I bought the indesit idl 530 as our first dishwasher. My friend said you'll not believe how clean glasses come out when you have a dishwasher...alas this never happened!! It's been rubbish from day one & I probably should have complained straight away but I didn't really know what to expect at first & it was hit & miss when we first used it. We can only use the fairy liquid tablets as the finish ones never dissolved but know even they get stuck in the dispenser or on the dishes at the front. I dread opening the door when it's finished & turn the air blue most days when I notice the tablet all over the dishes. We rinse everything so much it's almost pointless using it but still they come out dirty, sometimes dirtier than they went in! We clean filters, run hot cycles have replaced parts. Nothing makes a difference so today I ordered a hotpoint dishwasher with great reviews & will be throwing this piece of rubbish out.

We have had this dishwasher for a long while and I'll be honest it wasn't great at first and is gradually getting worse. It was cheap and it is cheaply made and poor. I have to put cups in two or three times and end up having to bleach them to get tea stains out after one use. The short 25 minute wash doesn't do a thing and neither does the eco or time for you (which seems to take about 4 hours to do absolutely nothing!). I use Finish tablets, salt and rinse aid and still glasses come out cloudy, food and grit is in cups and still on plates. I regularly clean the difficult to access filters and to be honest am just waiting for this to pack up before I buy a Zanussi like I had before. Sadly, I can't recommend Indesit at all.

I have had owned dishwashers which have a use of at least once a day, for a family of 4 - 5 and had great use out of all of them in the past. This Indesit IDL 530 one just does not clean - I went back to using separate salt, rinse aid and wash tablets rather than the all in one tablets, as the plates and glasses on whatever rack came out with grit stuck all over them. This has not helped however. We wash the filters out every time, and have taken to understacking the load even leaving a gap between plates in case they dont get enough water between them, and to rinsing off the plates to a point it is not worth putting them in and still things come out covered in grit, or unwashed. The filters do not all fit together properly, they dont click in place, and I would guess this is partly the problem. The rods that turn around to flush water on both trays are considerably wobbly and not very sturdy this could be another problem. You want clean crockery etc, that is why you buy a dish washer - you dont get clean crockery etc. We did call service out twice and they came and looked and fiddled a bit, mentioned washing out filters, which we do after every wash, and basically no difference what so ever. We are moving shortly and leaving it behind - i will have to buy another one, but the family is all going its separate ways and instead of arguing over who wants it, we are quite happy to disown it. Lastly, the cycles take forever, and if you have to pause it for any reason, it goes back to the beginning in some instances!

I am VERY disappointed with this Indesit IDL 530. It looks good. My previous dishwasher was also an Indesit, it was 12 years old and still working exceptionally well, the only reason to change was it was looking a little tatty. 1. circuit board went after 13 months
2. Does not dry dishes when finished
3. top drawer does not slot into water pickup point correctly
4. cutlery holder falls apart too easily
5. does not rinse very well
6. generally the clean quality is very poor

Wouldn't buy one of these Indesit IDL 530 again, mainly because of the poor utensil basket, which breaks easily when silverware is dropped in and results in the lower arm jamming. Exposed heater element melted some plasticware when it fell through the basket.
Dishes aren't dry after end of wash, you'll have to open the door to let out all the steam.

What is it with the green flashing lights? I personally hate this machine.....at first it was fine, then wouldn't rinse properly and now the flashing lights!
Is there no hope for it?

Tends to leak all over the floor on some occasions - not all the time. It waits until we think it won't leak, then whoosh ... bubbles and water all over the floor. Nice looker, but I'd select an alternative as it tends to leak in a BIG way...

When this Indesit IDL 530 dishwasher was first delivered there was a problem plugging it in and therefore the engineer left without testing it. When I tried to use it it was faulty with the lights flashing on the display to indicate the problem. I had a plumber out twice thinking that it was the installation that was incorrect but in the the end it turned out that the dishwasher just didn't work. It then sat in my kitchen for three weeks before a new one arrived. I have had the new one for 15 months and it has now broken again. The same lights are flashing indicating the same problem as in the last dishwasher. Having contacted Indesit I have been told that as my guarantee is up (only a mere three months ago) I would have to pay £150 for an extended warranty - the appliance only cost just over £200. Or I could pay £90 call out and the labour charges (parts are guaranteed for five years).

Even though this dishwasher was reasonably cheap, I cannot say it was good value for money as it doesn't actually work. Indesit obviously have no problem with their goods only having a lifespan of just over a year. I would not recommend this dishwasher to anyone.