Same here. The old ones worked great. The new ones suck....and cost twice as much.
Sounds like there might be a great new business opportunity in retrofitting these crap new dishwashers.
I might have to look into it.
My washer is 11 years old and last winter I had a repair on it.
I said to the repairmen that I would replace it the next time anything needed fixing and he said “Do not replace it,the new ones are virtually impossible to repair easily?”
I even would have bought it from the local company for which he worked but he said repairing would be better.
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