Heating element gone on dishwasher

kelle · 23-09-2010 7:17am #1

We've had our dishwasher for 8 years. The heating element is not working. I've searched the Net for spares and I found an element at a cost of £93 sterling. Now, to get somebody in to replace this element would probably cost €100.

However, I don't know if this will be worth the money because if it fails again there will be further costs! Am I better off to buy a new dishwasher? Just wondering if any of you have had this experience.

The reason I'm so hesitant is because my work colleague's fridge wasn't working, so she called in a repairman at a cost of €100 - only for the fridge to break down again. So she bought a new fridge.

knighted_1 · 23-09-2010 10:17am

what make is the dishwasher?

kelle · 23-09-2010 12:04pm

Hi, Knighted. It's a NEFF S5443X2GB/17.

UrbanSea · 23-09-2010 12:17pm

I would usually reccommend a new dishwasher at that age,but Neff are great machines. That said,nothing lasts forever,if it were me I'd get a new one. See what knighted thinks,I see that he repairs machines.

kelle · 26-09-2010 4:11pm

Bought a new one, a Belling this time.

I'm heartbroken over having to dump what was otherwise a perfect dishwasher, but what can one do:(

UrbanSea · 27-09-2010 11:15am

Was that an integrated or free standing model?

G.MAN · 30-09-2010 7:49pm

sorry to come on to this late but it was more thenn likely a relay on the pcb that blew on the neff dishwasher.very cheap to fix.the elements dont really go on them

kelle · 30-09-2010 8:31pm

It's in the skip now, Gman.....

Heating element gone on dishwasher

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