Fisher Paykel Dishdrawer DD603H – common fault?

[tabitha]

Hi, me again! Have had an engineer to look at my dw with a F1 fault on both drawers. He said both fill hoses had split. This was because the salt pots on this machine are sized for the newzealand market where they dont have hard water. We have hard water here so they get limescaled up and cause the fill hoses to explode. And both mine exploded at the same time! He has quoted approx £250 – £280 for repair which included labour, 2 fill hoses, 2 salt pots and possibly a pc board as I wont be able to stop the F1 error now as it has had water in the base of the machine for 24 hours or so. He said If I repair it, I need to fit a water softner in the house or it will happen again. He said to replace with a whirlpool standard dishwasher would be a better bet, which they could supply and fit and take my old one away. I love my dishwasher – I can load a top drawer without the “help” of my little ones, and as I paid £699 for it 2 years and 3 months ago, it seems a shame to bin it. But for £250 I could get a new machine with warrantly. Has anyone who works on or owns this dishwasher experienced the same and would I be throwing money away repairing it? I have posted on the parts forum to see If I can get parts cheaper myself as my hubby is handy enough to do the repair. Thanks for reading, Tabitha

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