Frigidaire dishwasher upper rack not cleaning or spray arm not spinning

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  • Опубликовано: 23 авг 2024
  • Its hard to tell at times if your dishwasher's top rack is cleaning properly. We realized our spray arm wasn't spinning, it just stayed at the same position regularly. Watch the video for the solution to getting the upper arm to spin once again.

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  • @CravingSolutions
    @CravingSolutions  7 месяцев назад

    If this video has helped you save money or time, I would appreciate you clicking the *_thanks_* button above!

  • @collinlovas
    @collinlovas Год назад +4

    This will give you a chuckle. I bought this house about two years ago and it came with the same Frigidaire dishwasher you have. I would clean the user-serviceable parts on a regular basis, but the dishes on the bottom rack wouldn't come clean. I tried different dishwashing detergents, to no avail. So, I would wash the dishes before putting them in the dishwasher. Occasionally, I would get lazy and put the air fryer pan, coated with grease and cooked particles in the bottom rack and it wouldn't come clean -- despite the fact that the air fryer pan is nonstick.
    Then, I saw your video and realized that the blue spinner had been attached upside down presumably at the factory!!! I flipped the blue spinner around so that the chrome pieces were facing upwards and that seems to have solved the issue!
    Thank you so much for being brave and taking your machine apart and documenting it. You saved me potentially $1,000 as I tend to replace rather than repair because there's no guarantee that the repairperson will fix the issue... and I like to resolve issues quickly. Thanks again!

    • @CravingSolutions
      @CravingSolutions  Год назад

      That is to funny 😂 lol
      Crazy that happened as one would never have expected it to be assembled wrong from the manufacturer…
      I am glad this was helpful for you!
      I also appreciate your support for my channel, with your help and others we are almost to 1k subscribers!

  • @lunalee2715
    @lunalee2715 2 года назад +3

    This worked for me, thank you for making this video. I searched for weeks and we even installed a new water inlet valve. THIS ended up being the problem, there was a small silver metal piece stuck in there. It was actually the Frigidaire label, that had fallen off and got under there. This is probably something that usually happens, but is rarely spoken about and was not on anything I read or found. Our dishwasher is now working and spraying water, thanks again!

  • @omarswanson876
    @omarswanson876 Год назад +1

    Just fixed my dishwasher afterr watching this video. Had a similar problem where a piece of a wooden chopstick was in that same area. Once i removed it and reassembled the parts, its working fine again. Thanks!

    • @CravingSolutions
      @CravingSolutions  11 месяцев назад

      Your welcome! I’m so glad I was able to help. Don’t forget to subscribe, we are only 2 away from 1000 subscribers!

  • @vithvijey4997
    @vithvijey4997 5 месяцев назад

    This video was super helpful! I couldn’t find a sprayer bottle but managed to get the Garden hose in the house and use that to with a low pressure nozzle to flush out whatever is blocking the top rack spray and sure enough that worked

  • @ChrisSmith-yj5fp
    @ChrisSmith-yj5fp 3 месяца назад

    This video just saved me a service call! I can’t thank you enough! 👊🏼

  • @LorenaDaniaMAKEUP
    @LorenaDaniaMAKEUP 2 года назад +2

    Thanks!!! I took out all the pieces but there wasn’t anything in there but after I put everything back it worked.. I was ready to take the brand new dishwasher to the dumpster

    • @CravingSolutions
      @CravingSolutions  2 года назад +1

      Glad you didn’t do that! Happy this video helped you and I appreciate you taking the time to comment and support my channel :)

  • @willowtreecoachingandconsu7192
    @willowtreecoachingandconsu7192 2 года назад +4

    Wow. I fixed my dishwasher. I have the same unit. Thank you.

  • @stevenk195
    @stevenk195 2 года назад +4

    You da man! Thank you! Mine had crud around that ball valve that prevented it from moving. FYI: That ball is a passive valve that determines the water flow to either the top or bottom sprayer. The direction of the motor changes the direction of the water, which in turn determines which way the ball moves to close off the water flow.

    • @CravingSolutions
      @CravingSolutions  Год назад

      Thank you for commenting! I am glad this helped you! :)

  • @andrewsanchez9654
    @andrewsanchez9654 Год назад +2

    Neither of the arms where spinning on mine, took it apart nothing was in their, after putting it back together it worked 😳😁. Thanks!!

    • @CravingSolutions
      @CravingSolutions  Год назад

      Thanks for leaving a comment and supporting my channel! Glad this helped!

  • @ericyeh1995
    @ericyeh1995 Месяц назад

    Thank you so much, the cancel button didn't work for me as well. I also need to start a new cycle to drain the water

  • @bethanyfletcher2day
    @bethanyfletcher2day Год назад

    Fabulous! Just pulled the middle arm off like you did and broke the damn thing!

    • @CravingSolutions
      @CravingSolutions  8 месяцев назад

      I'm sorry that happened to you. Yours was most likely very worn out. It's a snap mechanism and pulling it out was the only way to remove it.

  • @arrowdog8852
    @arrowdog8852 10 месяцев назад +2

    FYI, you installed the blue 'orbit arm' incorrectly (upside down)... the metal is supposed to face down to protect the plastic from the heating element, and the nozzles are on the other side, so you have them pointing down in this video. ;-) Thanks for the tip on the check-ball.

    • @CravingSolutions
      @CravingSolutions  8 месяцев назад

      Ah! That makes sense, thank you! I appreciate you taking the time to leave a comment, I'm sure this will help others in the future! :)

    • @DkpProductions
      @DkpProductions 6 месяцев назад +1

      There's another comment in here saying they flipped it over from the way the factory did it and now it works haha

  • @frankiehernandez1854
    @frankiehernandez1854 2 года назад +1

    Thanks pal. This helped me tremendously.

  • @djl9154
    @djl9154 Год назад +2

    Pretty sure the ball works as a backflow preventer to keep the after from flowing back down once pressure to the arms stop.

    • @CravingSolutions
      @CravingSolutions  Год назад

      I understand that now, but just didn’t at the time 😅
      Thank you for supporting my channel, with your help we are so close to 1k subscribers.

  • @trillionaire14
    @trillionaire14 2 года назад +1

    Very practical and simple 👌

  • @dalewalker517
    @dalewalker517 9 месяцев назад +1

    Helped me! Good job.

    • @CravingSolutions
      @CravingSolutions  8 месяцев назад

      Glad to hear it has helped you! Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment and supporting my channel!

  • @RRaucina
    @RRaucina 2 года назад +2

    Just the video I needed! By the way, there is a goober in your upper spray arm on the outside hole. I have nearly that same unit and my upper arms [There is another spray arm on the very top that I just discovered after 3 years - very hard to see] do not seem to spin at all. Now I read that they alternate to keep noise down [ And you mentioned it] , but for the life of me I cant figure out how that is accomplished. The ball seems to shut off the flow to the upper arms - how does it open up? Total mystery and I am a mechanic. 2 speed pump motor that blows the ball out of the way on high? Very unusual bit of engineering. Might have to call Frigidaire...

    • @CravingSolutions
      @CravingSolutions  2 года назад +1

      Yes I tried to open that one tiny hole up and it just fell back in lol 😂
      But ya that really is a mystery! But if it’s not broken why mess with it… So I choose to leave it alone!
      I appreciate you supporting my channel and I’m glad this video helped 😁

    • @suraj9695
      @suraj9695 Год назад

      me too I tried putting the ball back and water does not go up

  • @SweetLeeLee5959
    @SweetLeeLee5959 Год назад +1

    This worked!!!! Thank you!!! 🎉

    • @CravingSolutions
      @CravingSolutions  Год назад

      Your welcome! I’m so glad I was able to help and I appreciate your support for my channel! We are so close to 1000 subscribers :)

  • @daveautry-dz5nz
    @daveautry-dz5nz Год назад +1

    Thank you!

    • @CravingSolutions
      @CravingSolutions  Год назад

      Your welcome! I’m so glad I was able to help and I appreciate your support for my channel! We are so close to 1000 subscribers :)

  • @sterlling1
    @sterlling1 Год назад +1

    This fixed my GE

    • @CravingSolutions
      @CravingSolutions  Год назад +1

      That's awesome! Glad my video could help you out! Thanks for commenting and supporting my channel!

  • @RajiTripathi
    @RajiTripathi 2 года назад +2

    I wish you had shown the viewers like me how you removed the upper spray arm. Of course we saw how you put it back but with folks like me, often putting it back is much easier once you had removed something. Your video would have had a far greater value with that (absent) demonstration.

    • @CravingSolutions
      @CravingSolutions  2 года назад +1

      Hi Raji,
      As I mentioned in the video all i did was pull down on it and it came out. That’s all I had to do, I didn’t want to risk putting it back and taking it out to many times in case something breaks.

    • @RajiTripathi
      @RajiTripathi 2 года назад +1

      @@CravingSolutions Of course. Hope
      I didn't sound ungracious. Truly appreciate all the help.

    • @CravingSolutions
      @CravingSolutions  2 года назад +1

      @@RajiTripathi it’s ok, we’re you able to get your upper spray arm working?

    • @RajiTripathi
      @RajiTripathi 2 года назад +1

      Not yet; I sprained my wrist while gardening. I did find some gunk stuck in one of the holes. I cleaned it a bit, and decided to run the load already in the DW (after rearranging the bottom rack to ensure nothing was blocking the dispenser). This wash is currently going on. I am using vinegar (to remove any other unseen gunk). If this works then, no need to remove the spray arm. If not, then Plan B is to remove it.

    • @CravingSolutions
      @CravingSolutions  2 года назад +1

      @@RajiTripathi ok, please keep me posted. Also keep in mind that my true issue was that the water wasn’t getting to the spray arm. So this could be your issue as well.

  • @RRaucina
    @RRaucina 2 года назад +1

    What is very strange about your issue is if that stick stopped the impeller, you would not have ANY flow top or bottom... was the bottom arm spraying?

    • @CravingSolutions
      @CravingSolutions  2 года назад +1

      I believe we did, things on bottom were getting clean.. I’m not an appliance specialist or anything I just know this is what fixed it for me..

  • @PokéBrassfield
    @PokéBrassfield Год назад +1

    Nice bro!

  • @eptisamrahman9026
    @eptisamrahman9026 Год назад

    Thanks

    • @CravingSolutions
      @CravingSolutions  Год назад +1

      Its no problem! Thanks for commenting and supporting my channel!

  • @richikakapoor9232
    @richikakapoor9232 2 года назад

    I'm using ifb dishwasher Neptune vx.last night my husband put a tall utensil and today morning the upper arm doesn't rotate at all...though water is coming through the arm holes bt no rotation...vessels are dirty can anyone help pls....don't want to buy a new dishwasher

    • @CravingSolutions
      @CravingSolutions  Год назад

      I apologize for missing your comment! When this happens, usually something is clogging the water pressure, as that's what spins the arms. Try to dismantle the arm and see if there is any water coming out from the arms when you just pour water into it. Also try to see if water is coming out where to arm connects. Thank you for commenting and supporting my channel! With your help, we can reach 1,000 subscribers! :)

  • @choudharyrk2404
    @choudharyrk2404 Год назад

    bro please help my dishwasher washer is just 1.2 years old

  • @rl2552
    @rl2552 11 месяцев назад

    Three minutes in and haven’t said how to fix the upper arm can someone summarise plz thx

  • @choudharyrk2404
    @choudharyrk2404 Год назад

    when water is coming through upper arm not spinning atall what to do

    • @suraj9695
      @suraj9695 Год назад

      same issue here too

    • @choudharyrk2404
      @choudharyrk2404 Год назад

      @@suraj9695 my issue has been solved
      mine was diverter motor fault

    • @suraj9695
      @suraj9695 Год назад

      Sure did you replace it and if yes can you share the location

    • @choudharyrk2404
      @choudharyrk2404 Год назад

      @@suraj9695 bosch authorised service centre made replacement