What this LG vs Maytag comparison is based on#
Most records in this comparison set have a subject — one component that takes far more of the filings than anything else. Neither of these does. Both spread their weight across three components, and the comparison is therefore between two shortlists rather than between two answers.
The evidence is 47 CPSC SaferProducts filings naming a component on an LG [dishwasher](/blog/repair-or-replace-dishwasher) and 228 doing the same for a Maytag, both made between 2011 and 2026. Each figure is a share of one brand's own filings.
Two shortlists, two slots in common#
LG's three are the control board at 30%, wiring or the power cord at 28% and the motor at 15% — 14, 13 and 7 filings.
Maytag's three are the control board at 25%, the heating element at 23% and wiring or the power cord at 13% — 57, 52 and 29 filings.
Two of the three slots match. Both records put the control board at the top, at shares 5 points apart, and both carry a substantial wiring or power cord component, 15 points apart. The third slot is where they part: LG's is the motor, Maytag's is heat.
The two components that do not appear on both lists#
The heating element is named in 23% of the Maytag filings and in a single LG filing at 2%. The motor is named in 15% of the LG filings, seven reports, and in 3% of the Maytag ones, which is six.
Those are the page's two real differences, at 21 points and 12 points, and they are asymmetrically evidenced. The Maytag side of the heat row is 52 filings and firm; the LG side is one report, which means unattested rather than rare. The LG side of the motor row is seven filings out of 47 — thin in absolute terms but a substantial share of a small record — against six out of 228.
What a pair of flat records supports#
Less than a concentrated one, and more honestly. Neither column licenses the sentence "reports about this brand are mostly about X", because in both cases they are not mostly about anything. What each supports is a shortlist of three components that between them account for most of what was filed, with the ordering inside the shortlist worth very little — especially for LG, where a single filing is worth about two points and the top two rows are separated by one report.
The limit underneath all of it is the usual one. Both columns count filings and neither counts machines; no public source states how many dishwashers of either brand are in service; and the corpus over-represents incidents with a safety dimension, which lifts heat-related and electrical rows in every record it contains.
LG vs Maytag dishwashers: what the reports mention#
Both columns are shares of their own corpus, and the corpora differ in size. LG: CPSC SaferProducts incident reports for LG dishwashers, 2011-2026, n=47. Maytag: CPSC SaferProducts incident reports for Maytag dishwashers, 2011-2026, n=228. A difference no larger than one report on either side is marked "within one-report noise".
| Component mentioned | LG | Maytag | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heating Element | 2% (1 of 47) | 23% (52 of 228) | 21 points more often for Maytag |
| Wiring or Power Cord | 28% (13 of 47) | 13% (29 of 228) | 15 points more often for LG |
| Motor | 15% (7 of 47) | 3% (6 of 228) | 12 points more often for LG |
| Control Board | 30% (14 of 47) | 25% (57 of 228) | 5 points more often for LG |
About the corpus: these are CPSC SaferProducts reports — incidents someone chose to report, not units sold — so the shares on this page are shares of the reports and never a failure rate. The corpus is weighted toward safety events: 12,007 of its 20,581 records (58%) are fire, smoke, burn or melt reports, which over-represents the components that burn and under-represents the ones that merely stop working.
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LG dishwashers: the reported component split#
LG dishwashers — every share in this table is a share of: CPSC SaferProducts incident reports for LG dishwashers, 2011-2026, n=47.
| Component mentioned | Share of reports | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| Control Board | 30% | 14 of 47 |
| Wiring or Power Cord | 28% | 13 of 47 |
| Motor | 15% | 7 of 47 |
| Compressor | 2% | 1 of 47 |
| Drain Pump or Hose | 2% | 1 of 47 |
| Heating Element | 2% | 1 of 47 |
Shares of reports, not failure rates — see the corpus note above.
Maytag dishwashers: the reported component split#
Maytag dishwashers — every share in this table is a share of: CPSC SaferProducts incident reports for Maytag dishwashers, 2011-2026, n=228.
| Component mentioned | Share of reports | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| Control Board | 25% | 57 of 228 |
| Heating Element | 23% | 52 of 228 |
| Wiring or Power Cord | 13% | 29 of 228 |
| Motor | 3% | 6 of 228 |
| Thermostat or Sensor | 1% | 3 of 228 |
| Water Valve or Line | 1% | 3 of 228 |
Shares of reports, not failure rates — see the corpus note above.
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How to use these numbers#
What this comparison can settle: which components the reported incidents of each brand actually concentrate on, for this appliance. What it cannot settle: which brand fails more often. That would need units sold, and no public source states it. Use the component split to plan for the repair each brand is most reported for, not to rank the two.
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