Dishes not cleaning

Set a full coffeecup full of distilled white vinegar in the bottom rack and run a light wash cycle. The vinegar will make a LOT of difference.

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Check your heating element..
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The problem is hard water and your softener must not be taken it all out. There is a new product out called the dishwasher filtration system. It filters the water before it enters your dishwasher. It works amazing and has a money back guarantee. You will love the way your dishes look after the first load. It is also very affordable (like 70 bucks). Go to www.dishwasherfilter.com to find out more info.

Possible that the motor impeller has good particles in it, causing poor water pressure, which would be most evident on the top rack. You would have to remove the spray arm, then the filter, then the torx screws to get at impeller....unfortunately, that model of dishwasher isn't the greatest in the first place for washing, since it only has the one spray arm.

The seals that the racks "plug" into need replaced. Ours had the same issue and replaced the seals and it works fine now.

Had similar problem with our Maytag dishwasher--we removed all spray and screen components to the inner case, cleaned the intake screen below the lower spray arm, repaired a split upper spray arm, and inspected everything for cracks or other distortion. All of this helped some, but finally improved things by changing from liquid detergent to a "packet" type. Our water is somewhat hard and builds deposits on the screen at the bottom. Run a no-dish cycle with a cup of white vinegar in the bottom.

You purchased an economy model dishwasher. Sure it will work. Would a slightly more expensive model work better? Yes. You are almost always getting the best value (performance for the dollar) when you buy a middle of the line product. In the case of the dishwasher, a bit more money would have resulted in a "tall tub" model, which would have had three wash arms, without the extending tower sprayer in the middle of the bottom rack. Once you go beyond that, you start paying for more cycles, more delux racks, and additional sound insulation, which is nice, but not essential to getting the dishes any cleaner.

MAYTAG MODEL MDB7160AWB DISHWASHER
fills,starts wash cycle and shuts down about 2 min. into cycle

Our control panel is fine. For now. (The machine is only 3 months old). This is our problem--and I haven't yet seen this complaint at all over the internt: The lower wash arm is getting stuck on the bottom rack and stopping immediately. This seems to be a design flaw. The bottom rack is just built too low. A service man was out once. He tightened the wash arm. Didn't work. The service department at the dealership is now ignoring our subsequent calls!! So I wonder if the "not cleaning" problem you have is because of this.