You are a genius. Thank you very much for helping me repair something for the first time in my life!! Awesome. Thank you.

This worked for me too, had the flashing Quick rinse light, wouldn't go off. Took off the inside panel and unplugged the 'ribbon' wiring cleaned it up a little, blew some canned air in where I could and it works again... at least for now, Hopefully it continues... Thanks!!

That was the exact fix. Thank you so much for sharing your solution. I set my air compressor at 5 pounds to start with, and gradually worked up to almost 20.

Same problem with a Sears Kenmore Elite Ultra Wash Model 665.165792 - Keypad unresponsive or exhibiting odd behavior, or unit not running through cycles properly, etc.

Same solution - Gently blew compressed air into two holes behind keypad and it made the keypad work like new - but only for about two days (and it had not been used between the blow-out and its first use two days later).

I'm suspecting this is because I only blew the air for about 1-2 minutes per side. I performed a second blow-out yesterday, and made sure to run it for a full 5 minutes per side (timed). Again, this made the keypad work like new and the unit ran through a Smartwash cycle flawlessly. Hopefully the extra air-blowing time dried it out completely, so it will last more than two days this time.

If not, I'll be removing that adhesive-backed keypad from the front of the panel to see if it can be cleaned out and successfully re-assembled. I know it isn't meant to come apart, and doing so may destroy it, but I also don't have anything to lose at this point. I'll need a new panel if this one isn't going to work for at least several months between blow-outs.

Bart