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Frigidaire dishwasher drain and pump repair
Standing water in the bottom of the tub after every cycle. On these machines the cause is more often something caught than something failed — the filter, the sump, the check valve, or the connection under the sink that a plumber left blocked. We look at those before quoting a pump, and we show you the filter, because on this make it is a two-minute job you can then do yourself.
- From $89 diagnostic, credited to the repair
- 59 cities and neighborhoods covered
- OEM parts available on order
- In writing the price, before anything is opened
Before you read on
What this job costs and how it is agreed
A starting figure, not a quote. What moves it is the model, how the unit is built in and which part it needs — settled after the on-site diagnostic.
Starts at
from $129
After a diagnostic from $89, which comes off the bill when you go ahead.
or call (305) 615-5496
Diagnostic
From $89, credited to the repair
The price
In writing, before anything is opened
Warranty
On the labor we performed
On the visit
How this visit actually goes
The same order every time, so nothing is opened and nothing is charged before you have seen the figure and said yes.
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01
Look in the sump first
Glass, seeds, a bone fragment, a label from a jar. This is the commonest answer and it costs nothing to find.
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02
Check the drain hose and its high loop
A hose without a loop siphons the sink back into the machine; a crushed one behind the kickplate does the same as a blockage.
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03
Check the disposal connection
A knock-out plug left in place after a new disposal was fitted is a classic, and it is not the dishwasher's problem.
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04
Test the pump under power
Only after the passive causes are ruled out, and with the impeller inspected rather than assumed.
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05
Run a full cycle and watch it drain
Because a partial blockage clears once and comes back on the next heavy load.
Applies to
The Frigidaire units we carry this work out on
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Built-in · front control · plastic and stainless tub Frigidaire dishwasher repair in Miami
Thirty-six machines, from the plain front-control model that fills a builder's kitchen to the Gallery and Professional trims with a third rack. This is the appliance where the difference between series is smallest: the same platform, a different fascia and a quieter tub. What we attend is consistent because of that — not draining, not cleaning, not drying, and water where it should not be. The filter and the spray arms account for more of it than any electrical part does, which is why the first questions are about what is at the bottom of the tub.
- 36 machines across three trims on much the same platform
- Not draining, not cleaning, not drying, leaking — four complaints, one machine
- The filter and the spray arms explain more calls than any board ever does
In more detail
About Frigidaire dishwasher drain and pump repair
Standing water is usually the disposal, not the dishwasher
The first thing worth checking costs nothing: whether the knockout plug was ever removed from the garbage disposal when the machine was installed. In a kitchen built to a schedule that is a real and common miss, and it produces a machine that has never drained properly since the day it was fitted. After that the order is the filter, the check valve and the air gap, and only then the pump itself — which on this platform is a stocked part rather than an ordered one.
This article is based on:
- Official manufacturer documentation
- Internal repair procedures
- Technician repair history
- Company quality standards
Before you book
Questions about Frigidaire dishwasher drain and pump repair
There is an inch of water in the bottom after every cycle. Is that normal?
A film in the sump is normal and is meant to keep the seal wet. An inch that you can scoop is not, and it means the machine finished its cycle believing it had drained.
It drains if I run the disposal first. What does that tell you?
That the restriction is downstream of the machine — the disposal, its knockout or the branch into the trap — rather than in the dishwasher's own pump. That is a cheaper visit and a different one.
Where we do it
Across Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach
Same terms everywhere we go: an on-site diagnostic first, the price agreed in writing, and the exact figure confirmed once we have seen the unit.
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