Kenmore Ultra Wash Dishwasher model #665.1703, Flashing light-won't start

L0gansm0mmy · #1 Aug 25, 2006, 11:24 AM

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

zrocket · Sep 16, 2006, 10:33 PM

my clean light was blinking on my kenmore i just pushed the heated wash,and the heated dry buttons one after the other for about 5 times and all the lights lit up and the thing just started going through differant settings then it all quit so i pushed normal wash and its working now.

L0gansm0mmy · Sep 17, 2006, 05:50 AM

Thank-you for your response ZRocket. Unfortunately, this was not the case for us. I do, however, appreciate your help

esquire1 · Sep 17, 2006, 06:39 AM

Somtimes if you disconnect the power to the unit for a short period of time it will rest itself.

L0gansm0mmy · Sep 17, 2006, 03:35 PM

Thank-you, Esquire-we have tried this as well. More than likely we have a faulty electrical board.

pacogomez · Sep 23, 2006, 09:02 AM

I just wanted to join this discussion to express that I have similar problems (Flashing green light - no start) with the exact same model. I called on it and was told it would cost some $170 to have the guy come and take advantage of our recently expired warantee. Any advice would be helpful!

L0gansm0mmy · Sep 23, 2006, 12:05 PM

I am so sorry to hear you are dealing with this as well, Paco.

We went out & purchased a new dishwasher from a totally different store.
The way Sears handles all this-well, let's just say we are DONE dealing with SEARS.

We didn't want to give them a dime more of our money & we gave our faulty unit to a friend of ours who is going to repair it--somehow, w/o the help of Sears.
BEST WISHES TO YOU!!!!

Hotrod · Oct 23, 2006, 10:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zrocket

my clean light was blinking on my kenmore i just pushed the heated wash,and the heated dry buttons one after the other for about 5 times and all the lights lit up and the thing just started going through differant settings then it all quit so i pushed normal wash and its working now.

Thank You.. That Worked for me too!!!

THE POWER OF THE WeB!!!

Jennybean25 · Oct 23, 2006, 10:50 AM

Hi, Thanks for telling me which buttons to push. I had this problem with my dishwasher about a year ago. I think what happens is I put a large pan in the rack. If the spray is not allowed to turn due to something in the way the dishwasher malfunctions. Otherwise it will burn out the motor or something. Anyway I called sears and I had a nice guy who told me how to reset it by pushing the buttons. Heated wash/heated dry a few times. All the lights will light up and the dishwasher will continue its cycle before it malfunctioned. He said let the cycle complete and then it will be ready to go. I just had this happen again and could not remember the two button to push. I tried to call and the lady told me it would be $65.00 for a tech to come out an look at it. I tried to tell her I knew what the problem was and just wanted to talk to a tech. She would not listen so I said forget it. I decided to look up the problem on the internet. I am so glad I found this site. Anyway, I will be writing down the button in my user manual. Thanks and I hope this helps people in the future.

edshark · Nov 19, 2006, 04:19 PM

Thank you for the fix. My my clean light was also blinking on my kenmore ultra wash and I pushed the heated wash,and the heated dry buttons one after the other for about 5 times and all the lights lit up for me too and the dishwasher started up again.

You saved my Thanksgiving.



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