KitchenAid dishwasher repair in Kansas City
KitchenAid dishwashers put a stainless tub over Whirlpool's pump layout: one wash motor in the sump, and a separate diverter motor that alternates pressure between the upper and lower spray arms instead of running both at once.
What goes wrong with KitchenAid dishwashers
- One rack clean, the other filthy
- Because the diverter feeds the racks in turn, a stuck diverter disc or a failed diverter motor starves one level for the whole cycle. The motor sits under the sump and is reached from below with the dishwasher pulled out.
- Cycles running for hours
- These machines use an optical sensor in the tub to read how dirty the water is and set cycle length from it. When detergent film clouds that window, the control keeps extending the wash. Cleaning or replacing the sensor fixes it.
- Grinding or humming with weak spray
- The wash motor and its impeller are a single assembly in the sump, and the chopper that grinds soft food sits with it. A bearing going down sounds like a groan through the door, and cleaning suffers before the motor fully quits.
- Door dropping open
- A cable runs over a drum at each lower corner to hold the heavy stainless door. When one cable frays off its drum the door falls instead of gliding. Both cables and both springs get replaced as a set.
Before you call
Stop pre-rinsing dishes spotless. The soil sensor reads clean water and shortens the cycle, and a monthly run of dishwasher cleaner keeps film off that sensor window and out of the sump.
Pricing
$175 to $300 for most dishwasher repairs including parts and labor. The $109 diagnostic is credited to the repair when you approve the written quote.
General symptoms and what each usually means are in our dishwasher repair guide. More on the brand: KitchenAid appliance repair.
Book a repair
Call before noon on a weekday and a technician can usually be at your home the same afternoon, anywhere in the 83 communities we cover.