Westinghouse WSF6608KXA (Dark Stainless Steel)
Verifiedwestinghouse.com.auMPNs: 807853 and WSF6608KXA16 reviews
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Dreadfully unreliable dishwasher. Was delivered with mis-aligned button panel rendering it inoperable. They fixed this under warranty. Failed again after 4 years, service claims it needs both drain hose and inlet hose replaced (my plumber had previously assessed it and said only drain hose was the issue). Service quotes repair costs of around 50%… Read more
of machine value and refuses to install it (i.e. plug it back in and put the hose back) after repairs claiming that is a separate service. I would never buy a product from this brand again. Both the build quality of their product and support provided has been miserable. Machine will now sadly go into land fill as I will replace with another brand.
I bought this in 2017 for a renovation but because of personal circumstances and then Covid, our renovation was not happening. It was stored indoors unopened. December 2024 the renovation happened. After three weeks the paint started to peel off the top panel and chips along the edge also appeared. It washed well but as far as drying is… Read more
concerned, the dishes and glasses are very wet when the cycle finishes even with the extra dry option. It is a bit better when I add rinse aid but I am using all in one tablets and have never had to do this before. Contacted customer service and was just told to go to my installer and get it repainted but they couldn't help me with that. No contact for someone who can do it, no accountability. I wanted to support an Australian company but think I'll go back to European.
Avoid this brand at all costs – I have signed up for product review just to write this. For $800 dollars you’d expect the thing to last you at least 2 years of use. This machine lasted us not even 3 months out of the box. It just didn’t work one morning and kept making a humming sound from the motor as if it were working but none of the buttons were on. On top of that it didn’t… Read more
even clean well at all, only good thing I can say about it is that it’s not too loud. Technician came today and gave me a quote for $575 to replace the circuit board. Ridiculous.
Amazing washing, poor stacking – If you have read my previous reviews on the LG QuadWash XD3A15NS and the Stirling STR-DWSS12, you'll see that I have had a pretty rough ride with dishwashers over the past few years. Both of the aforementioned Dishwashers were utterly useless and not fit for purpose. But moving on, this time I went for a medium priced dishwasher, as opposed to the… Read more
overpriced LG and very cheap Stirling.
I've owned the Westinghouse for over a month now and overall, it beats the last two dishwashers hands down. Its washing and drying cannot be faulted. Seriously, I would give it 11 out of 10 for washing and drying. There are a couple of things though, that have me scratching my head and its clear that whoever designed the shelving has never used a Dishwasher before.
In the User Manual that comes with machine, pages 16 through to 19 show some wonderful diagrams, which suggest the best way to stack your dishes. Now I am not sure where Westinghouse get their dinner plates, but in stark contrast to their diagrams, my experience is that standard dinner plates do not stand up on the lower shelf unless you raise the top shelf.
OK, "so raise the top shelf then you muppet" I hear you say. Yes, well raising the top shelf renders the top shelf, pretty much useless. Just to rub salt in the wounds, there are only 2 positions on the top shelf;
1. Too low 2. Too high.
A third setting in the middle would probably fix the issue, unless you are using Westinghouse's elf sized dinner plates. Small plates are all you can squeeze below, if you want to use the upper shelf.
Another issue with the upper shelf, is even in the low position, wine glasses are a problem. As I mentioned, in the high position, I don't really know what you would put on the top shelf.
The WSF6608 boasts that it has 15 place settings, but I think those 15 places may refer to spoons, as there doesn't seem to much space inside the machine at all. I have large dinner plates which simply won't fit at all, so I use my standard dinner plates, which only fit if I lean them significantly. In this configuration, 4 plates takes up most of the bottom shelf.
What is frustrating is that there is the same amount of space available in the WSF6608 as there was in the 12 place setting Stirling machine from Aldi. Yet the Aldi accommodated way more dishes than the Westinghouse does.
The build quality is better than the Stirling of course, but not as good as I would have expected. It is still very flimsy and felt quite wobbly when I slid it under my kitchen bench.
I like the various cleaning modes on the Westinghouse, though do wish I didn't have to hit the options button 6 times for additional drying and then save the setting every time I use the dishwasher.
Its saving grace is that it washes exceptionally well, much like the Dishlex dishwashers in the good old days (remember them)? So far the Westinghouse hasn't faulted either and I am quietly confident that it will remain reliable.
If you don't drink wine and eat out of bowls, then you will love this machine. But if you enjoy a glass of wine and meals off of dinner plates, you may want to check yours fit before buying.
Westinghouse dishwasher – First Westinghouse product I have purchased cost me almost $900 and only had this dishwasher for less than 3 years and the moter has burnt out already. The top of the dishwasher also has faded could be due to the heat.
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Lucky Choice – We bought this dishwasher two years ago in the middle of the pandemic so didn't have a lot of choice; we bought a Westinghouse fridge on the same day (separate review) and this matched the finish. The dishwasher has performed flawlessly although we don't put heavily soiled stuff in it, and only use the 50 minute cycle (which is shorter than many… Read more
other dishwashers seem to have). It washes very well but doesn't dry as well as a few that have a fan for the purpose. The dishes are left hot though, so if you mop up any water in the top of the cups and leave the door ajar they dry very well. Controls are easy and intuitive; you can find the cycle you want and start the machine without turning the kitchen light on! This model has a third rack for cutlery which seems like a bit of a waste as it holds a lot more cutlery than would go with the crockery downstairs and restricts the height of the adjustable middle rack, which may not be so good if you use glassware with stems. One quibble is that the control panel is plastic and painted to match the dark stainless steel covering most of the door. After two years the paint is wearing off on the upper corners of the door and above the handle. Maybe Westinghouse sell touch-up paint.
Top shelf limits plate size – I like the cutlery shelf however it means you lose quite a lot of room for your lower shelves. You can adjust the middle shelf so it's higher for your dinner plates to fit underneath, however this means you cannot put tall glasses in there. So it's a compromise either way. Think I'd prefer a cutlery basket on the bottom shelf and to fit tall glasses AND dinner plates in. I Show details
Worst buy – Opened dishwasher straight out of box and inside had a bad odour. Outside looks ok however inside looks very cheaply made. Cutlery draw has oddly cut plastic circles which are sharp to touch. Sliding out the racks feels awkward not smooth at all. Not impressed at all. Has not been used yet wish I had purchased something else for that price Show details
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Westinghouse Dishwasher Dark SS quiet cleans drys to perfection – Westinghouse Dishwasher dark stainless steel, looks great. I purchased factory 2nd with warranty & so far found nothing wrong with it. Very quiet. Perfect - Cleans shines & dries. Plenty of room for plates, pots, fits high ball tall glasses. Adjustable heights for baskets. Numerous Programs easy to use once you read the instructions, some of the… Read more
options are half wash upper or lower, pre-wash, eco, Sensor wash - standard day wash, delicates, heavy. You can add on Extra dry, extra rinse. hygiene wash, tablet. Temperature 30-40, 50, 60 & 65 degrees. Timer delay start. If you stop it will restart where wash stopped or you can reset it for another wash cycle program. Cutlery tray draw is good fits all my cutlery, but I kept my old cutlery basket to use but have not required it yet. Good water & energy rating. Photo below is after a 50-60 fast wash with extra dry, extra rinse took about 1 hour but many shorter wash & dry cycle options, exist. When you set each option it shows you how long wash cycle will be & as it goes through each cycle indicates if it’s washing, rinsing, drying or completed & auto - Turns off. My tip remove or rinse bulk of leftovers before stacking dishwasher. Higher temperatures creates more steam which helps dry plates. Dishwashers will not completely dry plastics, so a few drips of water may remain on plastics.
Will never buy Westinghouse products again – Bought a Westinghouse WSF6608KXA for a kitchen renovation. The unit broke only after 4 months of light use. Keep on overloading the circuit breaker. I called service line and the staff was very rude. Their offer was to get the unit repaired somewhere else though it's obviously under warranty. I gave them a chance as recommended by friends but I… Read more
should never give them my business as the after sales are a terrible experience. Never again will buy a Westinghouse products.
Problemsome since purchase – Purchased this dishwasher April 2021 and have had to call techs 4 times to attend to multiple different errors F1, F2 and the powder dispenser not closing properly. Dishwasher was professionally installed by reseller company. Face panel is paint is chipping like we have owned it for 20 years, paint they use appears to be inadequate, so it… Read more
looks cheap with chipped paint in different areas. My friend has the same dishwasher and it also has paint chips all over the face panel.
The bottom tray closes against the door, thus causing food and debre to get stick where the handle presses against the door.
The control panel is sensitive, I frequently start/stop cycles while i'm cooking/chopping on the bench above the dishwasher.
I've owned multiple dishwashers and haven't expereinced any issues like this before.
Frustrating to use – The quality of this machine is below expectation. The lower tray runs off the track every single time and we have to lift it back on with a tray full of dishes, pots and pans. The top tray is not tall enough for taller glasses and does not facilitate it very well rested on angle like a wine glass. Small bowls won't fit properly and neither does… Read more
plastic containers. The cutlery tray is orientated in a way that if you have knives, forks and spoons in, you have trouble loading other things like spatula, flippers, peelers etc. irrespective of price, the machine is not designed well, and we'd be better paying more for a more practical machine. 2 star.
Two weeks of ownership and its broken waiting on a new "Board" – After two weeks this Premium Dishwasher WSF6608KXA has NO POWER. Completely dead, useless. $1000 paperweight waiting for the local repairer to contact us with the new part and arrange to disrupt my day to install it. After two weeks you wouldn't expect this, on further investigation seems to be quite common for Westinghouse Dishwashers to blow the… Read more
main Board (usually after a couple of years not weeks). Maybe change suppliers or get better Q&A. To say I am disappointed is an understatement. Will not purchase or recommend this brand.
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Aaaaaarrrrgggghhhhh – This is the most frustrating dishwasher I have ever had. The control panel is too sensitive and the lightest touch starts it off and I can never seem to cancel the cycle or reset it once this happens. It always runs on the 2.5 hr cycle when this happens. Extremely wasteful and frustrating. The baskets are really flimsy too. My large dinner plates… Read more
don’t fit in the bottom rack. Also it’s only a few months old and some of the dividers in the the cutlery are already breaking.
Really disappointing and would definitely not recommend this to anyone.
It's good but not great – It's taken me 6 months to write this review, hoping I could 'warm' to this dishwasher... We updated our kitchen and chose Westinghouse for our gas cooktop, dishwasher & Australian made oven. The oven & the gas cooktop are fantastic and couldn't be happier. I was hoping the same for the dishwasher. It's dark stainless steel and the plastic top… Read more
strip has already worn around the edges. It has various washing cycles where some are better than others. I have programmed the 50 min / 65 degree setting and find it to work the best.
The good points: Looks good (except for the worn plastic edges) Quiet Various settings (and you can program a favourite setting) Adjustable glass rack You can clip down some of the racking to allow for pots & pans etc..
The not so good points: It's not flimsy but it's not solid either When you adjust the glass rack for taller glasses you can't fit dinner plates & visa versa. It has a cutlery tray that is too shallow and already some of the plastic 'teeth' are broken (I miss the good old cutlery basket)
This isn't a bad dishwasher & on the surface it looks great, but it just isn't as solid as our previous dishwasher. Our last dishwasher lasted nearly 15 years. I think this will be replaced in about 5 years which is probably about the average for most appliances these days. Planned obsolescence as they say....
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Worked fine for 2 weeks then stopped working – I bought this brand new, it had been working fine for about 2 weeks (only used a handful of times) then did not turn on. No error code, plug is working fine. So disappointed, these things make me lose faith in the brand. How can a brand new appliance stop working after 2 weeks of use? Technician coming to look at it next week. Show details
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