Customer Questions and Answers for Keypad (Touchpad) by Ge

This dishwasher keypad is the membrane touchpad behind the control console. It registers your button presses so you can select cycles and options. Replacing a failed keypad restores reliable button response and allows the dishwasher to start. What it does / symptoms:

• Provides the user interface for cycle and option selection
• Sends button-press signals through the ribbon connector to the electronic control
• Buttons are unresponsive or work intermittently
• Dishwasher won't start when Start/Reset is pressed
• Indicator lights may come on but controls don't respond to input

• One keypad

• Disconnect power at the breaker before servicing
• Access the console/door area to reach the keypad and control
• Carefully release the ribbon connector; avoid creasing or damaging it
• Ensure the ribbon is fully seated and correctly oriented in the control board connector before reassembly