--- title: "Dishwasher heating & drying repair cost" description: "Miele dishwasher heating and drying repair cost — water that never gets hot, or dishes that come out wet." url: "https://mielemiami.support/repair-cost/dishwasher-heating-and-drying-repair/" date_modified: "2026-08-22" --- # Miele dishwasher heating & drying repair cost ### Two parts, two figures The sensor sits at the bottom of this band and the heating circuit at the top. Which it is is established by measurement, not by symptom, because the symptom is identical. ### What is cheaper than both Rinse aid, and the door-opening mechanism if that is what has stopped. Those are checked before anything is quoted. What moves this figure Heater circuit $200–$450; temperature sensor $120–$280 Sensor tested before the circuit, always Rinse aid and door-opening ruled out at no cost Sensor or circuit A drifting sensor makes a healthy heater look failed and is a fraction of the part. Measured rather than assumed. Whether it is drying at all A residual-heat machine that will not dry is often rinse aid or a door that has stopped opening, and neither is this repair. Scale on the element It heats badly before it fails. In this water that is a maintenance question as much as a repair one. Two parts, two figures The sensor sits at the bottom of this band and the heating circuit at the top. Which it is is established by measurement, not by symptom, because the symptom is identical. What is cheaper than both Rinse aid, and the door-opening mechanism if that is what has stopped. Those are checked before anything is quoted. ### Plastics come out wet. Is that this repair? Usually not. Plastic holds too little heat to dry on a residual-heat machine and that is normal rather than a problem to chase. ### Can the element be cleaned rather than replaced? Descaling helps an element that is coated and does nothing for one that has failed. Which of the two it is gets measured first. --- **[Read full article: Dishwasher heating & drying repair cost](https://mielemiami.support/repair-cost/dishwasher-heating-and-drying-repair/)**