Even when the part could easily be standardized and replaced/repaired like a light bulb, companies want you to buy a whole new one. Of course nobody really repairs things these days but I think this is the reason why. It seemed absurd there would be so many but the reality is that actual solenoid is super generic and should only cost $20 and should be made to fit them all. There were 120V AC and 12V DC versions but other than that the only difference was the water connector/dongle/bracket. One thing I didn’t understand was why there were so many different inlet valves that all did the same thing. Given I knew the specifications from the model number and the printing on the solenoid itself wrt voltage and flow rate, I bought the cheapest replacement I could find on Amazon, spliced the wires into the existing harness and boom, it worked perfectly. You need to be a certified Miele technician to buy them. I went to find an OE replacement online only to find that they are $580, sold by only 2 places, and sold out. It turns out the water intake valve solenoid was jammed or gummed up somehow, as applying 120V to it directly had no effect. Dishwashers during the pandemic were sort of scare due to massive home remodeling demand, and the professional repair people would have cost $300 just to diagnose, so I went to try to fix it myself. My $1200 7 year old Miele dishwasher stopped working a few months ago, with the “Intake/drain” light on red when starting a load.
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