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We paid a Sears repairman to come out when we had a flashing "Clean" light on our dishwasher, A Kenmore Ultra Wash 665.1603 or 1703, and he gave us the diagnostic code (buttons to push on the operating panel) and we have used it again after that, but I cannot find the order of the buttons to push now. Does anyone know which ones to select?
I have a 1701, and the sequence is heated dry-normal wash-heated dry-normal wash; but I understand for the 1703 the buttons are heated wash-heated dry instead. Ooh, and I see there are some similar answers below that probably have the same information.Quote:
Originally Posted by maklanava
Cheers
My Sears washer is model 665.17029400 and reset is as follows-Press normal wash and heated dry one after the other about 5 times.All lights on panel will light.Wait until all lights go out and it resets itself.It will go into a mode on it's own.Then press cancel and set your options as you normally would and press start.This worked for me after not having washer for 3 months.Sears customer service told me to turn off breaker for 5 minutes and it would reset itself-NOT TRUE! Depend on sites like this for practical imfo.Sears does not want you to know these things as it would eliminate expensive and unessary service calls.
P.S. I see some people using 1700 numbers which are typically stock numbers which can change from time to time.The model numbers are as I have listed above.This may help you in the future when searching for answers to your questions. Ciao!
Thanks for your help! Great community.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by curtisst
curtisst and community - thanks for the code to reset the cleaning light. That worked for me. I had gone through everything in the user's guide and looking for "suds." I should have come to this site first.
Curtisst,Quote:
Originally Posted by maklanava
You are tha man! I have just reset my Kenmore Elite Ultra Wash Dishwasher. It works wonderfully.
What a powerful internet age!
Tony
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Originally Posted by bingston
I love this site!!
Our Kenmore 665.1603 started acting up, not cleaning the dishes well, cutting off mid cycle, and then finally we got the "green" clean flashing light. The machine would not turn on, total bummer! I called service and all they could tell me was that an extended warranty cost over $200.00 for a year, or a service call would cost $65.00 plus parts and labor. We were not pleased.
I checked this site, saw the fix and the machine is working brilliantly.
We pushed the NORMAL WASH then HEATED DRY buttons one after the other until all the lights on the board lit up (3X's). The dishwasher went into a cycle; we canceled it, and then started our cycle as normal and it works fine.
I have to say, I think it is total crap that the "phone tech" could not tell me this, or that this VERY simple fix is not in the owners’ manual.
I'm done with Sears.
Lillys_Daddy
On my Kenmore Elite with hidden buttons, I don't know the model number, it was:
Heated Dry, Hi Temp Wash, Heated Dry, Hi Temp Wash, close the door, Start, open the door, Cancel 2x.
That is odd, Spell Check in this forum doesn't know about the word "Kenmore" or about "Maytag".
Hey, owners of Kenmore Elite Ultra Wash Dishwashers Models 665.1726* -- READ the suggestions here about dealing with the flashing green "clean" light indicating a malfunction. I had emptied the dishwasher two days ago and wondered why some of the top items weren't dry -- but proceeded to start reloading without much thought of it until tonight when it was time to run it! Naturally, I discovered that the "clean" green light flashing meant a malfunction and I was resigned to washing things manually until I could contact Sears next week. First, I checked the dishwasher itself and retrieved a knife and a plastic clamp from the bottom which had both worked themselves under the heat coil. Then I turned the circuit breaker off and on (but not long enough I guess,) but it still wouldn't start.
Finally headed to my computer and lo and behold, the suggestions on this website about pushing the "hi temp wash" and "heated dry" buttons worked! All the lights came on, the system reset itself -- and I'm now washing a load of very dirty dishes again~!
Thanks, all, for sharing your experiences that work! I'm so happy! :)
This is so great--Last year I had to have a $75.00 service call for 'blinking clean /won't start' and all he did was stand between me and the machine, an Ultra 4, and hit buttons. He wouldn't tell me, and when I tried to see, he covered up all the buttons. Today it did the same thing so I started looking for more info on line. Found this and can't thank you all enough not giving Kenmore another service call and for saving me the $75.
For mine the heated dry -normal wash repeated sequence caused all the lights to light up--then I closed the door, hit cancel, then start and it automatically started on normal wash, heated dry. I opened the door, pushed cancel, closed door, pushed smart wash, hi temp wash,** turned off heated dry and hit start. It is fine again.
Thanks so much to everyone for sharing and 'sucks' to kenmore for not making this info available--by phone, on line, in the manual--anywhere. I specifically asked the telephone service person for the reset sequence and was told I could only get it with a service call. It is such a scam to get customers to buy maintenance contracts or pay $75. For a 5 minute 'service' call. That man earned his money with the abuse I gave him.
Dee
** I use hi temp wash because I keep the water heater just over 100 degrees.
Hooray! Glad we collectively were able to help someone in the same boat -- and you're right, this info should be in the service manual. Shame on Kenmore/Sears.
What makes things even more disgusting is that I am a licensed plumber in my state (union so I do new construction not service--) and they still refused to give me the reset code because I am not a registered Sears repair person. I even offered to fax my license card. Their reason was that I could cause further damage to MY machine. Whatever. Just their way to **** us.Quote:
Originally Posted by carolmac
Dee
FYI, I have a 665.1691, which does not have the "heated dry" button mentioned in the posts above. However, the pattern of "Hi Temp Scrub - Air Dry- Hi Temp Scrub - Air Dry" worked. It lit up all of the LEDs and when I pressed "Start" it went into a 10-count diagnostic sequence with a 3 minute cycle. This cured my "Sanitized" LED flashing problem.
Thank you to this forum, which helped me figure out the reset code for my model!
Thank you for the code! I had the green light flashing tonight and thought we would have to call Sears... you have saved me a bundle! Thanks!
Hi, I'm new to the forums here.
I noticed the only two model series mentioned here are the 1600 series and the 1700 series. My model number is 665.13712k601.
Same problem as the rest of you... blinking lights, normal wash, cancel/drain; back and fourth. I've tried the "normal wash, heated dry" x3 sequence, and every other 2 button x,y,x,y,x,y sequence possible. Still won't go into the diagnostic sequence.
Any ideas?
Great site - now bookmarked!
Thanks for the info people. The normal wash - heated dry repeated sequence worked for me.
I had toothpicks and glass bits blocking the pump inlets. We really have to rinse more often.
Thank you, thank you! We have been looking at dishwashers - because I really do want to replace this one, but not NOW! It's Christmas! So, we had the blinking green light and could not figure out what to do except replace it. Decided to go to the internet and do some serious searching, didn't take long to find this site and she is in there running through a cycle as I type! Thank you for sharing, Merry Christmas to all! (Hopefully nobody HAS to get an appliance under the tree this year, especailly at this house)!
Thank you very much for posting this. I thought we would have to call someone to come and reset it. You saved us money we didn't have. I cannot live without my dishwasher. Thank you to all who posted on this subject. You are all awsome!Quote:
Originally Posted by Lillys_Daddy
used the heated dry- normal wash x3 sequence, all lights went on, restarted cycle I cancelled and the washer works fine. From what I have read elsewhere, the interrupt *may* have something to do with a thermostat circuit cutting out if the entry hot water is too high ( more than 145F) - it seems like a buggy safety feature i.e. the circuit board thinks that the water heater is overheating. The makers have apparently made changes to the control board to fix this bug but it costs serious $$$ to get a repairman in and buy the new board.
I prefer to use the reset code and turn down my heater a bit!
Note that this happened on Xmas day and I called Sears and they of course set up a service visit hohohohoho...
I like
I went online to find a schematic of the heater circuit so that I could start tearing our dishwasher apart.
I found this instead.
Thanks so much.
Had the heating coil in our dishwasher split in half today. Got a new one and installed it and discovered the green flashing light wouldn't stop and I couldn't run the machine. So I called the repair number to have a technician come out (which I was told wouldn't happen for 2 weeks).
After a bit of searching, I found this site and thread and it's solved my issue and saved me some money. Thank you to all who provided help!
I have a Kenmore model 665.15769, and the Quick Rinse button is blinking. I have turned the power off and back on through the breaker, and it is still blinking. Any suggestions?
I have a Kenmore Ultra Wash 1637. The normal wash light blinks and the delay button stays on. Will these reset options work on this one?
I have a Kenmore Ultra Wash 1637. The normal wash light blinks and the delay button stays on. Will these reset options work on this one?
I have an older model 665.15732 no heated dry button just air dry how do I punch in the sequence?
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! I was totally bummed because I thought I needed a new dishwasher. It didn't make sense that the clean light would stay on even with the door open. I tried resetting with the circuit breaker also. No luck. I'm not sure which model I have because I've searched and searched for the papers to no avail. I purchased it in 2005. I am SO happy I don't have to get a new disherwasher! I did dry, clean, dry, clean, dry clean until all lights lite up and lo and behold it worked. THANKS SO MUCH!!
Praise the Lord for Bingston. I first called Sears to have set up an appontment for them to come out and they offered me two options. $129 to cover all labor, no matter how long it took, or $204 and it would cover parts and labor. I told them it sounded like a ripoff, since what if it only needed a reset, or only took him 5 minutes to find the problem and a $10 part. I told them it sounded like Sears was trying to rip people off. For the $200 I could go out and buy a now Kenmore dishwasher. I read Bingston's post and that took care of it, again thank you and please keep this site up and running.
You people here rock. My Kenmore Dishwasher wasn't cleaning the dishes anymore. I looked it up online and found out the problem was the grinding cleaning arms were clogged with all kinds of gross things. I cleaned it out and also learned about Dishwasher Magic, which I found at ace hardware, no one else had it to get rid of the hard water and dishwasher detergent residues which were winding up on my dishes.
Unfortunately then the Dishwasher now wouldn't turn on. The Pots and Pans Light was stuck on. I found you here and did the normal wash, heated dry buttons I think 3 or 4 times, all the lights started flashing then the machine turned on. I pushed cancel twice and it turned off . Then, I reset it as I normally would and.. It's working great.
I am using the Dishwasher Magic and hopefully it will handle my problem with the residue.
I have to thank you all, specifically the comments from Lillys_Daddy posting for the tip on resolving this issue. I was going crazy with this problem. I refused to call Sears to get ripped off!! We have service contract on this fairly new house for all the appliances and we have had the circuit board replaced already, by a Technician from a third party Service Contract Company, but in a 24 hours the darn dishwasher went crazy again with that green light. We had the technician out again, and this time he went through some sequence to get the dishwasher back on course. We have been told the power surges in Florida screw up the appliances. But he would not tell me what that sequence of button pushing was! He also told me the company had many problems with this model of dishwasher from Sears. This kind of makes you wonder about the quality Sears is proclaiming they put out. I am so through with that nonsense. I mean really your only costing yourself money cause as far as I am concerned I paid a years service contract and I would have you out here as many times as required.
Is there a class action law suit against Sears for putting out LEMONS like this one?
I want to THANK EVERYONE for this posting! We are like everone else and having hard times. My dishwasher would not cancel. So I followed your instructions! Wonderful it reset right away and saved us a $100.00 service call!We live way out on a working cattle ranch and Sears charges us an arm and leg to come out this far. Washing a load of dishes right now!! Thank YOU!
I want to THANK EVERYONE for this posting! We are like everone else and having hard times. My dishwasher would not cancel. So I followed your instructions! Wonderful it reset right away and saved us a $100.00 service call!We live way out on a working cattle ranch and Sears charges us an arm and leg to come out this far. Washing a load of dishes right now!! Thank YOU!
Wow! Just tried it now and success ! Wahoo - thank you! :D:D
curtisssss you are the MANNNN , worked perfectly. My drain was clogged, so after I cleaned it out the flashing green light is as I presume a diagnositic code. Flashes 6x then 1x (which probably means clogged or no drain) after I cleaned it out, I reset the computer by pushing normal/heated dry 2 or 3x and all lights lit up. After a few minutes I pushed cancel and everything worked. Thanks fella's
curtisssss you are the MANNNN , worked perfectly. My drain was clogged, so after I cleaned it out the flashing green light is as I presume a diagnositic code. Flashes 6x then 1x (which probably means clogged or no drain) after I cleaned it out, I reset the computer by pushing normal/heated dry 2 or 3x and all lights lit up. After a few minutes I pushed cancel and everything worked. Thanks fella's
This has been a great help! Thanks so much! Now I can use my dishwasher again!
Thank you so much for these postings. I had the same problem and I did the reset as you said, it it worked like a charm. Thank you for saving me all this money!!
This is some truly useful information. Wonderful that you all shared it on this site. You sure made my day, week, month!!
Best,
Mb
NYC
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Unfortunately, although the info here allowed me to do the reset, it appears it does indicate an underlying defect. When I was able to run the washer again, it didn't work properly. So the flashing clean light does in fact seem to have a function - keeping you from using the machine when it's broken.
This website is the bomb and just saved me a dishwasher repair bill. I have a Kenmore Elite model#665.162653400, I tried Normal Wash and Heated Dry back and forth several times, (stupid me didn't even see the hitemp wash until later) but nothing happened so I pressed them both at the same times about 3 or 4 times and all the lights lit up and then off and then it started!! I did the whoo hoo dance around the kitchen!! Thanks guys!!
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