Product review (1 stars): Serious mechanical issues
This piece of junk was purchased at Home Depot in 2009 for around $575.

The first major problem is it barfs up an "HE" code meaning the heating cycle is not working.  The underlying problem is LG put the relay for the heating coil on the main circuit board.  The relay can't take the 500-1000 watts or whatever the load is and simply melts.  They actually had a recall at one point because it burned down a few houses.  They blamed it on "poor soldering".  Not really, it's poor design that will never work in a million years.  You simply can't run that much power through a small relay and expect it not to fail.  The thing never really dried the dishes anyway so it's hard to tell when it's not working.  The "fix" is to replace the main circuit board which is around $125, if I do it myself.  Having someone fix it would exceed the cost of getting a new dishwasher.

The second problem is the soap dispenser just quit working.  The lid will not stay shut.  We just pour in the soap, slam the lid, swear, and let it run.

The third problem is it is now making a horrific noise, grinding, whining, like metallic angry chipmunks.  I stuff a old towel at the base to reduce the noise.  There is not delay start so this thing can make it's noise at night.  However, since it can't be trusted because sometimes it barfs up an HE code right away and you have to restart it, so instead of taking 2 hours and 4 minutes to do the dishes, you are up to 2 hours and 40 minutes.

The fourth problem is the metal clips provided to hold the dishwasher in place are way too thin, looks like 14 gauge steel at best.  There is simply too much space between where the clips attach and where you screw them into the counter top.  Raising the dishwasher by adjusting the legs you can only go so far up.  At any rate after a year or so of loading and unloading dishes the clips popped out while both dish racks were pulled out causing the dishwasher to fall out of the cabinet spilling all the dishes and rack on to the floor.  There's no lip or anything where you can just drive a big screw into the counter top to secure it, just those dang clips unless I want to re-engineer something.  Just looking at it, who thought that design made any sense?  It doesn't, it was probably the cheapest solution they could find.

Fifth problem the clips holding the rack wheels are brittle and crack.  Luckily I robbed clips from the other side that are used for the worthless "adjustable" shelf feature.

Oh yeah, the first night we got it, it peed all over the kitchen floor.  Turns out a seal was not install properly at the factory, so rather than calling service, I simply fixed it myself.

This thing is really nothing more than an assembly of the cheapest Chinese parts they could find.  Even the silverware holder has worn through. Manufactures can make stuff that's "not quite right", but most learn from their mistakes like common warranty issues, complaints, and service people feedback.  Good manufacturers take this feedback and improve the product.  LG obviously has not done this since they are selling the exact POS that we bought in 2009.  Consumer Reports feedback rants on this dishwasher and for good reason.  Now I'm stuck, not worth it to fix it, even if I do the work myself, and a new dishwasher is not in the budget.  Is it just me or it unreasonable to expect an appliance to last 10 - 15 years?  I suppose that's what you get when the parts are made in China and assembled in Korea, probably a contract manufacturer at that who just slaps the LG label on it.  I can't prove that but how can it come to be something is so poor that a company like LG is not aware of the problems?

I have fantasies of taking a pick ax to this POS.