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Troubleshooting
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Issue
Cause and troubleshooting
Wipeable or water-soluble coatings
inside the appliance or on the
door.
There is detergent residue. These coatings cannot generally be removed with
chemicals.
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Change your Detergent.
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Scrub the appliance by hand.
White coating is deposited inside the appliance.
1.
Adjust the water softening system correctly.
"Setting the water softening system", Page 23
In most cases you will need to increase the setting.
2.
If necessary, change your detergent.
Special salt dispenser is not screwed tight.
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Screw the special salt dispenser tight.
There are stubborn white coatings
on the dishware, inside the
appliance or on the door.
There is detergent residue. These coatings cannot generally be removed with
chemicals.
▶
Change your Detergent.
▶
Scrub the appliance by hand.
Hardness range is set incorrectly or the water hardness is too high.
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Set the Water softening system to the water hardness or add special salt.
3in1/organic/eco detergent is not effective enough.
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Set the Water softening system to the water hardness and use separate
detergents (name brand, special salt, rinse aid).
Too little detergent is being used.
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Increase the amount of detergent used or change Detergent .
Selected wash cycle is too light.
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Select a more intensive wash program.
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Adjust the sensitivity of the sensors.
Tea residue or lipstick marks on
dishware.
Dishwashing temperature is too low.
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Select a program with a higher dishwashing temperature.
Too little detergent is being used or is unsuitable.
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Use a suitable Detergent and follow the manufacturer's instructions for the
amount to be used.
Dishware has been precleaned too intensively. Then the sensors choose a lighter
cycle. Stubborn remnants cannot be entirely removed.
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Only remove large remnants of food and do not pre-rinse dishware.
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Adjust the sensitivity of the sensors.
There are colored coatings (blue,
yellow, brown) inside the appliance
or on stainless steel dishware that
are difficult or impossible to
remove.
The formation of films is due to substances contained in vegetables (cabbage,
celery, potatoes, noodles, etc.) or tap water (manganese).
▶
Clean the appliance.
You can remove coatings with Mechanical cleaning
Page 34 or a machine
cleaning product. It may not always be possible to completely remove coatings
but they are harmless to health.
The formation of films is due to metal components on silver or aluminum dishware.
▶
Clean the appliance.
You can remove coatings with Mechanical cleaning
Page 34 or a machine
cleaning product. It may not always be possible to completely remove coatings
but they are harmless to health.
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