Maytag dishwasher rinse aid dispenser never empties

Not sure about the rinse agent but the film is caused by hard water.

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The packets usually have detergent and rinse aid together, built in. If you also have liquid rinse aid in the automatic dispenser, you are getting a double dose, and that is causing the film. Use standard dishwasher detergent until the automatic rinse aid dispenser is empty, or at least turn the pointer indicator (located by the rinse agent filler) to the lowest setting possible to help somewhat.

Check the rinse aid dispensor and it's settings. Clean the dispenser box and fill the correct rinse aid for your machine.

Hi,

The rinse cycle is the same as the wash except the wash uses detergent and the rinse uses rinse aid.

The rinse cycle will dispense rinse aid if you have filled the dispenser. Check this first, that would be the most likely cause. Also in the spring as the water table table in most cities begins to rise the water quality goes down, extra calcium in the water can cause this problem.

Here is a link to help understand that. Let me know if you have questions.

http://www.fixya.com/support/r4666624-hard_water_calcium_white_powder_build_up

check water quality. If dish washer salt needed add it to the dispenser provided.Salt softens the hard water.

Check rinser liquid availability in the dispenser. Refer user manual for location

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Rinse aid is only effective if you have good quality water to start with. With hard water being the issue, you still won't resolve the film problem.

You can either put in a water softener, which I suspect isn't an economical answer just to get cleaner (film less dishes) or you can allow the dishes to air dry instead of using the heated dry setting in an attempt to avoid getting a film on the dishes.

You can try to use the rinse aid, but I'm pretty sure it won't affect the water quality issues you got, since you have hard water to start with - nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Just remove the cap for the rinse aid dispenser and with the door all the way open, pour in about 1/4 to 1/2 of the bottle and replace the cap.

Here's link to your manual that you can download for free, just scroll down and select the correct manual for your model number and click on the link.

http://www.devicemanuals.com/guide/Dishwasher/Frigidaire-manuals-page55.html

Hope you found this very helpful and best regards!

The most common cause of film left behind is a broken heating element.

The heating element is not only used during the dry cycle, but also to raise the water temp. during the main wash cycle to activate the dishwasher detergent. Fixing the heating element should "clear" this problem right up!