GE Profile Dishwasher Slowly Drains During Wash Cycle

[Jonathan Hansen]

Our GE Profile dishwasher suddenly started to lose water through the drain hose during the rinse and wash cycles. This caused the dishwasher water level to become very low, the dishwasher to become louder than normal, and obviously the dishes to remain dirty. After searching online, I found one homeowner who said he had the same problem and that he fixed it by cleaning the fine filter that sits just below the spray arm in the bottom of the dishwasher. I decided to check mine and found it to be caked with all kinds of gunk. I washed it off in the sink with a toothbrush, reinstalled it and the problem was fixed. Took me 15 minutes and cost me nothing!

[Peter]

I check my fine filter after each load. Surprising how some times it looks clean and sometimes it's filled with gunk after doing a load that seems no dirtier than loads that left the filter clean. Takes only about 15 seconds to check after unloading the bottom rack.