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Thread Number: 82751
/ Tag: Vintage Dishwashers
i will never get why my mom decided not to keep this vintage kitchenaid dishwasher? |
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| Post# 1069092 4/24/2020 at 18:55 (1,456 days old) by pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada) | ||
hello to all aw members back in 1996 the condo where my mom and i live when purchuse this model dishwasher was supose to be included with the sale of the condo my mom and i live in if i would of know n of aw.org back in 1993 i would of advise my mom to keep that vintage kitchenaid but my mom wanted the appliances purchuse back in 1993 install because there was also suppose to be a vintage almond ge stove and fridge sadly can not go back in time pretty sure that vintage kitchenaid dishwasher would of lasted far longer than any modern dishwashers of today
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Post# 1069162 , Reply# 1 4/25/2020 at 09:38 (1,455 days old) by bradfordwhite  (central U.S.) |
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Ummm, by that point, Whirlpool was getting kind of sloppy with the KAs.
I've found some KA dws like this that leaked pretty bad. Particularly where the upper rack screws through the wall of the tub. Also, the baskets themselves, the finsih it'self not lasting and peeling..... and then the rust that goes along with it. .... and the door seal. Yeah, I wouldn't mourn your loss too much. Keep an eye out on Craigslist. You're likely to find similar models for $25 to $50 from people who's ad will state something like: "We've just bought this house and this was here. It works great but.....we're millennials and afraid to touch it...... please come buy it" | ||
| Post# 1069170 , Reply# 2 4/25/2020 at 10:09 (1,455 days old) by firedome (Binghamton NY & Lake Champlain VT) | ||
better yet... | ||
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Post# 1069171 , Reply# 3 4/25/2020 at 10:10 (1,455 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Whirlpool Getting Sloppy Building KA DWs ?
The horse was already out of the barn by the time the KDS-18s came out, The worst models were the 19s, 20s and the 21s really had all kinds of problems, Dart&Kraft ran KA in the early 80s and the quality was much worse than when Hobart fully controlled KA DW production.
In many ways KA DWs got much better in quality after WP took over in 1987, but the fact is even though KA DWs were always well designed and built they were very complicated and they were never the most reliable DW in terms of number of repairs during their life in your kitchen. In the 80s through the 90s WPs build quality surpassed all other major appliance builders including Maytag, GE and Frigidaire, This was well documented to those of us in the industry by WPs low number of warranty calls. John L. | ||
| Post# 1069177 , Reply# 4 4/25/2020 at 10:36 (1,455 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c ) | ||
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John is right I have a Custom 21 and its NOWHERE near as good as a earlier one Give me a one arm wonder ANYDAY | ||
| Post# 1069313 , Reply# 5 4/25/2020 at 21:57 (1,455 days old) by Ultralux88 (Denver) | ||
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| Post# 1069395 , Reply# 7 4/26/2020 at 10:33 (1,454 days old) by agiflow3 () | ||
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Thanks Tom I didn't thinks so. It's a shame Sears is gone now.The 2 in my area of NJ shut their doors this month. Woodbridge and the old one in New Brunswick. Are any Sears stores still open ? | ||
| Post# 1069396 , Reply# 8 4/26/2020 at 10:34 (1,454 days old) by agiflow3 () | ||
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Oops wrong post | ||
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Post# 1069402 , Reply# 9 4/26/2020 at 11:26 (1,454 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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 The KDI-17a we had didn't need any repairs for the duration we were in the house (to approx 1980), although the racks were deteriorating a little. The house we moved to already had a KDI-17a. We swapped one of the racks, don't recall if upper or lower. I vaguely recall a wire burned on the detergent dispenser, dad fixed it. The KA was replaced due to the motor bearings getting bad in late 2002 with a GE dad found on close-out at Lowe's or Home Depot. No repairs on the GE to-date (17+ years), although they're not any longer heavy DW users. | ||
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