DishDrawer by Fisher and Paykel

[holeshot]

We had a DCS dishdrawer installed in our 1996 Airstream Excella Travel trailer about a year and a half ago, excellent, no problems, after a year we sold the trailer.
We just had a brand new in box DS603 DishDrawer installed in our new Airstream. I ran the rinse cycle after the installation, as per instructions.
I noticed what seemed like an excessive amount of water after opening it, around the edges of the drawer, outside of where the lid seals, but thought it dripped down after the rinse cycle as there was no drying time.
while doing our first load of dishes, F1 code started beeping and when I opened the drawer, what appears to be the drain motor was still running.
I'm thinking the lid never locked down correctly.
A tech is coming out on friday. I'd like to make sure this is repaired correctly as we are doing extesive traveling this summer and don't want to be chasing Fisher and Paykel service around the county..
are there any inherent problems with this particular model? upgraded parts that need to be installed?

[applianceman]

The F1 code as you discovered is a flood code intiated when water is sensed on the bottom of the cavity. The most common reasons for the F1 are washing something to tall inside the drawer preventing the lid from closing, a tear in the lid seal allowing water to escape, or one of the lid actuators not functioning and thus not closing the lid during wash. It's also possible for there to be a leak from the drain line or water inlet, so it's just a matter of getting some eyes in the unit and look for where the water is leaking from. A good tech should have little difficulty with repairing this issue and have you traveling in no time. F&P are very easy to work on once you have done a few. Make sure tech is familar with F&P.

[holeshot]

It ended up being a little plastic piece on one of the lid motors was cracked so it wouldn't hold the lid closed tight enough. He replaced the whole motor and plastic pc and working good so far.