Miele G 803 Problem solving guide, White residue is visible, on cutlery and dishes, of a program

Problem solving guide

Problem	Possible cause	Remedy
White residue is visible	Not enough rinse aid was	See “Adding rinse aid” to
on cutlery and dishes,	dispensed.	increase the dosage.
and clouding is evident	The salt reservoir is	The “Salt - PC” indicator
on glasses; the residue	empty.	is lit. See “Filling the salt
can be wiped off.		reservoir”.
	The water softener is set	Change to a higher set-
	too low.	ting; see “Before using
		the first time”.
	The salt reservoir cap is	Screw the cap on firmly.
	not screwed on properly.
	Phosphate free detergent	Try a detergent contain-
	was used.	ing phosphates.
Glasses are dull and	Glasses are not dish-	This is permanent and
discolored and the film	washer safe.	cannot be reversed. Use
cannot be wiped off.		glasses that are dish-
		washer safe.
The dishes are not dry	Not enough rinse aid was	Increase the dosage or
or there is streaking on	dispensed or the rinse aid	add rinse aid; see
glassware and cutlery	reservoir is empty.	“Adding rinse aid”.
	The dishes were un-	Allow dishes to cool be-
	loaded too soon.	fore unloading them; see
		“Unloading the dishes”.
	Heated drying is turned	Turn on heated drying,
	off.	see “Operating the dish-
		washer”.
There are rust stains on	The cutlery is not corro-	There is no remedy.
cutlery.	sion resistant or the sur-	Always purchase dish-
	face of the cutlery is	washer safe cutlery.
	scratched or pitted.
The detergent dispenser	Detergent residue may be	Clean out the residue.
lid cannot be closed.	blocking the latch.
Detergent remains in	The dispenser was damp	Make sure the dispenser
the dispenser at the end	when detergent was	is dry before adding de-
of a program.	added.	tergent.

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