After two service visits to replace gaskets that caused the leaks, the problems appeared to die down with the dishwasher. I say "appeared to" because in hindsight some of the new problems we experienced should have served as a warning about a serious design flaw, which I'll explain briefly below.
After the gaskets and leaks had been repaired, we noticed that steam was more prone to escaping out of the top of the dishwasher. By design it is supposed to come out of tiny vents on the side of the door (See attached picture). Unfortunately, like many kitchens, the dishwasher door is flush with adjacent cabinets, so the vents have very little room to do their job.
Steam started to affect the underneath of our (admittedly cheap) kitchen counter. The counter blistered because of the steam - something that it had never done during the previous 15 years with the original dishwasher.
We decided to be careful to allow the dishwasher to cool before opening the door (mistakenly thinking steam was escaping when the door was opened) and thought nothing of it until May 2009.
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My Frigidaire Model PDC2855RFC is doing a similar thing to my counter, it leaks steam out of the top right side of the door, and my cheap counter has swelled up and the pieces of wood are flaking off. Did Frigidaire resolve anything with you, or did you replace a part that solved your problem? My unit is 4 years old so it is way out of warranty, but I never dreamed it would ruin the counter too.
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