LG LD-1482S4 / LD-1482T4 / LD-1482W4

Perfect for us – Has to be a great choice.....its quiet, has a convenient 60 min wash cycle and is extremely user friendly, didnt realise how badly our previous machine was performing, scrape dishes no real need to rinse too much, compared to the previous machine filling the rjnse aide dispenser is less often....  Show details

Great dishwasher – Fantastic dishwasher. Never leaves any residual food behind. I find that using the recommended brand of tablets and rinse aid does help with longevity (I've used lg for years before I got this one). Just remember to use finish dishwasher cleaner every month - makes a world of difference. Highly recommended.  Show details

Very pleased – Very pleased with this dishwasher. It does an excellent job of cleaning the dishes. I use the quick and dry function and it dries really well. I rinse my dishes first so can't say how it would go without that. Our cutlery set didn't fit into the cutlery rack (too long) which is a shame but i just use the basket and use the rack for smaller items… Read more

such as teaspoons etc. It does leave my good cutlery spotty but i just wipe it down with a damp tea towel afterwards. really like the rack layout and you can change the height of the top racks which is useful sometimes. Tall wineglasses don't fit too well but I have a second dishwasher that they go in.

Rubbish only lasted 4 years – Error Ae code!!!!!!!!! Omg water at base of dishwasher. Unable to drain...Then water everywhere on kitchen floor. Terrible product. Rusty trays. Long washing cycles. Large dinner plates dont fit. No wonder they discontinued this product..... Show details

Took a while but got there – Water inlet valve stopped working. No water able to fill the dishwasher. Can't find parts for it. Won't be buying LG again. Doesn't last no where near long enough for the money you pay. Rip Off! Update! Have since found a similar part that has done the job! LG did help me through it Show details ·  1

Less than 2 years old ready for the dump – Massise issues with plates not fitting, right from day one. After about a year we noticed rust in the shelving, now two years on prongs are randomy falling off. Worst is the inlet valve system, not a standard solenoid. Our kitchen has totally flooded 4 times now, randomly. Not worth fixing, just have to turn the water tap off every night. Its been a nightmare of an experience Show details

Crap! Could have lived better by hand washing my dishes – Crappy dishwasher, lasted 6 years, motor went and they don't honour their warranty. very disappointed, will not buy LG appliances again, they know how to rip people off. Service and support is unacceptable. Show details

Shame LG shame ! – 2 years now off to get fixed, worked well then nothing LG's off shore call centre for warranty work USELESS absoult waste off time No more LG rubbish and bad service for me Show details

Would not recommend this dishwasher – We bought this dishwasher from Harvey Norman in 2016. While it does a reasonable job, and is very quiet, we discovered the dish rack/drawers were rusting badly about 18 months after purchase. Staff at Harvey Norman have been very good, and all three drawers were replaced within the two year manufacturers warranty, but one of these drawers is now… Read more

starting to show signs of rust only three months after being replaced. The rust is not in an area subject wear from placing dishes or cutlery, being underneath. In fact almost all of the significant rust which has occurred on the original drawers is away from areas subject to dishes or cutlery placement wear.

In my opinion, these drawers are not fit for purpose, as required under Australian consumer law.

For added protection, we purchased an extended warranty, but the fine print says anything affected by rust is not covered. Another disappointment.

I would not recommend this machine to anyone. I would not buy a LG dishwasher again.

Complete waste of money – After 17 years of faithful and excellent service, our Fisher and Paykall dishwasher passed away. We were looking to replace it with something of equal quality. We were told that LG was an excellent machine, equivalent in quality to the more expensive European brands. Things started off well enough but the rot set in after 12 months. Firstly the… Read more

pump failed ($130), then 12 months later it failed again ($265). Nine months after all that the fan dryer unit started to allow water to leak from the inside of the door ($132 callout, plus $210 in parts to repair - which we decided against). I'm now up to repairs that will total more than half of what I paid for this awful machine. It never dried anything properly, it caused rust stains on my cutlery. The cutlery tray was a waste of space and I would not buy a dishwasher with one of these again. The LG customer line was unsympathetic and unhelpful. This will be the last LG product I purchase.

Great dishwasher – Cleaning quality is excellent. The LG is simple to use and cleans equally well on both layers. It is not that noisy and is easy to load. You do need to keep an eye on the cleanliness of the spray arms as you do with every brand. It has served us well over the past 12 months.  Show details

Cleans Well Runs Quiet – This does a pretty good bob of cleaning plates, pots, everything - even does a good job with the knives and forks and runs very quietly. Drying function doesn't really do much so I don't use it. It looks good in our kitchen so I am happy with that. I haven't had any problems rusting but I can see the racks are a bit flimsy but ours is less than two years old. Can't complain at all so far. I like it!  Show details

Dud – Does a reasonably good job of cleaning the dishes and the best dishwasher I have ever had for drying. It is not too noisy which I like and the quick wash and dry function does a good job without taking too long. I love the cutlery draw and find that I can fit my bigger pots and pans in the bottom now without having to have the cutlery in the… Read more

bottom rack.

Following on from my previous review I would not recommend anyone buy this dishwasher. Just gone 2 years old (now past warranty period) and it constantly floods itself and will not work. Repair guy says $400 to fix and no guarantee it won't happen again. Apparently this is an issue with this model not that the LG service dept were of any assistance. For the money and appalling service I will never buy LG again.

LG Direct Drive Dishwasher Cleans and Drys – I purchased this LG dishwasher as I was told it had a direct drive system which meant only a pump/motor on the end of the drum and a computer. I was told that as all whitegoods have computer PCI boards to buy a Crest Surge Protector for $20 which I did. This dishwasher cleans and drys better than any dishwasher I have every used even in the… Read more

quick cycle which we use mostly everything comes out sparkling and dry. It is very quite, we use Finish Tabs and Rinse Aid always. I have had the service people out during the 4th year of owning the dishwasher as the door had got full of water. I always get extended warranty on all of my major appliances so that was just fixed, the day after I rang no charge. It has more than earnt its money now. There are better boutique named dishwashers on the market at a premium price. I will be replacing with another LG.

Rusting racks, no customer service – We bought our LG dishwasher on 8/11/14 from The Good Guys, Browns Plains. I'm aware that the warranty is 2 years. We also bought an extended 3 year warranty, which I was told doesn't cover our issue. We have previously had AEG dishwashers and were persuaded that the LG brand was as good at a much lower cost. The machine is used daily and we are… Read more

happy with the performance, but noticed recently that all 3 racks had rust appearing. One of the plate supports actually fell off, which is what drew our attention. I called the customer service call centre on 5/12/17 and was put through to a manager. She said, while out of warranty, she would escalate this and asked me to email her photos of the rust, the serial number, and the sales invoice. I did so on 5/12, heard nothing, and sent a follow up email on 14/12/17. No response. I called in the next week on 3 occasions and received no callback. The purpose of a customer service line is to provide service, even if just a call to say sorry, we are not going to be able to help you. I emailed the LG service department on 27/12/17 and received a reply saying the same manager would contact me yesterday 28/12/17. Unsurprisingly I have had no response. In short, I am very unimpressed by both quality and service standards. Unfortunate, as we've been happy with the performance of the machine. It really doesn't make sense to offer a 10 year warranty on the motor if everything else fails around it.

Replaced an expensive Bosch with this – Our very expensive Bosch failed, repair cost of $380, so having a good run with LG products O bought the LG dishwasher. Washes better than the bosch, dries well, dries better on extra heat setting (but will deform plastics). Has a good wash on quick wash and dry that tales 60 minutes. Doesn't stink after washing. Does well vs hard worn in burned scum on oven racks and pots.  Show details

a great friend – its a great machine lots of ways to make life easy, different setting and programs, easy clean outside and in, filters are easy to clean , but not needed often. even my casserole dish comes out clean, which my last machine did not do. its quiet, and love the sound of it telling me its finished.  Show details

Don't buy an LG. Nothing but trouble – This was a warranty replacement for a previous LG dishwasher that I had no end of trouble with. The replacement managed to last a bit longer, but has now also packed it in. It never cleaned well and after spending a fortune having the heat pump replaced, I now find out that the circuit board is probably toast. I spent over a grand hoping for… Read more

decent quality and what I got was a waste of time and money. Not impressed at all and on my next machine, which I now have to buy, I guarantee I will not purchase an LG. Purchase date below was the original model.

Check your plate and cup racks, as plastic splits and metal underneath rusts – A word of warning for anyone that already owns one of these or is thinking of buying one of these. Check the dish racks for splits in the plastic coating. They may be minor now, but once the metal under neath is exposed it rusts causing the splits in the plastic to get bigger and bigger. If you don't do something about it, your dish racks won't… Read more

last any where near as long as the motor. We bought our dishwasher mid 2016 and noticed earlier this year (2017) the plastic coating on the middle rack (the one commonly used for mugs, glasses etc) was splitting and the metal exposed and rusting. Since it was still under warranty we contacted LG. Pretty much the first question they asked was 'Are you putting the plates in correctly?' It turned out that they were implying the problem was caused by us placing dishes in the racks too roughly! After exchanging a couple of emails and providing pictures of the damage, they finally agreed to replace the affected dish rack. Last week, just over 6 months since the rack was replaced, we noticed it too had splits in the plastic coating. We examined the bottom rack and it too has splits. We have contacted LG again, as still under warranty. Again we have been told that the problem is caused because plates and cutlery are being put in the dishwasher too roughly! We have been using a dishwasher for over 20 years - more than one brand and this is the first time we've ever had a problem with plastic coating splitting. In addition, some of the affected areas on the racks are on the underside and never come in contact with plates, cutlery etc. We actually use the cutlery rack for knives, forks, spoons etc and our food preparation knives are all hand washed and never go in the dishwasher at all. I spoke with a friend who has worked in the plastics industry and his opinion LG's supplier of the racks is using a substandard coating.

Pretty good – I've had this for about 5 months now and I can't complain. It cleans well and is very quiet. I like the layout of the racks and they are also adjustable. My only gripe was the hoses for the installation. The one way valve is crimped on to the hose so I had to cut a huge hole through the back of my cupboard to install it. Also the 'dry' function doesn't work. The dishes are still wet as. The door needs to be cracked for the dishes to dry.  Show details

Cleans ok, but totally fails for family life! – We bought this dishwasher as a temporary solution as when we moved back into our house after living interstate, we found that our old dishwasher was leaking water everywhere (and had even damaged the new cupboards that had been put in before we left!). We knew it wasn't the best dishwasher on the market, but we plan to renovate at which time we… Read more

would get a better machine. While this model is great in the fact it has a cutlery tray which I really love, and that generally it cleans fairly well on the Auto setting (although it seems to take about 2 and a half hours to finish the cycle!!), and it is not overly noisy, there is one thing that has seriously annoyed me, and that is the child lock feature.

There is a child lock, however it can only be turned on if the cycle is turned on (so if you forget to do it overnight, it means the children can touch the buttons and it will turn on during the day and unless you run another cycle, the child lock cannot be turned on). The other very, most stupid feature of this child lock, is that it still allows the power button to be pushed on and off and once it has been turned off, even with the child lock on, it will not resume the cycle where it had left off, you have to reset the whole cycle again!!! So if it was half way through a 2 and a half hour cycle, you have to restart from the start! To say that this is super frustrating is an understatement! What is the point of having a child lock, if they can still turn the machine off and you have to start all over again. So very very disappointing. I think sometimes companies should really ask consumers, not engineers, what is required in products, because in the real world, toddlers push buttons, and if it doesn't resume where it left off, that is a complete failure in design in my books! Consequently, we have to put it on at night time only, and if I do put it on during the day, then it generally takes two shots at it because I have to restart due to this simple failure in design and concept.

Rust causing middle tray dish rack to collapse - BAD – I purchased this product just under 3 yrs ago after reading reviews on its quietness etc. It is much quieter than other dishwashers I have owned, and I just love the top cutlery/utensil tray. As others say, it does not take full size dinner plates within reach of the arm, so I pack them on the outside. I have two Corelle plate sets, one fits… Read more

below arms the other not.

Rust started to form on the door over a year ago and to be honest, I ignored it as it does not affect wear however now one of the lugs holding the plate rack upright on the middle tray rusted out and it eventually broke off. This is a different matter as it means I can't use the rack on the middle tray thus affecting my whole load.

This is the 3rd dishwasher I have used here in the same house over a 25 year period ie the other two lasted about 11 years each and replaced when eventually failing mechanically. LG were no help after I lodged a Case Number, suggesting I buy another tray. I have run their supplier, it is $163.96 + $30 freight - a total of $193.96. For a machine that cost 50% more than others I've brought, this is totally unacceptable.

When I purchased from Harvey Norman I purchased a 3 yr Warranty Extension, but that schemes customer service tell me because the problem is not mechanical, it is not covered.

Stay away - bad customer service & a badly produced, expensive product.

POSTSCRIPT. After writing to LG and bc to Harvey Norman, LG sent me an email on how to remove rust. I was also contacted by a lady from the store I purchased it from. [name removed] went 'above and beyond' on my behalf, and liaised with LG to have my broken tray replaced. This arrived yesterday and hubby has installed it. Thanks so much Harvey Norman - excellent customer service from [name removed].

more pros than cons – Cons... It is not quiet. It's not loud but people have commented on how quiet it is... and it's not, I can hear it from the next room. There aren't as many options to select as our previous machine. PROs both utensil tray AND utensil basket. and both are optional and adaptable .. genius You can remove top tray, and there are three… Read more

heights for second tray.. so is versatile

the utensil tray you can have deep for fiddly things.. but of course that does mean less room on the next shelf

Dishes sparkle

10 year guarantee on motor and extended Warranty... hopefully this one will last

Disappointed – I am so disappointed I purchased this model with the utensil rack. I did not realise that this rack lowers the whole inside and now I cannot fit my dinner plates. Dinner plates are one of the main reasons for purchasing a dishwasher and the arm hits the plates and will not spin. BAD DESIGN.  Show details

Large dinner plates don't fit ( 28cm ) – So far I have only use my dishwasher once and it seem to wash well and is very quite . But I can't fit my dinner plates in without the top arm clipping the top of the plates . I have tried moving one of the inner prongs on the bottom rack , one click and then I can fit my plates in BUT the rack can't hold it keeps collapsing you should be able to… Read more

lock the rack into place so it can't collapse , that would solve the large plate problems . I don't want have to go out and buy new plates when my 2 dinner sets are only 4 mths old . Maybe the sale people should tell these things before you spend your money on something that doesn't do what you need .

Not too bad – It might be a little noisy, but it mostly does a pretty efficient job. Nothing to write home about but really nothing to whinge about either. Too many plates in the top and it can be hard to put glasses and cups in, but that can be overcome with a little bit of reorganisation.  Show details