Kitchen aid dishwasher won't stop

Geo-TH,In

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I have a 10 year old kitchen aid dishwasher that will go through a wash/rinse/dry cycle, then start washing same dishes over and over. I have to set a timer, then hit cancel or open the door.

I'm thinking the brains, control panel, has some kind of issue.

Has anyone had same problem? If so, what did you do to fix it or just replace it?

New control panels are round $200 and up. Used ones start out at $45, for another $10 get a squaredeal 1 year warranty.

thanks
Geo
 
Problem is I have a kitchen aid, 20+ years old in my other place and it's just
fine. Wish someone can tell me if it is the control board.
 
Unfortunately, they don't build 'em like they used to. We have a kitchen aid from '68. And it still works every day, multiple times a day. Back then, they were made by hobart, the people who made industrial restaurant washers.

Today, it is more common to buy a new one. We do have a local appliance store that fixes stuff, but they are a rarity these days.
 
I would pull the control board and go over it with a magnifying glass. Lots of times you will find the problem right away. I have had cracked solder , bad capacitors , diodes and such on boards that they wanted $300 bucks to replace and only costs 25 cents for a capacitor.Makes me wonder how many appliances are in the scrap yard for a 25 cent part. Most repair people can't spend the time to trouble shoot most people wont pay for trouble shooting either.
Martin
 
Buying a used part is less than 10% the price of a new dishwasher and it very easy to install it.
 
I did what you said, couldn't find any thing that looks cracked or burned.

One time I had the timer on a range go bad, simple relay, but couldn't find a replacement part. Cost me $200 for new clock.
 
I haven't had that problem, but I did have issues with water fill on a GE. I am by no means a dishwasher mechanic, but I found a LOT of information on that one by googling it with the make and model number. Got great advice from others and fixed it for @ $20. Food for thought.
 
This may be too simple, try turning off the breaker to the dishwasher for a minute, turn on the breaker and see if the dishwasher works right again. If that does not work you might be ahead to replace the dishwasher instead of repairing it, unless it's an expensive dishwasher. Newer $300 to $500 dishwashers are much quieter now, but the cycle time is about twice as long as the older ones.
 
It easier than that for me. I install all my dishwashers with a power 12g power cord. I buy the biggest surge surpressor on the market. Dishwasher is plugged into surge surpressor and surge surpressor is plugged in under the sink.

One time neighbors tree fell on power liness and blew up the surge supressor. Surge surpressor saved that dishwasher, I'm still using it. Good 20 year old kitchen aid.

Now we set the timer on stove for 1 hour and then manually turn off the dishwasher.
geo
 
If you end up buying a new one, do yourself a big favor and don't buy a GE. Had to replace my old Whirlpool a year ago. It's a useless piece of junk. On a usual load at least a quarter of the dishes have to be rewashed. That never happened with the old one. Service tried to make it work and couldn't. Called GE, they just said, see if the store will take it back which of course after six months of screwing around, they wouldn't. I had other GE products through the years and none of them were any good. Will never buy any of their junk again.
 
Hey George, we have a KitchenAid dishwasher about the same vintage as yours. It had hardly gone out of warranty when it started acting up, I can't remember the exact problem now. But I replaced the control board and it didn't fix the problem. The only thing left to change was the front panel, which did fix the problem. If you're going to be swapping parts, I'd start with the front panel.

I've also had to replace the thermal fuse, which is a big resistor that's mounted on the board but has its own wiring. When that blows, the washer is pretty much dead and you can easily check the fuse with a meter.

BTW, I still have that control board I bought, since electrical parts aren't returnable.

KitchenAid these days is just another Whirlpool brand. Not at all like back in the days when KitchenAid was a Hobart product line.
 
Mark, what is the part number on the back side of the gray control panel? I may be interested in yours.

My front panel seems web working, I can start and cancel washer.
Thanks,
George
 

some washers had a sensor that shined a light through a clear sight glass at the rinse hose to determine when the water was clean enough to go to the final mode. if that sensor or glass was blocked,, it keep rinsing over and over..
 
I just read about the sensor, turbibity
sensor. I put half gallon of vinegar in. Put
It on rinse. Let it run for a few minutes.
Unplugged it. Plan to let it sit over night.
See if vinegar doesn't remove line, clean
sensor. May try bleaching it if necessary.

Thanks, George
 
There are thousands of videos on U-yube that show how to repair almost everything. Start surfing there.
 

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