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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maytag[/quote]
This is what I thought, too, but not anymore. I bought a nice basic Maytag dishwasher in 2014 and it started out great. But two years later, parts started flying off of it. The top rack started throwing ball bearings all over the floor. Plastic parts started disintegrating. There were many, many similar complaints online, especially about the ball bearings. I tried to buy new parts and fix it but to replace the top rack rails, you literally have to uninstall the dishwasher, pull it out, disassemble the side panels, replace the rails and put the whole thing back together again. I finally gave up and replaced my 3 year old dishwasher.

A big problem is that Maytag is owned by Whirlpool. In fact, ALL of the following brands are owned by Whirlpool: Maytag, KitchenAid, Jenn-Air, Amana, and several European brands. Pretty much the only other option in the US is to get a Bosch, and I really wanted a dishwasher with a heating element which Bosch doesn't have. I wound up buying a Whirlpool and just made sure the top rack was not the same design as the faulty one, which I definitely saw on at least two of the above listed brands. The salesperson knew about the ball bearing problem. My new basic Whirlpool dishwasher is fine so far, but it does a surprisingly mediocre job of cleaning and I find myself having to add extra detergent to get a dirty load clean.

I think for my next dishwasher, I might go ahead and try a Bosch even though I have a mindset that it's overpriced for what it is.[/quote]

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