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LOCKED - appears when the Child Lock has been
To remove film:
9,
activated.
(Try one of the following.)
LOW RINSE AID
appears at the end of the cycle as
1. A damp cloth and mild scouring powder.
_..
a reminder to add more rinse aid to the dispenser in the
door. It shuts off after the door is opened.
"2.A half-cup white vinegar in a Rinse & Hold cycle
(without dishes and detergent).
Follow with a regu-
PF
appears when there has been a power failure. Any
lar detergent wash.
option selected before the power failure will need to be
reselected.
Soft
Water
can promote
etching if too much
detergent is used, items are prerinsed or the water tern-
RINSED - appears after a Rinse & Hold cycle,
perature is too high. It is a permanent
film which pits or
Service
Indicators:
erodes the surface of the glass.
Refer to the "Before You Call For Service" section if
The beginning stages can be identified by a "rainbow"
BLOCKED
DRAIN,
BLOCKED
WASH ARM or
Iook -- shades of blue, purple, brown or pink when the
WASH ARM appears in the display. If any other code
glass is held at an angle to the light. In advanced stages
appears,
contact
your
local
servicer,
or
Maytag
the surface appears frosted, spotted or cloudy.
_.
Customer
Service
(U.S.
1-800-688-9900;
Canada
Etching can happen in any dishwasher and there is no
_.
1-800-688-2002).
relationship to the cost or quality of the glass.
Adding
a Forgotten
Item
To prevent:
For proper
cleaning,
the forgotten
item sholzld be
1. Adjust the detergeut amount to water hardness. (See
added early in the cycle, while the wash symbol (........ )
pg. 5)
is lit.
2. Adjust the water temperature.
(See pg. 6)
1. Unlatch the door and wait until the sound of circu-
lating water stops.
3. Don't prerinse. This removes food soils and aggre-
,,
vates etching.
'2. Open the door and add the item.
Rust
Minerals
can turn the dishes or tub inte-
3. Latch the door. The cycle will continue at the point
riora brown, red or black color if iron or manganese is
it was interrupted,
in the water.
To prevent:
WATER CONDITIONS
1, Draiu your home's water heater once a year to flush
Hard
Water
containing
calcium minerals
can
away any mineral deposits.
cause a lime film or deposit on the tub and dishes. You
2. Check _4th a water treatment company like Culligan
may first notice this as "cloud}," glasses,
or Kinetieo to see if a filter is needed in the home.
_'
To confirm if the film is due to hard water, soak a
To remove:
_
glass approximately
5 minutes
in undiluted
white
(Do _ot use this method oft metal iterr_s.)
vinegar. Rinse and dry'. If the fihn is removed,
it is
due
to hard
water
(if not removed,
see
Soft
1. Use a rust removing compound
like RoVer Rust
C
Water).
Remover (available from Maytag Parts Distributors
To correct:
by using Part No. 57961).
1. Adjust the detergent amount to the degree of water
2. Select the Rinse & Hold cycle. Add I/2 cup RoVer
Rust Remover and let the dishwasher complete the
hardness. (See pg. 5)
cycle.
"2.Check water temperature.
(See pg. 6)
3. Follow with a detergent wash.
3. Use a rinse aid to improve the sheeting action of"the
The only permanent
solution is to install special filters
water. (See pg. 6)
which can remove iron and manganese from the water.
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