I have a four year old Maytag Quiet Series 300 dishwasher that has stopped
working. I looked at it and found the ribbon cable to the front control
panel had burnt traces. A front control panel costs $250 or more, and there
is no guarantee it didn't take the control module out with it. Is there any
hope for this thing? I'm thinking it's time to trash it and get a new one
due to the cost of replacing the control panel.

On Apr 6, 11:25*am, Zootal wrote:
I have a four year old Maytag Quiet Series 300 dishwasher that has stopped
working. I looked at it and found the ribbon cable to the front control
panel had burnt traces. A front control panel costs $250 or more, and there
is no guarantee it didn't take the control module out with it. Is there any
hope for this thing? I'm thinking it's time to trash it and get a new one
due to the cost of replacing the control panel.

You can get a new one for like $300.

"Mikepier" wrote in message
...
On Apr 6, 11:25 am, Zootal wrote:
I have a four year old Maytag Quiet Series 300 dishwasher that has stopped
working. I looked at it and found the ribbon cable to the front control
panel had burnt traces. A front control panel costs $250 or more, and
there
is no guarantee it didn't take the control module out with it. Is there
any
hope for this thing? I'm thinking it's time to trash it and get a new one
due to the cost of replacing the control panel.

You can get a new one for like $300.

===

We had to replace our OLD Kitchen Aid. We got a budget "G"enerally
"E"xpectable. Now we have to wash the dishes before we put them in the dw.

JimT wrote:
"Mikepier" wrote in message
...
On Apr 6, 11:25 am, Zootal wrote:
I have a four year old Maytag Quiet Series 300 dishwasher that has stopped
working. I looked at it and found the ribbon cable to the front control
panel had burnt traces. A front control panel costs $250 or more, and
there
is no guarantee it didn't take the control module out with it. Is there
any
hope for this thing? I'm thinking it's time to trash it and get a new one
due to the cost of replacing the control panel.

You can get a new one for like $300.

===

We had to replace our OLD Kitchen Aid. We got a budget "G"enerally
"E"xpectable. Now we have to wash the dishes before we put them in the dw.



Shrug. My bottom-of-the-line GE generic does fine, running it maybe
twice a week. Do you leave lots of food waste on the dishes and pans you
put in there? Any dishwasher, best practice is, large waste goes in
trash, and if you aren't going to run the DW right away, a quick rinse
in the sink under running water. But it is far from washing them twice.
I do the trash-can step because I'm on septic, and don't have a garbage
disposal.

--
aem sends...

"aemeijers" wrote in message
...
JimT wrote:
"Mikepier" wrote in message
...
On Apr 6, 11:25 am, Zootal wrote:
I have a four year old Maytag Quiet Series 300 dishwasher that has
stopped
working. I looked at it and found the ribbon cable to the front control
panel had burnt traces. A front control panel costs $250 or more, and
there
is no guarantee it didn't take the control module out with it. Is there
any
hope for this thing? I'm thinking it's time to trash it and get a new
one
due to the cost of replacing the control panel.

You can get a new one for like $300.

===

We had to replace our OLD Kitchen Aid. We got a budget "G"enerally
"E"xpectable. Now we have to wash the dishes before we put them in the
dw.

Shrug. My bottom-of-the-line GE generic does fine, running it maybe twice
a week. Do you leave lots of food waste on the dishes and pans you put in
there? snip

LOL....see above.

It always amuses me when my DVR goes out and I have to watch commercial. How
do I survive? :-)

Zootal wrote the following:
I have a four year old Maytag Quiet Series 300 dishwasher that has stopped
working. I looked at it and found the ribbon cable to the front control
panel had burnt traces. A front control panel costs $250 or more, and there
is no guarantee it didn't take the control module out with it. Is there any
hope for this thing? I'm thinking it's time to trash it and get a new one
due to the cost of replacing the control panel.


There's a Fire Hazard recall on certain Maytag dishwashers.
https://repair.maytag.com/repair/dis...iteCd=MT_EN_US

--

Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
To email, remove the double zeroes after @

In article 31, Zootal wrote:
I have a four year old Maytag Quiet Series 300 dishwasher that has stopped
working. I looked at it and found the ribbon cable to the front control
panel had burnt traces. A front control panel costs $250 or more, and there
is no guarantee it didn't take the control module out with it. Is there any
hope for this thing? I'm thinking it's time to trash it and get a new one
due to the cost of replacing the control panel.

Have you checked eBay?

(Doug Miller) wrote in
:

In article 31,
Zootal wrote:
I have a four year old Maytag Quiet Series 300 dishwasher that has
stopped working. I looked at it and found the ribbon cable to the
front control panel had burnt traces. A front control panel costs $250
or more, and there is no guarantee it didn't take the control module
out with it. Is there any hope for this thing? I'm thinking it's time
to trash it and get a new one due to the cost of replacing the control
panel.

Have you checked eBay?


Yah - the only I found for my model is $200 :-(

Sigh...4 years, time to throw it away and buy another.

Anyone care to recommend a good dishwasher?

On Apr 6, 3:20*pm, Zootal wrote:
(Doug Miller) wrote :

In article 31,
Zootal wrote:
I have a four year old Maytag Quiet Series 300 dishwasher that has
stopped working. I looked at it and found the ribbon cable to the
front control panel had burnt traces. A front control panel costs $250
or more, and there is no guarantee it didn't take the control module
out with it. Is there any hope for this thing? I'm thinking it's time
to trash it and get a new one due to the cost of replacing the control
panel.

Have you checked eBay?

Yah - the only I found for my model is $200 :-(

Sigh...4 years, time to throw it away and buy another.

Anyone care to recommend a good dishwasher?

Buy one with a mechanical timer, there's much less to go wrong and
there is a possibility of fixing it if something does go wrong. I
HATE ELECTRONIC TIMERS!!!!

Sigh...4 years, time to throw it away and buy another.

Anyone care to recommend a good dishwasher?

Maytag used to be a good brand. We've had very good luck with Kitchen Aid.
Present one is 5 years and still perfect, last one was pushing 20 years.
The one before that was 15 years and we left it working in the house when
we moved.

"Ed Pawlowski" wrote in message
...


Sigh...4 years, time to throw it away and buy another.

Anyone care to recommend a good dishwasher?

Maytag used to be a good brand. We've had very good luck with Kitchen Aid.
Present one is 5 years and still perfect, last one was pushing 20 years.
The one before that was 15 years and we left it working in the house when
we moved.

Kitchen Aid still makes a good product but they don't make dw as well as
when Hobart owned the co. The last tech I talked to recommend saving the
money, buy a cheap GE and replace it when it goes out. I'm not aware of any
brand that works as well as the old Kitchen Aids but they would probably be
out of my price range anyway.

The OP would probably do well to consult Consumer Report.

On Apr 6, 4:20*pm, Zootal wrote:

Sigh...4 years, time to throw it away and buy another.

Anyone care to recommend a good dishwasher?

I don't believe there is more than a nickels worth of functional
difference in any like-type appliances.

Everybody makes a piece of **** designed only to outlive the warranty,
such as they are these days. I think I got a whopping 90 days on this
last $2200 TV.

Your x goes tits up, their y goes tits up, and they all they benefit
from consumers swapping brands. Everybody wins except the consumer,
as intended.
-----

- gpsman

"gpsman" wrote in message
...
On Apr 6, 4:20 pm, Zootal wrote:

Sigh...4 years, time to throw it away and buy another.

Anyone care to recommend a good dishwasher?

I don't believe there is more than a nickels worth of functional
difference in any like-type appliances.

Everybody makes a piece of **** designed only to outlive the warranty,
such as they are these days. I think I got a whopping 90 days on this
last $2200 TV.
snip
====

My Panasonic Viera has been going strong for over 6 years now. The picture
is as good as the day I bought it. Outlasted every TV I've ever owned.

On Apr 6, 10:48*pm, "JimT" wrote:
"gpsman" wrote

Everybody makes a piece of **** designed only to outlive the warranty,
such as they are these days. *I think I got a whopping 90 days on this
last $2200 TV.
snip
====

My Panasonic Viera has been going strong for over 6 years now. The picture
is as good as the day I bought it. Outlasted every TV I've ever owned.

I've had well over a dozen CRT TVs. Once upon a time I kept 3 in one
room, each tuned to a different news channel, and 1 in each of 3
baths.

Sold them all to buy bigger units after about 5 years, if I had to
guess.

I've never had a TV fail until this antique Pioneer 50" projection
started popping off in10 minutes after more than 10 years, and I've
kept it going for more than 2 years by taking off the back and aiming
a little fan to blow across the innards.

Something told me it was overheating...

Picture on it is still as good as I imagine I can remember it...
-----

- gpsman

JimT wrote:
"gpsman" wrote in message
...
On Apr 6, 4:20 pm, Zootal wrote:
Sigh...4 years, time to throw it away and buy another.

Anyone care to recommend a good dishwasher?

I don't believe there is more than a nickels worth of functional
difference in any like-type appliances.

Everybody makes a piece of **** designed only to outlive the warranty,
such as they are these days. I think I got a whopping 90 days on this
last $2200 TV.
snip
====

My Panasonic Viera has been going strong for over 6 years now. The picture
is as good as the day I bought it. Outlasted every TV I've ever owned.


Again, shrug. One of my Trinitrons is 12 years old, the other maybe six?
(bought it used). Both get heavy use, both still work perfectly. (Damn
Sony quality- I can't justify buying flat-screens till these die.)

--
aem sends....

On Apr 6, 10:48*pm, "JimT" wrote:
"gpsman" wrote in message

...
On Apr 6, 4:20 pm, Zootal wrote:

Anyone care to recommend a good dishwasher?

I don't believe there is more than a nickels worth of functional
difference in any like-type appliances.

A note: I recently began experiencing performance reduced from my
typical experience.

I called P&G relative to the simultaneous change in color (green/
white) of liquid Cascade™ and was told it had recently been
reformulated in compliance with federal regulations to eliminate
phosphates.

Before I removed the DW and installed another cabinet I changed the
setting to "High Temp Wash" (even though running the water at the sink
until it is hot is my SOP, and I think it's pretty hot) and
performance has been restored to its previous satisfactory level.
-----

- gpsman

On Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:20:26 -0500, Zootal
wrote:

(Doug Miller) wrote in
:

In article 31,
Zootal wrote:
I have a four year old Maytag Quiet Series 300 dishwasher that has
stopped working. I looked at it and found the ribbon cable to the
front control panel had burnt traces. A front control panel costs $250
or more, and there is no guarantee it didn't take the control module
out with it. Is there any hope for this thing? I'm thinking it's time
to trash it and get a new one due to the cost of replacing the control
panel.

Have you checked eBay?


Yah - the only I found for my model is $200 :-(

Sigh...4 years, time to throw it away and buy another.

Anyone care to recommend a good dishwasher?

I've had good luck and performance with Kenmore/Whirlpool and back
luck with GE and poor performance with Maytag.

On Apr 6, 11:25*am, Zootal wrote:
I have a four year old Maytag Quiet Series 300 dishwasher that has stopped
working. I looked at it and found the ribbon cable to the front control
panel had burnt traces. A front control panel costs $250 or more, and there
is no guarantee it didn't take the control module out with it. Is there any
hope for this thing? I'm thinking it's time to trash it and get a new one
due to the cost of replacing the control panel.

Such is the state of our throw-away society... Parts and the labor to
fix the appliance are usually more costly than simply buying a new
appliance.

On Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:56:20 -0400, wrote:

On Tue, 6 Apr 2010 12:53:23 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On Apr 6, 11:25*am, Zootal wrote:
I have a four year old Maytag Quiet Series 300 dishwasher that has stopped
working. I looked at it and found the ribbon cable to the front control
panel had burnt traces. A front control panel costs $250 or more, and there
is no guarantee it didn't take the control module out with it. Is there any
hope for this thing? I'm thinking it's time to trash it and get a new one
due to the cost of replacing the control panel.

Such is the state of our throw-away society... Parts and the labor to
fix the appliance are usually more costly than simply buying a new
appliance.

So is the throw-away society the cuase or the result of these things?

See if you can find any numbers that look like part numbers on the
part. Take thiose numbers and the model number and do a little
internet search. That front panel may not be $250.

Also, looking a part up on website that sells parts may give a part
number.

On Apr 6, 4:09*pm, mm wrote:
On Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:56:20 -0400, wrote:
On Tue, 6 Apr 2010 12:53:23 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On Apr 6, 11:25*am, Zootal wrote:
I have a four year old Maytag Quiet Series 300 dishwasher that has stopped
working. I looked at it and found the ribbon cable to the front control
panel had burnt traces. A front control panel costs $250 or more, and there
is no guarantee it didn't take the control module out with it. Is there any
hope for this thing? I'm thinking it's time to trash it and get a new one
due to the cost of replacing the control panel.

Such is the state of our throw-away society... Parts and the labor to
fix the appliance are usually more costly than simply buying a new
appliance.

So is the throw-away society the cuase or the result of these things?



See if you can find any numbers that look like part numbers on the
part. Take thiose numbers and the model number and do a little
internet search. That front panel may not be $250.

Also, looking a part up on website that sells parts may give a part
number.

I've had amazing success just typing a part number into google. When
I take something apart, if the part has numbers on it, I just start by
enter the part # into google and I'd say about 80% of the time you get
hits and places selling it. And there can be a wide range of
prices. On a de-humidifier fan motor I'm currently working on, you
can get it at Sears parts for $28 or pay $95 at other parts stores.

I don't know how google manages to cull all that info. The most
surprising thing I ever saw was when I was fixing my Sears
snowblower. I put the Sears model number for the engine in google
and among the hits it came back with, one was to an engine repair
place. The Sears model # for the engine was buried in the back of an
appendix for the complete Tecumseh repair manual for the engine, which
was 130 pages long. Even more amazing, it was a PDF that I could
download. But how google finds this, buried in the back of a 130
page PDF document amazes me. And also, you'd think it would take
more storage than there is in the universe to catalog, index, and keep
all that available on google.

On Wed, 7 Apr 2010 06:06:33 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

I don't know how google manages to cull all that info. The most
surprising thing I ever saw was when I was fixing my Sears
snowblower. I put the Sears model number for the engine in google
and among the hits it came back with, one was to an engine repair
place. The Sears model # for the engine was buried in the back of an
appendix for the complete Tecumseh repair manual for the engine, which
was 130 pages long. Even more amazing, it was a PDF that I could
download. But how google finds this, buried in the back of a 130
page PDF document amazes me. And also, you'd think it would take
more storage than there is in the universe to catalog, index, and keep
all that available on google.

All I know is that their computers spend a lot of time making indexes,
and I guess there is already an index on almost every word and number
to be found. I haven't thought about it too much before, figuring
I'm not as smart as they are, but it occurs to me that once the first
set of indexes is made for every word other than the, an, a, and other
they won't search for**, when a new page is found, they can just look
up every word on that page and make one more entry on every index that
already exists, and create a new index if they find any new words or
numbers or number/letter combinatinos (which are probably all treated
a like)

**Google and Yahoo won't search for "an" afaik, but including +an in
search terms will exclude pages that would otherwise be hits. That's
how I figure that works.

Maybe this accounts for some of it. There is also something about
their secret alogorith, that is used to rank hits on what you would
like to see first. One of the founders said, and the other would
probably agree, that their goal is to get you just what you most have
in mind, always, and indeed they are pretty good at it, but I don't
think there is any way to do it with only the infomration provided
these days. Because I myself wouldnt't know exactly what I want with
only the information I can give it Still, they're good.

Dear Zoot,
I've got an appliance parts company that sells to me.
Give me a yell off line, or post your model number and
serial, here. I'll drop a call, and let you knwo what I
find.

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
..


"Zootal" wrote in message
. 97.131...
I have a four year old Maytag Quiet Series 300 dishwasher
that has stopped
working. I looked at it and found the ribbon cable to the
front control
panel had burnt traces. A front control panel costs $250 or
more, and there
is no guarantee it didn't take the control module out with
it. Is there any
hope for this thing? I'm thinking it's time to trash it and
get a new one
due to the cost of replacing the control panel.

"Zootal" wrote

I have a four year old Maytag Quiet Series 300 dishwasher that has stopped
working. I looked at it and found the ribbon cable to the front control
panel had burnt traces. A front control panel costs $250 or more, and
there
is no guarantee it didn't take the control module out with it. Is there
any
hope for this thing? I'm thinking it's time to trash it and get a new one
due to the cost of replacing the control panel.

Hi, while I have beaten the stats on appliances almost every time, most
dishwashers are rated to last 7 years at best. Generally this is why
purchasing a used one is not a good idea. Keep this in mind as you look to
repair costs.

Stats he

Hot Water heater: about 25 years old. One element probably bad, cost to
repair due to parts alone supportable but skills not up to this on a gas
unit. Also not at all energy efficient. Using it for now but getting equal
of a 20G tank. Scheduled for replace vice repair. Tax credit this time.

Gas free standing oven- circa 1963. Replaced today. Bent dented sides from
renters, chipped to hell and back porcelin (could not have left in place if
sold house as was major ugly damage with missing bottom drawer even). Would
if not have had renter damage been worth any cost for repair as was a solid
unit. They just do not make them like that anymore. Unfortunately while
the unit could be repaired to funtional, there was no way to replace all the
stove top and 'backsplash' or side panels as it's too old. Cost to repair
(fellow out of curiousity checked) was about 450$ because it needed some
rare and hard to get fitting. New stove, tax credit again, 699$. Now I
have 5 burners (grin) of which one can be converted to those spiffy grills
if i want with a pretty simple add on kit.

Fridge- rated 12 years, renter damage. Still works although it looks like
they got mad at it and hit it with a baseball bat and knawed on the seals.
Got it in 1995. Missing all freezer shelves (wonder what they did with
them?). Slated 'eventually' for replacement but no hurry.

Chest freezer: Old one often called 'Bertha Butt'. Commercial unit you
could fit a full grown cow in if you folded their legs. Gifted to a church
who does a local 'free kitchen'. Bought used for 20$ in 1997. Gifted in
2007. Estimated age 40.

Everything has a lifecyle, if you use the item gently it tends to last. But
dishwashers seldom go a real long time past that.