Kitchen Appliance

Café Built-in Dishwasher

What is likely to break, when it happens, and how expensive it can be — from source-linked reports.

Reliability signal — · Insufficient data · data confidence Very Low

1 failure reports

Reliability summary

What is likely to go wrong, when it happens, and how expensive it can be — from source-linked failure reports.

Reliability signal

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1 failure report · Insufficient data · Data confidence: Very Low

Need at least 5 failure-signal reports before showing an A–F grade.

Most common issue: Bottom spray arm melted against heating coil (twice)
Typical first failure: 3 mo; Median of reports with timing
Median repair cost: —; Reported costs only
Highest reported repair: —; Not a guarantee

What breaks?

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Bottom spray arm melted against heating coil (twice)1 · 100%

When does it break?

Failure timing

Months after purchase, using reports that included timing.

What does it cost?

Reported repair costs

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Median months to failure

Failure reports

Median repair cost

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Still recommend

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% repaired

100%

% mfr warranty

100%

% extended warranty

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% support helpful

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What breaks?

What breaks? · reports

Bottom spray arm melted against heating coil (twice)

Bottom spray arm; heating coil contact

3 months

Source-linkedVerify source — Reddit post

r/Appliances post by Ithinkmayb: Café dishwasher bottom spray arm contacted the heat coil and melted. First occurrence repaired under warranty after a leak; second melt ~3 months later with locking mechanism still engaged and careful loading. Asking how to prevent recurrence.

UnverifiedEvidence ★★★☆☆Mfr warranty

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Months until failure

3 months

Repair cost

Not stated

Repaired

Yes

Manufacturer warranty

Yes

Extended warranty

Not stated

Support helpful

Not stated

Would recommend

Not stated

AI extraction confidence

90%

Verification status

Unverified

Evidence quality

★★★☆☆ (3/5)

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