Important Safety Information
!WARNING
To avoid personal injury or death from improper servicing, make sure you read and understand the descriptions and meaning of various safety symbols, words and labels used in this manual, before attempting any procedures described in the manual. Failure to understand and comply with safety information may result in severe personal injury or death.
General Information
This Service Manual describes the operation, disassembly, troubleshooting, and repair of Maytag® Dishwashers. It is intended for use by authorized servicer’s who troubleshoot and repair these units.
NOTE: It is assumed that users of this manual are familiar with the use of tools and equipment used to troubleshoot and repair electrical, and mechanical systems; and understand the terminology used to describe and discuss them.
Related Publications
This is a base service manual, covering a range of similar models. It is intended to be used in conjunction with the Parts Manual and Technical Sheet covering specific model being serviced.
General Precautions and Warnings
•Dispose of discarded appliance and shipping or packing material properly.
•Do not allow children to play in or on dishwasher.
•Do not abuse, sit, stand or play on door or racks of a dishwasher.
•Use only detergents and rinse agents recommended for use in a dishwasher.
•Store dishwasher detergent and rinse agents out of the reach of children.
•If the dishwasher drains into a food disposer, make sure disposer is completely empty before running dishwasher.
•Repairs should be done by a qualified technician.
•Do not tamper with controls.
•Do not touch the heating element during or immediately after use.
•Load sharp knives with the handles up to reduce the risk of
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!WARNING
To avoid risk of personal injury or death due to electrical shock:
•Grounding wires and wires colored like grounding wires are NOT to be used as current carrying conductors.
•Standard accepted color coding for ground wires is green or green with a yellow stripe.
•Grounding wires should not be removed from individual components while servicing, unless component is to be removed and replaced.
•Replace all removed grounding wires before completing service.
!WARNING
To avoid death, severe personal injury, fire or electrical shock when using dishwasher observe the following:
•Observe all local codes and ordinances.
•Disconnect electrical power to dishwasher before servicing.
•Connect dishwasher to a grounded metal, permanent wiring system.
•DO NOT ground to gas line.
•DO NOT ground to cold water pipe if pipe is interrupted by plastic,
•Check with a qualified electrician if you are not sure this appliance is properly grounded.
•This dishwasher is designed to operate on regular house current (120 V, 60 Hz). Use a circuit equipped with a 15 ampere fuse or circuit breaker. Use a 20 ampere fuse if dishwasher is connected with a food waste disposer.
•Under certain conditions, hydrogen gas may be produced in a hot water system that has not been used for 2 weeks or more. HYDROGEN GAS IS EXPLOSIVE. If hot water system has not been used for such a period, before using dishwasher, turn on all hot water faucets and let water flow from each for several minutes. This will release any accumulated hydrogen gas. HYDROGEN GAS IS FLAMMABLE. Do not smoke or use an open flame during this time.
•Do not store or use combustible materials, gasoline or other flammable vapors and liquids in the vicinity of this or any other appliance.
•Do not wash plastic items unless marked "dishwasher safe" or the equivalent. If not marked, check with manufacturer for recommendations. Items that are not dishwasher safe may melt and create a potential fire hazard.
•To avoid entrapment and/or suffocation, remove door or door latch mechanism from any dishwasher that is discarded or not in use.
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