I would suggest upping the temperature of the rinse cycle. The water may not be hot enough. I would call tech support before noon eastern time so you get the guys in Princeton.

Thanks I think I have a high loop. I had a high loop at the old house. I use Miele tabs and Rinse aid. The dishes are perfectly clean. The smell is very faint. Good idea on the rinse temp. I will call on Monday.

Run it with a dishwasher cleaner like Lemi Shine. We did that once in our Bosch and the problem was solved.

Have you taken out the filter at the bottom of the DW and cleaned it? After, rinse it in a bleach/water solution.

Washing dishes soiled with egg can stink up glasses as well.

I've used all the brands. Method Pink Grapefruit Smarty Tabs (Target has them) produce the most pleasant fragrance in the DW. Method also makes lavender tabs now I believe. But it would be worth seeing if those make a difference -- especially in combo with hotter water. I have found they do.

Thanks for the suggestions everyone. I've used lemishine and miele's dishwasher "conditioner" product. The food trap at the bottom is clean. I clean it about once a week, but there is rarely anything in there and it has no odor. If we have stinky food (egg, fish, etc) I rinse the stinky bits off or handwash. Plates with cat food are the worst. I too have used all the detergents that have mild to no fragrence. The best detergent was one by Henkel (somat in a bag), but it had left too much smell for my preference. I'd prefer a non-scented product. I'll try the higher rinse temp next week and report back.

Agree Somat is excellent (as is their rinse aid) but $$$$. Finish Quantum are my current fave.
Method also makes unscented tabs.

After Miele changed their tabs about 4 years ago, I changed over to the unscented Method tabs, only use half, and the Miele Rinse Aid. I went into the programming menu on the unit (it was an old thread here that showed how) and I increased the amount of fill water, water temp, and extra interm rinse. Most of the time I use the Post & Pans cycle. It does two pretty washes, main wash with method, two interm rinses, then final rinse with Miele rinse aid. I don't get any smells or odors and everything comes out clean.

I use the Miele conditioner about every 6-9 months. My Diamante Plus is now 5 years old.

I concur with Fauguy . I have a Futura Diamond and use Pot and Pans, Heavy Soil, or the Sanitary Cycles. I've used Cascade Complete, Miele tabs, and Smarty tabs. All work well.

Try using those cycles for the next week, hopefully that will resolve the issue. Do you still have a warranty?

Hi Fauguy

Are the unscented Method tablets solid? I tried cutting one of their scented tablets in half through the plastic coating, and the granules of soap ran out all over the counter. I have an 18" dishwasher, so definitely don't want to use more soap than needed.

The unscented Method tabs are solid, there is no plastic coating. All I do is cut them in half with a set if kitchen scissors. I've always only had to use a half tab even on very dirty wash loads.

Hi does anyone have an intel on which dishwashing conditioner / cleaner works in a miele. I spent 4 hour today cleaning up our miele the filter the non return value and then doing a high temp cycle with finish conditioner (the only one i could find right away) after speaking to miele use and home care support. I wonder how often I should run the conditioner cleaner. I have read that affresh- dishwashing conditioner has a lingering smell and I don't want to have to run two loads (water waste) is finish dishwashing cleaner just as good as mieles conditioning? Finish is less than half the price! Would appreciate your thoughts. PS- I currently use Trader Joe's dishwashing detergent and Miele Rinse Aid and that works just fine for us.

The dishwasher Affresh can be used during a dishwashing cycle with a load of dishes, so no separate cleanup cycle required.

The Affresh package is a 6 use package. Contains 6 tablets.

There's a dishwasher cleaner on a thread from the Laundry Forum that I'm linking. It gets very good reviews on Amazon.

http://ths.gardenweb.com/discussions/4083933/strange-and-magical-dishwasher-detergent-and-cleaner?n=13

The only DW cleaner I've used is Somat, which is excellent. It's expensive but not required often. Did a great job.

http://www.persilstore.com/cleaning-products/somat-dishwasher-care-products/somat-dishwasher-cleaner?zenid=5ed7m856i88r273qf98etjm4a1

I use Affresh and it works very well - Bosch dishwasher. I haven't noticed any lingering smell.

@sjhockeyfan- thanks for the intel! . I just checked out another product as posted byrococogurl called KLEENITE and have written the company for an ingredient list. It sounds too good to be true ! How often do you all use the cleaner? I've only just run one (the finish bec my poor Miele was just looking so terrible) and realize I should be taking better care of my machine. Since it's been over two years of me ignoring the maintenance on my machine, I'd better buck up and take care of it!

I try to remember to run it with an Affresh tab every 6 months