I am going to chime in on this one as I was looking into what other folks had to say about recent Kitchenaid products. I have purchased a wall oven, a wall microwave, 48" side by side fridge and a 36" gas stove top. These appliances have been in service since Nov 2010. While the Kitchenaid Canada's service line is adequate, their products are not in relation to the price paid. The stove top has had problems of ignition from day 1 with the two most powerful burners.(Left and right front) Service has replaced, ignitors, a valve and the piece that has the holes for the gas. While this has fixed one, it has not fixed the other. In my mind, if you turn on the knob to "lite", darn it, it should lite but it does not until you play with the knob til it works or I just take a lighter to it. The most inconvenient episode was just this past weekend when the fridge stopped working. I knew something was up, when I started to hear funny beeping sounds for over a week and sure enough, the fridge died. The tech came this morning, and said that the fan compressor was defective, which then shorted out the logic board. He said this shouldn't happen at all. Thus, I have to agree with antss on the comment of "lots of sizzle and no steak"

I bought this KitchenAid in March of last year. 2 weeks after it was delivered it shut down. Meaning there were no light on the display & it would not come on. We called customer service & they said turning the breaker off & on again would reset the range. We flipped the breaker to reset it & it worked again. Over the next several months, we had to continue to do this as it would just go off. It finally got to where this didn't reset the range & we called to get it repaired. When the repairman arrived & we turned the breaker back on & it worked! (They wanted to charge me the $135.00 service call fee as there wasn't anything wrong with my range) A week later my husband went to use the range & there was a letter "K" showing but the range wouldn't work even after flipping the breaker. The letter "K" did go away though. We again called & a repairman came out. Told us there was no letter "K" code, we must have been mistaken but the oven would not work so he ordered a relay switch saying that was what was wrong. A week later the part came in & they put it on. Oven worked. About 3 weeks later (3 days before Thanksgiving) the whole range would not work so another repairman was sent, parts ordered but we had to cancel Thanksgiving dinner at my house as the range would not be working in time. They did get the parts on & the range worked once again. Then 4 days before Christmas the electronic reading on the range said "Function not supported" when we went to use the oven. They said they couldn't get a repairman out before January 7th. When I told them that was unacceptable, they called a different repairman & again ordered parts but they wouldn't be available before Christmas. I finally found a corporate person & explained everything to him. After he investigated, he said they would replace my range January 2nd. A week later, someone called me saying they were shipping my replacement range & it would arrive end of January. We were now using a Toaster oven to bake. Last week we still hadn't heard when it would arrive so we called & were told it would ship on Wednesday. Yesterday it still didn't come so I called corporate again & was told the ship date was moved out to April..... They did finally offer me a different range but it would be several weeks before arrival. I told them that I am just going to go & buy another range as I need to cook for my family. They finally agreed to refund my money for the defective one after I send them the original receipt but it would take about 4-6 weeks for them to come & get the range & give me my money back. I know this is very long but I thought it might help you with your decision. I would strongly recommend you not purchase this KitchenAid range. It has taken me months of frustration & no way to cook properly to finally get where I am with the company & I am still out $1800.00 for another month or so. I even researched induction ranges before I bought the KitchenAid. Obviously not well enough! By the way, I do love the induction type range. It cooks amazingly well & even. Good luck!

Stainless steel will never be identical between two different appliances, even from the same manufacturer, because they often come out of different factories. Even if both appliances come out of the same factory, they will be made from different rolls of stainless. Stainless steel will look similar between all the manufacturers, save for some exceptions like Frigidaire Smudge Proof, etc. Most people on this forum mix and match appliances from different manufacturers and it is rare that anyone here would advise you to buy a package from one manufacturer. TL;DR get the KA dishwasher. It'll be fine.

I would replace it. That's a lot of money to spend on a machine that is much more than halfway through its expected lifespan. Miele, ASKO, Bosch; those are machines from which I expect more than 10 years -- and even those brands have their less-stellar models and "lemons". I would not expect more than 10 years out of a recent Whirlpool, which essentially is what a KitchenAid is when you get down to the most solid pieces. $400 is a good portion of buying a new dishwasher, even one of those top-three brands.