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Thread Number: 97404
/ Tag: Modern Dishwashers
Frigidaire Dishwasher OrbitClean Spray Arm Issue |
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Post# 1222591 , Reply# 1 1/19/2025 at 22:02 by Combo52  (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Silly Frigidaire orbit, clean wash arm
I guess these arms work for a while, but we've been replacing them with conventional arms for years now and I think you'll be pleased with the results.
We see a lot of the orbit, arms that fall apart and end up on the heating element melted. I carry in my truck the regular arm and just replace it have it ever had a complaint. John | ||
| Post# 1222600 , Reply# 2 1/20/2025 at 02:06 by Egress (Oregon) | ||
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I have this dishwasher in my college home currently, minus the orbit arm. You'll find satisfactory cleaning in both racks with the replacement arm I am sure. | ||
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Post# 1222615 , Reply# 5 1/20/2025 at 08:53 by philcobendixduo (San Jose) |
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I remember our 1969..... | ||
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Post# 1222626 , Reply# 6 1/20/2025 at 14:32 by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA (considering moving to Temple, Texas)) |
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finish Have you tried their best finish ultimate and their matching finish jet dry? They should come ina black and gold tub. | ||
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Post# 1222627 , Reply# 7 1/20/2025 at 14:42 by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA (considering moving to Temple, Texas)) |
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Frigidaire new wash arms I am so sick and tired of Frigidaire. I had a dishwasher from them that lasted a year. A YEAR!!!! And I wouldn't trust that so-called orbit clean wash arm. Thank God I have my Kenmore built Bosch which reminds me of the Whirlpool power clean with the powerful wash system, plus a concealed heating element. | ||
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Post# 1222632 , Reply# 8 1/20/2025 at 15:24 by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI) |
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Post# 1222669 , Reply# 11 1/21/2025 at 00:22 by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA (considering moving to Temple, Texas)) |
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to niclonnic I stepped up to the Finish Ultimate line which is their highest end with cycle sync technology. They work in my dishwasher better than Cascade which produced froth. | ||
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Post# 1222709 , Reply# 12 1/21/2025 at 10:29 by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 1222718 , Reply# 13 1/21/2025 at 12:05 by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 1222719 , Reply# 14 1/21/2025 at 12:05 by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA (considering moving to Temple, Texas)) |
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cycle sync technology Cycle sync technology is supposed to release each ingredient at the right time according to Finish. It is exclusive to their Ultimate line I believe. | ||
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Post# 1222737 , Reply# 15 1/21/2025 at 16:22 by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 1222779 , Reply# 17 1/22/2025 at 07:14 by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA (considering moving to Temple, Texas)) |
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finish ultimate Well, I've been using Finish Ultimate since late 2023 and I've found they've done better than Cascade in my dishwasher. They're bigger than the quantum tabs. At least that's what I've noticed. They do leave a pleasant scent behind. | ||
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Post# 1222787 , Reply# 18 1/22/2025 at 10:01 by lovestowash (St. Petersburg, FL) |
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Same thing... | ||
| Post# 1222795 , Reply# 19 1/22/2025 at 12:33 by panasonicvac (Northern Utah) | ||
Regarding Frigidaire
From my experience Frigidaire seems to be good. Actually my local appliance technician said that his recommendation for a new fridge or stove today would be Frigidaire which I'd definitely consider. I really did liked the 2004 Frigidaire dishwasher my grandfather had until the cabin flooded, I wouldn't have minded another Frigidaire dishwasher for that place cause one of my uncles owns one for over a few years now and works well but it got replaced with an LG.
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| Post# 1222832 , Reply# 20 1/22/2025 at 20:38 by johnb300m (Chicago) | ||
Oh my, I don't know why they keep making that silly OrbitClean arm.
Electrolux is frustrating. I have their washer/dryer left over from previous homeowners, and they're actually amazing machines. A friend of mine swears by her Elux washer/dryer set. The microwave over the range I got a couple years ago is a Frigidaire and it was the best looking unit at the store for the price, had 400cfm hood velocity, highest for OTR at the time, and the only one that had two LED lights. Even the luxo-KitchenAid OTR micro had a dinky single incandescent light. I've had a couple basic Frigidaire dishwashers in apartments. All performed really well, ..... except around the time the detergents were reformulating phosphates out. That REALLY did in Frigidaire dishwashers I think harder than other makes. But even now, if you need a budget dishwasher, you can bypass the silly orbit arm and the lower end Frigidaire dishwashers are pretty nice, and even have turbidity soil sensing now. They seem to have good reviews online, and if not abused, could probably go a good 8-10yrs. I'd certainly get a budet Frigidaire dw at this point, over a budget Hotpoint/Haier dw. The swap to the standard Frigidaire wash arm is absolutely the right thing to keep that machine going for a while longer. Finish CycleSynch is a marketing scam, like others have said. If you look at the ingredients, they're hardly any different than the other Finish products. It's the same PVA wrapper. Their "claim" for cycle synch is the enzymes get to work while the main wash heats up to temp. Where once it's hot, the enzymes die and the regular soap does the rest. That's it, and that's literally what every other enzyme detergent does on the market. With that said, Finish detergents in general, for the time-being, I think are better than Cascade, for the water in my region. And they don't foam nearly as much as Cascade. I think Cascade Platinum is still the better choice, however, if you have heavily hard water, like over 12+ grains, it does a good job still. | ||
| Post# 1223101 , Reply# 22 1/27/2025 at 12:11 by kalanikaau1 (Honolulu, Hawaii) | ||
Reply# 5 
Concur regarding Frigidaire appliances.
I once owned (3) all fridge Kenmore refrigerators manufactured by Frigidaire, the reason why there were 3 of them is that the original unit was replaced by Sears under the extended warranty, which I wisely purchased upon buying it. All 3 suffered some sort of sealed refrigeration system failure within a years time, enough for me to swear off any Electrolux product thereafter. The 4th replacement unit was a reliable Whirlpool conventional top-mount fridge, I had told Sears that I did not want another Frigidaire at all. I recently purchased a new GE french door fridge, a Frigidaire was completely out of the question, besides they don't produce a model I was looking for in an all white finish. The Whirlpool is now 20 years old and hasn't failed me yet. | ||
| Post# 1223120 , Reply# 23 1/27/2025 at 23:16 by michaelz08 (Elmhurst, IL) | ||
And they’re barely improved since then. 
kalanikaau1- you’re right on the money. My Frigidaire fridge made it barely 4 years before it broke in such a way that the labor to repair it exceeded its value. And beyond that it was not well constructed, the cavity was slightly too wide for the shelves and they were millimeters from falling down.
I’ve replaced all the Frigidaire appliances that came with the place. While the rest didnt fail, they were at best simply cheaply built and at worst remarkably annoying and unpleasant to use. | ||
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Post# 1223130 , Reply# 24 1/28/2025 at 06:10 by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN) |
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I have two Frigidaire appliances...my gas stove and my dryer I bought for $20 and repaired for $20. I got it because it has front controls and I wanted to put it on a pedestal next to the Miele washer. It works fine enough but it just tumbles too fast causing clothing to stick to the drum instead of dropping through the heat stream. The sensor isn't all that great either. I always have to turn it back on for 15 extra minutes. But it still works since my repair. My GE never had any trouble drying anything even on low heat set for sensor dry...everything was dry when it stopped. It's now the backup dryer in the outbuilding.
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| Post# 1223170 , Reply# 26 1/28/2025 at 23:12 by johnb300m (Chicago) | ||
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Post# 1223179 , Reply# 27 1/29/2025 at 06:50 by Combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Frigidaire dishwasher orbit, clean, lower wash arm
Hopefully the generic arm will work, we're going to continue to fix these by putting in the simple basic Frigidaire arm.
Generic parts are destroying a lot of appliances. People are replacing original parts with these inferior parts and then the machine breaks again and they're throwing away the machine. It's even worse when they've paid big money to have somebody install a new heating element in a dryer for instance only to have it stopped heating again within a year. And then the entire Appliance is scrapped. At least with the lower wash arm if it fails, you can just replace it with the real one, and I have seen some generic parts that actually work for a while so good luck keep us posted. John | ||
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Post# 1223190 , Reply# 28 1/29/2025 at 11:06 by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA (considering moving to Temple, Texas)) |
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frigidaire dishwasher I'd stay away from Frigidaire dishwashers. Mine lasted a year before it stopped doing anything. The only thing it did was turn on its lights when pressing the buttons acting like it would do something. | ||
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Post# 1223496 , Reply# 30 2/3/2025 at 11:34 by Combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Sorry to hear about your damaged floor | ||
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Post# 1223687 , Reply# 33 2/5/2025 at 16:55 by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 1223708 , Reply# 34 2/5/2025 at 21:56 by Combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Frigidaire dishwasher lower wash arm
They have substituted the dark blue arm, I would just keep that one if it works well enough hopefully you'll get some more years out of the dishwasher. The main motor is the other weak point in these dishwashers. We've changed them pretty frequently although most people just opt for a different dishwasher because it's fairly expensive repair.
John L | ||
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