My Kemore Elite dishwasher normal wash light keeps flashing and won't start?

Flip the breaker off for 30 seconds at the electric panel, then turn it back on. Has it cleared?

I googled "Kenmore Ultra dishwasher troubleshooting" and got some replies from this website. Several answers focused on the green flashing light (does your Ultra have this?). There were a variety of responses, including replacing the heating element, and others. You should check that out.

Flip the breaker off for 30 seconds at the electric panel, then turn it back on. Has it cleared?

Dear Ballengerb1
I have the same problem on a kenmore dishwasher series 1635 I HAVE FLIPPED THE BREAKER OFF MANY TIMES:FOR 10-30-60-300 SECONDS AND ALL I KEEP GETTING IS THE DRAIN NOISE,oups sorry about the capitals,and then the b... red light on "normal wash"comes back. None of the advices I read on this wonderful site have worked.:confused:Please help me! Merci!

THe advice I got worked. I held down the start button for 10 sec - did not work. I repeated procedure starting with the first button in the row, then the next, after about the third button, the red light about"start" did stop blinking and went off. I then pressed "start" and have not had any problems since.

I just did everything you suggested,still no result.I understood that I have to push every pad for 10 seconds,which I did. I read all your posts about that problem:still no result.But thank you for the answer I feel less alone!