Product review (5 stars): Cheap replacement as insurance against possible future repairs
As a lot of reviewers have pointed out, my Kitchen Aid dishwasher has what appears to be a design flaw in that part of the heating element is directly under one end of the silverware basket, causing that part of the basket over time to become brittle. As that area of the basket got more brittle, small pieces of it broke off during the four years we've owned it and I was worried that eventually they might cause the dishwasher to malfunction.

This Whirlpool replacement basket is exactly the same size, color, and shape as the Kitchen Aid one it replaced, which make sense as they have the same part number.  I took the old basket and removed the metal Kitchen Aid logo piece which covers the handle, drilled a couple of holes in the replacement's handle and attached the logo piece to it so that it looks to me exactly like the old one except pieces of the new one have not broken off.  Hopefully it will last at least another 4 years.