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Troubleshooting
TROUBLESHOOTING
PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE POSSIBLE SOLUTION
Spots and
filming on dishes
Water hardness is too high.
For extremely hard water,
install a water softener.
Dishes are loaded improperly.
Reload the dishwasher
as shown in "Preparing
and Loading
Dishes" on page 9.
Old or damp rinse aid
power is used.
Use fresh, liquid rinse aid.
The rinse aid dispenser is empty
or the setting is too low.
Fill the rinse aid dispenser.
Increase the rinse
aid setting.
Etching
Using too much detergent.
Use less detergent if you
have soft water.
The inlet water temperature
exceeds 150 °F (66 °C).
Lower the inlet water
temperature.
Detergent left in
dispenser cup
Detergent may be too old. Use fresh detergent.
The spray arm is blocked.
When you load the dishes,
make sure that the spray
arms are not blocked.
The detergent
dispenser
will not close
Improper operation of the
detergent cover.
Add detergent and rinse
aid only as indicated in
this manual. See "Filling
the Detergent Dispenser"
on page 17 and
"Filling the Rinse Aid
Dispenser" on page 18.
Water remains in
the dishwasher.
The previous cycle has not
finished or has been interrupted.
Make sure that the current
cycle is finished.
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