I have a Kenmore Ultra Wash Dishwasher. It will not start. The light above normal wash is flashing continuously. Any advice will be helpful.
Our warranty ran out 9 days ago
Thank-you in advance

minarprina

Thanks to an answer on this site, I pushed heated dry, normal wash, heated dry, normal wash and it went through some kind of process with all lights lit, etc. When it finished that process and was quiet, we found it worked. Hooray!! This was after spending a half hour trying to understand "help" from first a woman and then a man with heavy accents who were unable to help. That is, for $204 we could fix the problem and have a year's warranty or spend $65 for a diagnostic visit plus cost of parts, etc. Earliest available appointment was two weeks down the road. A local repair company would come out for $85 plus parts. I preferred this solution.

raymond562

After reading this answer and trying everything I could think of I pushed the normal wash and the heated dry at the same time and held them for a few seconds. All lights lite up and it ran through a short cycle. After that it functioned normally again!

Thank you so much for the help and saving me a service call!!

falvella

We tried all the suggested reset options with no success.

We bit the bullet and called the Sears repair service and the repairman.

The repairman was good and very frank about the problem. Apparently, this model Kenmore Elite dishwasher (665.16053401) has exhibited this problem often -- the motor seal fails...water gets into the bearings and rusts...the motor seizes or fails.

Apparently, in our neighborhood of SW Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh) this problem is more accute since the gas drilling companies are dumping millions of gallons of drilling wastewater with high quantities of dissolved and undisolved solids into the Monongahela river -- the source of our drinking water. These solids build up in dishwashers and exacerbate this failure.

The fix is to replace the main motor/pump/grinder unit (a $375 repair). Watching the repairman fix our dishwasher it's apparently a relatively easy part to replace. Take off a few clamps on the bottom of the unit and remove all the easy-to-remove trays and distribution lines within the cleaning chamber. The large circular part comes right out; disconnect the electrical lines; drop in the new part; hook up the lines and go.

Sorry for the bad news.

Bob K

I have a Quiet Guard deluxe with a blinking "normal wash" light. so far, none of the codes work I agree with the earlier judge post, ironic how this seems to happen right after the warranty goes off.

Raysuzanne

I have a Kenmore Dishwasher and My warranty is up the Clean Light is flashing and it will not start? What can I do Please help It is 2 years old and I cannot afford another one anytime soon?

searshater

Hey Kenmore and Whirlpool owners.....there was a recall a few years ago...check your model numbers.
Whirlpool and Kenmore Dishwashers
Also recall line is 1-800-659-7026 for Kenmore

DishwasherSuper

Thank You for this post and all the answers. I pressed the heated dry and normal wash buttons alternatively a few times and then all the lights came on steady. I waited a minute and pressed the cancel button, then pressed the buttons for a regular wash and it worked GREAT!!

nskoot1

This worked great for us,started on the left hand function and then heated dry and by the time we got all the way to the right the panel reset and is working fine. Thank you very much.

champion1

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Nuppy711

None of the above is working for me. What next? At this time I have no lights-nothing working. THanks