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David LeVine Posted on Jan 14, 2019

Burning smell from inside maytag dishwasher (not control panel) and element is charred. Diagonosis?

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Fault symptoms point to a burnt out element, which will need to be replaced.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Apr 29, 2008

SOURCE: Dishwasher Heating element not working

my wife shut the water off to the dishwasher and forgot to turn it back on and then used the dishwasher.
the heating element went on but there was nop water.
when we turned the water back on,the drying cycle does not work.i would think that the element needs to be changed or is there a relay on the computer board?
this is a two year old Jennair unit.
any suggestions?

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Sep 21, 2008

SOURCE: Maytag Dishwasher

THE 3 SEC LIGHT WILL NOT SHUT OFF AND WE CAN NOT RUN THE DISHWASHER

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  • Posted on Mar 30, 2009

SOURCE: maytag dishwasher MDBH940AWW. ''Touch Panel'' is not working.

Hi There,
Try just replacing the Keypad. It is cheap and is usually the cause. Hope this helps and thank you for using FixYa!

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Mar 31, 2009

SOURCE: bosch dishwasher electrical smell

probably is, hit the breaker

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Apr 05, 2009

SOURCE: Maytag Quiet Series 300 dishwasher,

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.

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You should have it checked, but in most cases something has gotten onto the heater element and was burned. But DO NOT, just think this,
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Dishwasher Heating element not working

rclay How old is your dish washer? It has up to five years limited (parts only) warranty on the electronic control. If it is within this period of time, then you can call Maytag and they will send you a new part. If you are not sure how old is it, you can find it with Maytag by the model and the serial numbers (on the door frame). The warranty for your dish washer you can get here: http://www.maytag.com/cust_serv/pdf_use_care_manual/6_915728.pdf Gendos...post back
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