Miele G 4203

I bought this dishwasher in 2018 based on reviews and choice recommendations, along with the name and supposed quality that made it so much more expensive. We were told it would last 20 years! Mostly it cleans and dries pretty well and I love the cutlery tray but we’ve had so many ongoing problems with it! Multiple repairs- all expensive that… Read more

never seem to really fix the problem. It uses so much rinse aid as well. Final straw for me is the heat pump has now gone and it’s going to take more than 2 weeks for a repairer to even attend plus call out fee plus whatever parts are required! Ridiculous amount of time to be without one with a big family. I think I’ve hit my limit and will cut my losses and replace it. Miele’s rather dismal response was to blame it on the fact that we usually do one load a day, occasionally two and their products are apparently only tested for 5 loads a week!!! They offered to pay part of the call out fee required (in two weeks)! Completely useless and I think we’ll take Choice’s advice and consider a Bosch!

Update to dead dishwasher – Bought and installed August 2017. Died June 2022. Now the issue of trying for a repair vs replacement? After reading the reviews we'll go replacement but not with Miele. I expected far more than (less than) 5 years of use at $1200. And the use we did get wasn't fabulous... :( Wow, I'd washed my hands of our Miele dishwasher but my husband wanted… Read more ·  1

to give them a chance... very happy we did. A small part required replacement and the machine was fixed by a happy, helpful and knowledgeable repairman on the day and time arranged- thanks Daniel! Having spoken to the repairman I have changed my mind about Miele and the quality of their products. Will definitely include their products in consideration of future purchases. Worth getting fixed. Thank you P.S. My husband loves the cutlery drawer and layout of the product.

So disappointed! After purchasing my Miele dishwasher in Aug 2020 the pump already needs to be replaced, rendering the machine useless. The machine services a one person household, has been well maintained and filters cleaned regularly. I decided to go above my budget and purchase a Miele, based on the quality assurance claims made by Miele.… Read more

They state dishwashers are tested to run “7500 cycles, the equivalent of one load every day for 20 years”. To add insult to injury, this was my first time buying or even having a dishwasher after 60 years on the planet. As of today, I have had no response to emails sent to Miele. Think twice before you buy everyone ☹️

Breaks your glassware! – I'm glad this dishwasher has been discontinued. It's not very good. It may look good, be easy to use, be relatively easy to clean and have a decent layout - but that's where the good points end. It keeps breaking our glassware! I'm not sure if a tiny stone or something gets flicked around or what, but we get chips out of our glass containers, or a… Read more

chipped or fully cracked glass every month or two! It's appalling! I'm sick of throwing away all this glassware! It was good when it went into the dishwasher, but you never know how it's going to come out! I even clean out the catcher well, too, and rinse off any very dirty plates/containers (as I know it won't clean them, anyway). Now this dishwasher is quite some years old (it's in our rental property). When I first used it, I saw there was broken glass in the catcher! So it looks like it was breaking the owner's glassware, too. Funny thing, is, even on the 75 degree pots & pans wash, it doesn't do an intense wash! It's REALLY gentle. I'm a dishwasher stacker extraordinaire, but I have to be careful with this dishwasher because the water just doesn't spray up where you want it to. So I can't stack it as I might our old Bosch, for instance (and we were using the same Ecostore dishwashing tablets for it, too). Any caked-on food at the bottom of pans - or any kitchenware, really - struggles to come off in this dishwasher. The only wash that seems to be mostly OK is the 75 degree pots & pans wash. If the dishwasher isn't very full, or very dirty, we can get away with a 50 degree wash occasionally, but that's it. And even so, we still end up with the odd plate or three that's got caked on food. And ceramic or glass cookware often ends up with caked-on food, too. If I don't keep them well-soaked before washing, they NEVER come out clean. And I mean never! And so many plastic containers get knocked over in the upper rack, too and fill with dirty water! I try to pin them down with larger utensils or the like, but honestly, it almost seems like the upper arm sprays harder than the lower arm! My Mum has the same dishwasher in her house - but in stainless steel. She doesn't like it because she says the saucepans all come out stained. And that's true: they do. They're never shiny. So she handwashes everything. But it's just her. There's not much to wash up! With a family of 5, I can live with water marks on my saucepans. It's still preferable compared to handwashing everything!! So, mostly this dishwasher does a decent enough job, but only on 75 degrees, regardless of what you've got in there (not good if you've got lots of plasticware! That doesn't do so well on the bottom rack with all that heat!). And it breaks glassware every month or two no matter how careful you are with your rinsing or your stacking. And cleaning off caked-on food on ceramic cookware is a no-go for this miserable dishwasher. It's a 'light' dishwasher. Likes light loads. Likes light dirt-levels! Not good for a busy family! Furthermore, this dishwasher likes to give out an F70 error code every 6 months or so and keeps draining and draining and draining. I have finally figured out that if I unplug it from the wall and leave it for a few hours or overnight, it's fine again the next day! Perhaps there's a build-up of electricity and like any computer, it occasionally needs a 'reset'. But I'm still not sure that's a good thing in a dishwasher! I've never known one to need that sort of care before. So, with its quirks, a penchant for breaking glassware, leaving the stainless steel saucepans streaked and doesn't clean so well, even on the 75 degree wash, I'd give this one a miss, people! If you've got one in your house, replace it with something that works better!!

F70 error after 4 years (drainage issues) – Our previous dishwasher died with the same problem but we had 15 years with it. This set the bar pretty high so we bought another Miele to replace it. Past the warranty period and Miele aren't interested without a technician costing us more than it is worth. Perhaps we were just unlucky... perhaps... Show details

Really Disappointed – This is our second Miele after our 5 year old one needed a new motherboard and was cheaper to replace it. We’ve only had this new one for 2-3 years and already we’ve had the pump replaced and now some mystery F46 fault. The repair technicians take months so we’ve been without our dishwasher for months. With a family of 5 it’s a nightmare. Truly not worth the hype and they absolutely do not last 10-20 years. Show details

Disappointed – NEW UPDATE - I have dealt with a lovely lady who handled my case, the dishwasher would cost more to repair, so a replacement is coming. Thank you to Andrea who was so understanding and fair. I have owned my dishwasher for 2 years and 5 months, it now needs the control board replaced due to throwing out faults and no leaks. Which costs $700+ for… Read more

the part and then roughly $200 for Miele to repair. It's very disappointing thinking you are purchasing quality at $1300 a pop and you don't even get 2 and a half years out of its life.

Totally disappointing – Parts replaWe bought a Miele dishwasher about four years ago. Almost immediately it began to fail. During the warranty period we had about two calls, due to parts needed at our cost. Subsequently, more service calls were necessary due to continually blocked machine draining, at our cost. Finally, I insisted on a no cost call. The service man had,… Read more

again, to replace a part ( which looked like a semi conductor) which we had to pay for. The machine continues, despite this , to block up and turn off. Money spent so far is about equal tob50% of the capital cost. Our previous favoured brand, ASKO, gave almost alone and a half decades of reliable service before needing a service. This company will have our business in future.

Niggling problems - then catastrophic failure – We had been very happy with a Miele dishwasher previously- quiet, powerful good drying. We bought a Bosch as an interim dishwasher and we were unhappy with its performance so we were keen to return to Miele and in August 2017 we did. From the beginning there was a lots of liquid left - particularly on plastic. However it washed well and was quiet.… Read more

Then about 2 years ago we started to get F11 messages (we are obsessed with rinsing just in case you were wondering) sporadically, but with increasing frequency. I really did not enjoy emptying the pooled water, dissembling the filters and spinning the impeller - but it worked- with sometimes a month between messages, sometimes a week. Today it blew the board after anF24 fault ( tripped the circuit breaker) with a nice burning smell. The repair man says it is too expensive to repair. 5 years - not a great effort from a brand that talks about 20! Very unlikely to be buying Miele again.

Terrible. Miele came out to fix and its broken down again F24 – Miele G4220 is a premium brand this is clearly reflected in the price of the goods. This dishwasher is the worst i have been involved with. Was purchased from David Jones Chatswood, considering there is only two of us in the place the work load is minimal. When you pay a premium price for a product you would expect it to last a lot longer then what it has. Extremely disappointed with the product,

Not good – I purchased this item 3 years ago. Yes it is out of warranty, but it was only ever used occasionally, possible 150 to 200 cycles. This is well short of the advertised/expected 1700 cycles. Attempted to get some resolution or at the least some feedback back from the so called customer care on-line form. I have received no response from 2 emails.… Read more

Sent 2 weeks ago. In my opinion this is not a good product and the customer care is a problem. Buyer beware.

Don’t waste your money expecting quality of this brand – We bought this dishwasher of Harvey Norman and had it delivered to our house in January 2019. Just two months out of their two year warranty (of course...) it comes up with a drainage fault now and will not do a full cycle anymore, sometimes it goes for two minutes sometimes it runs for an hour but never finishes the cycle. Miele Customer Service… Read more

haven’t been helpful as the product is out of warranty and we can’t even get it looked at or fixed because they don’t have a technician in our area.

They advertise with an average 20year lifetime of their products which is why we were happy to pay the high price tag thinking we will get some good use out of it and buy a better product so we produce less electrical waste long term as well.

Sadly after barely two years it’s not working anymore and we probably be a mile better off just buying a cheap dishwasher every two years as even the “good brands” don’t last anymore although so much more expensive

Washer has failed twice in 18 months since new – First fault after 9 months (10 days for a tech to repair) and then a complete failure after another 9 months. Next tech available is 8 days. When it worked, it did it's job as expected. What's not expected is such poor reliability from Miele equipment. And such long delays in technical repairs.  Show details

Died after 2.5 years. A complete lemon that never washed or dried properly – I bought this washing machine and expected great things based on the review. From the start I noticed things never dried properly. After 6 months I noticed the quality of the washes rapidly deteriorating and it got to the point where I had to hand wash most things first. The cutlery tray didn't wash at all. I cleaned it out and still had issues.… Read more

After 2.5 years I had a F14 error that I could not get around and was not willing to put money into a machine to fix it when I have hated it for over 3/4 of its total life. Complete piece of trash. I will never buy another Miele. I wish I had just got the Bosch from the get go. I now have a Bosch and am loving it - it was half the price and endlessly better at washing.

Poor product and worse after sale service – Have had to call out a service repair person three times in 9 years. Latest incident took several phone calls (over 20 minutes each) over several days before Miele answered. Had to wait another week before a service person was available. Support person was punctual, friendly and competent. He identified problem as a burnt out power board. … Read more

Repair cost would be $740 and part would not be available for 2 weeks. Support person who said he had a direct line to Miele support took over fifteen minutes on the phone before anyone answered. Very disappointed in a supposedly expensive, high quality product. Service support was almost non-existent. Will not be buying another Miele product.

Very disappointed – My Miele dishwasher just died after 5 years respectively, not the 20yr advised with in the advertising, I would have expected much better from Miele, as my dishwasher looks like brand new in and out, the call out fee plus part would cost me more, to buy a cheap brand new one which will have warranty come with it. Wouldn't recommend anyone to buy this product. Show details

its rubbish – THis has been a huge disappointment. Just over two and a half years old, power board failure, they said cockroaches, when I finally after a few weeks got some help. The customer service is abysmal. New power board in, lasted five days and failed. We did two loads with one displaying the F13, then decided to go, then failed again, now all buttons… Read more

will not respond or go nuts flashing. I have tried to tell them it was a power board failure again and to take it back, but so far they haven't answered or read that email correctly. We will never buy another MIELE product and I advise others to be very careful if they do so. Read the warranty, as they do not cover powerboard failure and will most likely claim it was cockroaches to get out of fixing it without a charge. We should have listened to advice about Miele products. Learnt the hard way.