The short answer
The DWS family is a built-in dishwasher platform sold by Blomberg, and the models in the table below share the build that makes these faults behave alike. The dominant complaint is dishes coming out dirty, filmed or still wet.
Problems on these models
- Dishes come out gritty, filmed or still wet — Start at the lower rack: grit there is a flow loss, not a detergent failure. See that page. — Slug: blomberg-blomberg-dishwasher-dws-dishwasher-cleaning-performance
- Water standing over the filter at the end of a cycle — Water above the filter rim stops the cycle advancing as well as leaving the load dirty. See that page. — Slug: blomberg-blomberg-dishwasher-dws-dishwasher-drainage-failure
- Water at the toe kick or a wet line down the door — Dry everything and watch which point wets first: the cabinet floor carries water forward from any rear source. See that page. — Slug: blomberg-blomberg-dishwasher-dws-dishwasher-water-leak
- Dead panel, or a lit panel that refuses to run — Whether the panel lights at all splits this into a supply fault and a latch fault. See that page. — Slug: blomberg-blomberg-dishwasher-dws-dishwasher-wont-start
Problem classes by frequency
- Dishes coming out dirty, filmed or still wet — Most reported on this family: the complaint owners of this family raise most, and the filter stack is behind nearly all of it.
- Water left standing in the tub — Next, generally a loaded sump rather than a failed pump on these machines.
- Water on the floor — Next, less frequent but more urgent, because a built-in leak reaches the floor before it reaches your attention.
- A machine that will not start a cycle — Least reported here: most often resolved at the latch or the breaker rather than at the control.
Models in the DWS family
Reference| Model number | Family key |
|---|---|
| DWS 51500 **** | blomberg:dishwasher:dws |
| DWS 51502 **** | blomberg:dishwasher:dws |
| DWS 55100 * | blomberg:dishwasher:dws |
| DWS 55100 ** | blomberg:dishwasher:dws |
| DWS 55100 *** | blomberg:dishwasher:dws |
| DWS55100* | blomberg:dishwasher:dws |
| DWS55100** | blomberg:dishwasher:dws |
| DWS55100*** | blomberg:dishwasher:dws |
Problem classes by rank (no counted sample) — No denominator: this family has no fault counts, so the table ranks and states no share.
General guidance| Problem class | Rank on this family |
|---|---|
| Dishes come out gritty, filmed or still wet | most reported |
| Water standing over the filter at the end of a cycle | mid-ranked |
| Water at the toe kick or a wet line down the door | mid-ranked |
| Dead panel, or a lit panel that refuses to run | least reported |
What is owner-fixable
Everything reachable with the door open is owner work here. The moment a job needs the machine out of its cabinet, or testing that has to be done with the power on, it is a service call.
Generalized information
What you are reading covers a family rather than a single machine. Every model code in the table above is in scope, and no model-specific page exists beneath this one to link to yet.
Other Blomberg dishwasher families
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