Miele dishwashers The dishes are not, clean, Problem solving guide, Possible cause, Remedy

Problem solving guide

Problem	Possible cause	Remedy
The dishes are not	The dishes were not	See notes in "Loading the
clean.	loaded correctly. Dishes	dishwasher".
	were placed inside other
	pieces, water could not
	access all surfaces.
	The outlet of the water in-	Make sure that dishes
	take pipe for the middle	placed in the rear section
	spray arm was covered.	of the upper basket do not
	An insufficient amount of	cover the opening.
	water flowed into the mid-
	dle spray arm.
	The programme was not	Select a more intensive
	powerful enough.	programme, see
		"Programme chart" at the
		end of these operating in-
		structions.
	Not enough detergent	Use more detergent, see
	was dispensed.	“Operating the dish-
		washer”.
	Tall items are blocking the	Rearrange the items so
	path of the spray arms.	that the spray arms can
		rotate freely.
	The spray arm jets are	Clean the spray arm jets,
	blocked.	see “Cleaning and Care”.
	The filter combination in	Clean and/or replace the
	the base of the wash cabi-	filter combination cor-
	net is not clean or is not	rectly. Clean the spray
	correctly fitted.	arm jets, see “Cleaning
	This may cause the spray	and Care”.
	arm jets to get blocked.
	The non-return valve is	Clean the drain pump and
	open and blocked. Dirty	the non-return valve, see
	water has flowed back	“Cleaning the drain pump
	into the wash cabinet.	and non-return valve”.

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