Whirlpool Dishwasher not Draining

That was smooth, my Guy. It's not just the Tips and procedure. Your explanation was clear, and concise. The Technical College needs You!

Thank you so much for this video!!! Our Whirlpool dishwasher had a lot of water left inside the bottom of the washer this weekend. I thought we would have to purchase a new washer. But before we did, I found your video and showed it to my husband. He went through the same steps as you did, and sure enough, we had some debris that had gotten past the filter. He cleared the line and we started the washer back up and then sent it through the drain cycle - SUCCESS. All taking just a few minutes. Your video saved us HUNDREDS of dollars!! THANK YOU!!!

Identical dishwasher, same size piece of glass. Thankful that people post so many money saving videos on YouTube. Thank you for posting.

All instructional videos on YouTube should be this good and concise. Thank you for sharing, I can see from the comments that you have helped a lot of people out.

So many times you get on a fixit video and you get a video that is 30 minutes long, and it doesn’t help. This was the most helpfully succinct video I have watched since the beginning of me watching videos for help. Great Job!

I followed the video and checked everything including the pump. Narrowed it down to the tubing being clogged so disconnected, let out all the drainage that was backed up and ran a snake through the hole in the sink drain to the end of the tube to clear out. Put everything back together and the dishwasher started draining properly again. Thanks to this video I was able to see what I was looking for in the sink drain, eliminate any other possibilities, and clear all connecting hoses to make sure any clogs were cleared. HELPFUL VIDEO!!!

My dishwasher wasn’t draining and I found this video. 5 minutes later, I pulled out 2 pieces of glass and reattached the pump. Ran the dishwasher for a minute and hit the Drain button and it worked. Never would have fixed it on my own without watching this video. Thank you!

I'm going to add something to your troubleshooting process. My Frigidare was sporadic on draining. Sometimes it would drain it all, sometimes the whole bottom would have an inch, sometimes, just the center would have water. Sometimes the water was clean, sometimes still cloudy. So, I figured the drain pump was going bad. Ordered one from Amazon at 1/3 cost of OEM and replaced it. Worked great right out of the box. Next day, once again, water standing in the bottom. Kept researching and found someone suggesting to make sure the hose was clear where it entered the P-Trap. Took that hose loose, poked around with a screw driver, nothing there. Put it back together, sometimes worked, sometimes didn't. Today, took off P-trap and found debris in here. In fact, found a metal elbow fitting, like would be on the input side of the dishwasher. This had to have been there for 30 years! Removed it but wasn't satisfied that that was the issue. I am sure this was causing some issues with slow draining but couldn't be the whole problem. My dishwasher draining issue had really become a problem in the past 2 weeks. Went back to the drain connection at the dishwasher, removed the hose and this little black rubber piece fell out, all deformed. Started looking into this and discovered it is a back flow prevention flapper. Cost about $10 on Amazon. It's purpose is to what? Block water that is in the discharge hose from entering back into the dishwasher! I've got one on order, should be here in a couple of days, but I'm betting this makes my problem totally go away.

Fixed our dishwasher in 5 minutes with this video. There's definitely a button on the top left side that releases the pump. Keep up the great work and thank you!

Perfect! Had the exact same issue with the exact same dishwasher. Saved me an expensive repair call. Thank you!

Thank you so much for this video, this was the exact issue my dishwasher pump had, followed your instructions and had the drain pump up and running in 5 minutes !!

My Whirlpool diswasher wouldn't drain. I followed the instructions on this video and found a small peice of glass clogging the pump - just like in the video. I reinstalled the pump and it works perfectly. Thanks for making this job easy!

Great video, mine had a piece of glass just like yours. Fixed it right up. I would have been scared of breaking that pump, thanks for showing how you got it off. Thanks again, you're a good man.

Worked like a charm! If you can't twist the pump off, there may be a little button on the top left you need to press to deploy. Feel around for it and you'll find it eventually.

Your video was spot on, I found what appears to be either a piece of uncooked pasta or a small sea shell in my pump. I didn't see it at first, but then I heard something hit the floor. You saved me from buying a new pump. Thank you

Great video, Short and to the point. I followed each step and had a toothpick in my pump. Thank you for saving me a service call

I haven't tried this on my dishwasher yet but the video was short, right to the point, clear, simple to understand, and with clear video of exactly what needed to happen. Excellent job and I'm very hopeful that I'll be able to either fix or pinpoint the problem with my dishwasher now. Thank you!

Excellent video. While this wasn't my problem, it gave me confidence to keep working on it to figure it out. Turns out I had a completely clogged drain hose under the sink into the garbage disposal. Saved me a service call!

Hell yeah quick and direct. This worked so well. Man I wish other informational videos were this good. One note. The pump has a latch on the face at about 2oclock.

Perfect video and what was exactly what I needed to do to fix mine. Thank you!!