Do-It-Yourself Story

This repair works best with another person to help hold parts and pieces during replacement. This expedited the process greatly. First I turned off the breaker to the dishwasher and tested the machine to ensure there was no power running to it. I opened the door to the dishwasher and unscrewed the bottom 4 screws on either side (the top 2 on each side hold the control panel in place). Closing the door without it locking I lifted up the panel and out removing it from the machine. I removed the remaining screws on the inside of the door and slid up to remove the control panel. I removed the screw holding the handle in place and took it off the panel. There was a grey control box affixed to the panel by brackets. I used needle nose pliers to snap those and make removing the box much easier (trying to keep the tabs back while simultaneously trying to remove the control box was very difficult ). I detached the ribbon from the box and now the control panel was free to be replaced. I attached the new box to the circuitry ribbon and the box snapped easily in place. I attached the handle piece and did the rest I did in reverse order and ran a cycle to ensure the dishwasher wad working properly once I switched the breaker back on.