we're tired of fighting with it, treating it gingerly, and struggling to fix it. That sounds a bit strange. Unless your top rack is actually broken, that sounds like maybe you have one of those adjustable top racks that have pull-tabs on each side in the front and the back of the top rack. If both front and back are not adjusted to the same setting, I can imagine the rack coming loose. |
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Cindi wrote:
We have a Frigidaire Gallery dishwasher that we've had about 8 years. It has worked satisfactorily for the most part but recently the top rack keeps falling off the tracks and we're tired of fighting with it, treating it gingerly, and struggling to fix it. My husband says we overload it... my thought is that it's MADE for glassware, mugs, etc. I should be able to fill that entire rack with glasses etc. and it should not fall off the tracks. Why should I limit it to only Tupperware or other very lightweight things? That's just ridiculous. We're shopping for a new dishwasher, he found one almost identical on sale for a very good price but I'm leery of buying it again. Does anyone else have similar problems with the top racks? Is this a universal problem? Or am I right and I should purchase a different mfr., maybe Kenmore which CR has rated very highly. I have a Maytag that cleans well, but the racks are falling apart after five years, with the coating peeling off, and the wire underneath rusting. New racks are very expensive. |
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I had a 16 year old Hotpoint that I replaced last year with a GE
Profile. The racks never came off either. While looking at new ones, I did notice that some had racks that were much lighter and flimsier than others. So, go out and look. Also, CR has ratings on some models from most manufacturers. |
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"Cindi" wrote in message ups.com... We have a Frigidaire Gallery dishwasher that we've had about 8 years. It has worked satisfactorily for the most part but recently the top rack keeps falling off the tracks and we're tired of fighting with it, treating it gingerly, and struggling to fix it. My husband says we overload it... my thought is that it's MADE for glassware, mugs, etc. I should be able to fill that entire rack with glasses etc. and it should not fall off the tracks. Why should I limit it to only Tupperware or other very lightweight things? That's just ridiculous. We're shopping for a new dishwasher, he found one almost identical on sale for a very good price but I'm leery of buying it again. Does anyone else have similar problems with the top racks? Is this a universal problem? Or am I right and I should purchase a different mfr., maybe Kenmore which CR has rated very highly. OK, we own a Frigidaire model dishwasher, and we LOVE it, but we've only had it about a year. If yours lasted 8 years, I'd say you've gotten your money out of it. A brand new one (with many premium features, even) is only about $250. If it lasts another 8 years, that would be about $30/year. Not bad! I'd suggest you replace it with the following: http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...RES&lpage=none Note that you might have to special-order to get a matching color, but they've got white, black, silver, bisque, stainless and ???, all in this model, though the stainless costs a bit more, I think. Oh, and switching to Kenmore might back-fire on you. There is no brand "Kenmore". If you buy a "Kenmore" hoping to get something other than frigidaire, you might be surprised to discover that the kenmore dishwasher was made by frigidaire. But again, I think you are looking at this all wrong. You say you've had a dishwasher that worked fine for 8 years. THAT'S NOT BAD!!! I know we all hope that our appliances would last forever, but if you've only started having problems with it after 8 years, I'd say that's OUTSTANDING performance. If anything, you should be inclined to purchase another of the same brand, as it has performed very well for you. -Dave |
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Janie wrote:
Look for a place that sells used appliances. Tell the owner exactly what you want, in this case a rack for a certain model dishwasher, and he may come up with the item for you at a very low cost. My neighbor sells used appliances and throws this kind of stuff away on a daily basis. How can he sell a used dishwasher without the racks? |
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"SMS" wrote in message ... Janie wrote: Look for a place that sells used appliances. Tell the owner exactly what you want, in this case a rack for a certain model dishwasher, and he may come up with the item for you at a very low cost. My neighbor sells used appliances and throws this kind of stuff away on a daily basis. How can he sell a used dishwasher without the racks? It's called cannibalizing. You take two broken dishwashers of similar or same model. They both have a different problem, hopefully. You take parts from one to fix the other one so you can sell it. Now you have several leftover parts that aren't useful anymore. -Dave |
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"SMS" wrote in message ... Janie wrote: Look for a place that sells used appliances. Tell the owner exactly what you want, in this case a rack for a certain model dishwasher, and he may come up with the item for you at a very low cost. My neighbor sells used appliances and throws this kind of stuff away on a daily basis. How can he sell a used dishwasher without the racks? He gets lots of appliance that have been hauled away when people purchased new ones. He has to take everything from the various companies.( He has contracts with places that sell only new stuff and gets their customers' discards.) Lots of the stuff he gets isn't worth fixing, but he will strip some things for parts to use on other stuff. He may have a machine that he isn't going to fix, and might even just give it to you to get rid of it or sell it to real cheap. He picks out the best stuff to repair, usually the newer stuff that still looks nice. People keep tossing stuff that looks good and only need --at least to him- minor repairs. He runs a full time repair shop and services all major brands. If he doesn't have service calls, then he works on repairing used stuff and resells it. |
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On 15 Mar 2006 13:19:05 -0800, someone wrote:
We have a Frigidaire Gallery dishwasher that we've had about 8 years. It has worked satisfactorily for the most part but recently the top rack keeps falling off the tracks Eight years and the only thing wrong is that now the rack comes off, doesn't sound like a bad deal to me. Maybe you'd rather have one where the racks stayed on but it blew some other $200 worth of parts? My Frigidaire DW, after 7 years the motor that drives the vent fan burnt up, and I do mean burned. Melted part of the front panel as well as the vent chamber the blower was attached to. You take mine, and I'll take yours. Reply to NG only - this e.mail address goes to a kill file. |
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On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 08:39:36 -0800, SMS
wrote: Janie wrote: Look for a place that sells used appliances. Tell the owner exactly what you want, in this case a rack for a certain model dishwasher, and he may come up with the item for you at a very low cost. My neighbor sells used appliances and throws this kind of stuff away on a daily basis. How can he sell a used dishwasher without the racks? He doesn't need to, if it was one he was otherwise discarding after scavenging parts. Besides, he can probably find an ignorant credit-card bigot who wouldn't know the difference. |
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On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 01:44:31 GMT, someone wrote:
Besides, he can probably find an ignorant credit-card bigot who wouldn't know the difference. Huh? He could also find an ignorant mouth-breathing cash-only idiot without a bank account; what's that got to do with racks? Reply to NG only - this e.mail address goes to a kill file. |
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