Repair Stories

GE Dishwasher Repair in Palm Harbor: Dead Drain Pump

GE dishwasher in a kitchen in Palm Harbor

A client in Palm Harbor had a GE dishwasher that wouldn’t drain — it would run through its cycle but leave water sitting in the bottom of the tub instead of pumping it out.

Diagnosis

Drain pump removed from underneath the GE dishwasher

Pulling the drain pump and testing it confirmed it had failed — it wasn’t moving water anymore.

Old failed drain pump next to the new replacement pump

The repair

We swapped in a new drain pump and ran a full test cycle to confirm the fix before leaving.

Result

The dishwasher drains normally again at the end of every cycle. If your dishwasher is leaving standing water after it runs, a failed drain pump is one of the first things worth checking. See our dishwasher repair page for what else we typically look at.