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Why American industry & mfgs are getting it's AZZ kicked by everyone else.
Just installed our new dishwasher - Maytag (Whirlpool). MY connections (water supply and drain) are fine. THE GODDAMN TUB/HOUSING LEAKS!!

Right near the front right of the bottom pan is a gizmo that I'm guessing detects water or steam. There's a 3/4" hole punched in the floor of the unit that this thing protrudes through. This is where it leaked. (Leaked until I took apart the GD brand-new out of the box several hundred dollar appliance and FIXED IT!!!)

A plastic fitting sticks through , and has a nut with a rubber washer. THE NUT WASN'T TIGHT!!  And... if you tighten it to where it shouldn't leak, the rubber washer will squish out from under the flange, because there is no "register" to contain it, and it isn't thick or rigid enough to hold it's shape!

I'm no engineer, but it took me about 35 minutes and some parts from my "hmm, maybe I should save that" bin to repair a brand-new appliance.