Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 17:43:41 -0800
From: SMS 
Newsgroups: misc.consumers misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: Dishwashers Question

Cindi wrote:
> We have a Frigidaire Gallery dishwasher that we've had about 8 years.
> It has worked satisfactorily for the most part but recently the top
> rack keeps falling off the tracks and we're tired of fighting with it,
> treating it gingerly, and struggling to fix it.  My husband says we
> overload it... my thought is that it's MADE for glassware, mugs, etc. I
> should be able to fill that entire rack with glasses etc. and it should
> not fall off the tracks.  Why should I limit it to only Tupperware or
> other very lightweight things?  That's just ridiculous.
> 
> We're shopping for a new dishwasher, he found one almost identical on
> sale for a very good price but I'm leery of buying it again.
> 
> Does anyone else have similar problems with the top racks?  Is this a
> universal problem?  Or am I right and I should purchase a different
> mfr., maybe Kenmore which CR has rated very highly.

I have a Maytag that cleans well, but the racks are falling apart after 
five years, with the coating peeling off, and the wire underneath 
rusting. New racks are very expensive.