Dishwasher Repair Marietta GA
A dishwasher repair in Marietta, GA typically costs $337 when a part is replaced, with most jobs falling between $281 and $430 — parts, labor and the service call included. That comes from 156 dishwasher calls across Marietta, 116 of which finished as paid repairs. Including visits where nothing needed replacing, the median across all our Marietta dishwasher work is $254 — dishwashers are the appliance where the answer is most often a blockage rather than a broken part. Diagnostic is $99 and it is applied to the repair once you approve the work.
Dishwasher Repair in Marietta, GA
Standing water in the tub, dishes coming out dirty, water on the kitchen floor, or a machine that will not start at all? Most Marietta dishwasher repairs finish on the first visit.
Dishwashers make up a bigger share of our Marietta work than they do in most markets we serve — 156 calls, third behind refrigerators and washers. That is a housing story: a lot of Cobb County subdivisions were built or renovated in the same few waves, so a lot of kitchens are running builder-grade dishwashers of roughly the same age, and they reach the same failures at roughly the same time. Broader city coverage sits on our appliance repair in Marietta GA page.
What It Costs by Symptom — From 4,861 Completed Dishwasher Jobs
Most cost pages list parts. Homeowners do not arrive knowing which part failed — they arrive knowing what the machine is doing wrong. So here is the same data organised the way you actually experience it: median total paid, parts and labor and the service call together, grouped by symptom, across our completed dishwasher work.
| What the dishwasher is doing | Median total | Jobs (n) |
|---|---|---|
| Will not drain, standing water in the tub | $325 | 432 |
| Leaking | $340 | 331 |
| Runs but dishes come out dirty | $348 | 119 |
| Dishes still wet at the end of the cycle | $360 | 33 |
| Will not start, no power, dead panel | $365 | 135 |
And the same thing by part
Median totals by the component that actually got replaced. The whole table spans about $140 from cheapest to dearest, which tells you something important before you call anybody.
| Repair | Median total | Middle half | Jobs (n) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drain hose or blockage clearing | $284 | $255 to $363 | 84 |
| Filter and spray arm | $300 | $270 to $421 | 48 |
| Door latch or lock | $301 | $260 to $351 | 55 |
| Door springs, cables or hinges | $322 | $250 to $427 | 25 |
| Door gasket or seal | $330 | $282 to $533 | 42 |
| Racks and rollers | $331 | $287 to $401 | 63 |
| Water inlet valve | $340 | $309 to $422 | 37 |
| Drain pump | $340 | $296 to $385 | 121 |
| Heating element | $360 | $291 to $517 | 34 |
| Circulation or wash pump | $386 | $334 to $464 | 67 |
| Control board | $388 | $305 to $484 | 92 |
| Soap dispenser assembly | $423 | $374 to $567 | 27 |
Marietta by ZIP
| ZIP | Area | Dishwasher calls |
|---|---|---|
| 30066 | Sandy Plains, north east Marietta | 43 |
| 30062 | East Cobb, Johnson Ferry corridor | 26 |
| 30064 | West Marietta, Kennesaw Mountain | 26 |
| 30068 | East Cobb, Mount Bethel | 21 |
| 30060 | Marietta Square, downtown | 17 |
| 30067 | South Marietta, Delk Road, I-75 | 16 |
| 30008 | South west Marietta | 7 |
The Failures We Actually Find in Marietta Kitchens
Standing water in the bottom of the tub $325 MEDIAN
The single most common dishwasher call we take anywhere — 432 completed jobs. About half the time it is the drain pump at $340; the rest of the time it is something in front of the pump: the filter packed solid, a blocked drain hose, or the hose kinked behind the machine during a kitchen job. Blockage work runs cheaper at $284. Standing water is never a reason to replace a dishwasher.
Brand new dishwasher that has never drained properly THE DISPOSAL PLUG
Worth its own paragraph because it costs people money for no reason. On a real Marietta job in 30064 the fix was exactly this: remove the plug inside the garbage disposal so the dishwasher drain line can actually discharge. Every disposal ships with a knockout plug in the dishwasher inlet, and if whoever installed the dishwasher did not punch it out, the machine simply cannot drain. If yours has never drained since it was installed, that is the first thing to check and it is not a broken appliance.
Water on the kitchen floor $340 MEDIAN
331 completed jobs. Front-of-the-machine water usually means the door gasket ($330) or a warped door catch; water appearing under the cabinet usually means the inlet valve ($340), a hose fitting, or the pump seal. This is the one dishwasher symptom worth treating as urgent — not because the appliance is at risk, but because water running under a cabinet base and into the subfloor costs many times more to fix than the dishwasher does. Details in dishwasher leaking from the bottom.
Runs a full cycle, dishes come out dirty $348 MEDIAN
119 completed jobs. Three usual causes: spray arms blocked or not spinning ($300 with the filter), a weak circulation pump ($386), or a heating element that is no longer bringing the water up to temperature ($360). The reason it matters which one it is: the first is cheap and mechanical, the third is why the machine also stopped drying. Our national guide covers the sequence in dishwasher not cleaning dishes.
Dead panel, will not start $365 MEDIAN
135 completed jobs. Often the door latch rather than the electronics — the machine will not begin a cycle it cannot confirm is safely closed, and a latch is $301. When it genuinely is electronic it is the control board at $388. On a real Marietta job in 30062 the finding was exactly that: diagnose, board needs to be replaced.
Not level, banging cabinets, door dropping $322
On a Marietta job in 30068 the work was adjusting the level and securing the dishwasher to the counter. A machine that was never properly anchored or levelled tips forward when you load the bottom rack, strains the door springs and cables, and eventually leaks at the door. It is a small job that prevents a bigger one.
🍽️ Samsung, Frigidaire, GE, Whirlpool and Bosch parts on the truck — the five brands that cover most Marietta dishwasher calls.
Match Your Symptom to the Likely Cause
- Water sitting in the tub at the end of every cycle — drain pump ($340) or a blockage in the filter or drain hose ($284).
- Never drained since the day it was installed — the knockout plug in the garbage disposal was not removed. Not a fault, and not a part.
- Water on the floor at the front — door gasket ($330) or a door that is no longer sitting square.
- Water appearing under the cabinet — inlet valve ($340), a hose fitting, or a pump seal. Book this one quickly.
- Dishes still dirty, film or grit left behind — spray arms blocked, filter packed, or circulation pump weak ($300 to $386).
- Dishes clean but soaking wet — heating element ($360). The same element failure often shows up as poor cleaning first.
- Panel dead, nothing happens on start — door latch ($301) before the control board ($388).
- Starts then stops partway through — control board, or a float switch telling the machine it has a water level problem.
- Detergent pod still sitting in the closed dispenser — dispenser assembly ($423), or a spray arm hitting the door and blocking it from opening.
- Racks falling apart, wheels off, rust at the tines — racks and rollers ($331). Cosmetic-looking, but broken tines are how dishes end up hitting the heating element.
Which Dishwasher Brands We See in Marietta
Among Marietta dishwasher calls where the brand was tagged: Samsung 19, Frigidaire 18, GE 17, Whirlpool 12, Bosch 9, KitchenAid 2, LG 2, Maytag 2, Amana 2, Miele 1. This is a different mix from Marietta laundry, where GE and the Whirlpool family dominate — dishwashers here are spread more evenly, and Frigidaire ranks far higher in this category than in any other appliance we service in the city. Bosch shows up in the renovated kitchens on the east side and is one of the better-built machines we work on, but it is not immune: the drain pump and the circulation pump still fail on the same schedule as everyone else’s.
Repair or replace a dishwasher
Straight answer: repair if the machine is under about eight years old or if this is its first failure; start thinking about replacement when a machine past ten years needs its second unrelated repair in a year. A $337 median repair against $500 to $1,200 for a comparable new machine plus installation is an easy call the first time. It gets less obvious the third time. Dishwashers typically last 9 to 12 years — see how long dishwashers last and the repair versus replacement guide. One thing that genuinely changes the math: if the dishwasher is integrated with custom panelling, replacement is a cabinetry job as well as an appliance purchase, and repair stays the better answer for longer.
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Dishwasher Repair in Marietta — Questions We Get
How much does dishwasher repair cost in Marietta, GA?
The median dishwasher repair in Marietta is $337 when a part is replaced, with the middle half of jobs between $281 and $430, including parts, labor and the service call. By part: drain hose or blockage $284, filter and spray arm $300, door latch $301, gasket $330, racks and rollers $331, inlet valve $340, drain pump $340, heating element $360, circulation pump $386, control board $388. The diagnostic is $99 and it is applied to the repair when you approve the work.
Why is there standing water in the bottom of my dishwasher?
It is a drain problem, and it is the most common dishwasher call we take — 432 completed jobs at a median of $325. Roughly half are the drain pump itself at $340; the rest are blockages ahead of it, such as a filter packed with debris or a kinked drain hose, which cost less at around $284. Standing water is never a reason to replace a dishwasher.
My new dishwasher has never drained properly. What is wrong?
Check the garbage disposal first. Every disposal ships with a knockout plug in the dishwasher inlet, and if the installer did not remove it the dishwasher physically cannot discharge. We have fixed exactly this on real Marietta jobs. It is an installation oversight rather than a fault with the appliance, and no part needs replacing.
My dishwasher runs but the dishes come out dirty. Is it worth fixing?
Yes, and it is usually inexpensive. Median for that symptom is $348 across 119 completed jobs. The three causes are blocked or stuck spray arms and a clogged filter ($300), a weak circulation pump ($386), or a heating element that is no longer bringing the water to temperature ($360). If your dishes are also coming out wet, the element is the likely answer.
My dishwasher is leaking. How urgent is it?
Book it promptly. The repair itself is routine at a median of $340, but water running under a cabinet base and into the subfloor causes damage that costs many times the repair. Water at the front usually means the door gasket; water under the cabinet usually means the inlet valve, a hose fitting or a pump seal.
Is it worth repairing a dishwasher or should I replace it?
Repair if the machine is under about eight years old or this is its first failure — $337 against $500 to $1,200 plus installation for a new one is not a close call. Consider replacement when a machine past ten years needs a second unrelated repair within a year. Unlike refrigerators, dishwashers have no single catastrophic failure: every repair we do sits between roughly $284 and $423, so the decision is about the machine’s age, not the part.
Which dishwasher brands do you repair in Marietta?
All major brands. In Marietta our dishwasher volume runs Samsung, Frigidaire and GE at the top, then Whirlpool and Bosch, followed by KitchenAid, LG, Maytag, Amana and Miele. Common parts for those brands are stocked on the truck, which is why most repairs finish on the first visit.
Which Marietta ZIP codes do you cover?
All seven: 30008, 30060, 30062, 30064, 30066, 30067 and 30068. Our heaviest dishwasher volume is in 30066 with 43 calls, followed by 30062 and 30064 with 26 each. Every completed repair carries a 90-day parts and labor warranty.
Dishwasher Full of Water in Marietta? That Is a $325 Problem.
Standing water, leaks, dirty dishes, dead panel — every dishwasher repair we do lands between $284 and $423, parts and labour included. All seven Marietta ZIPs, same-day and next-day slots, 90-day parts and labor warranty.
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