About a year ago my dishwasher during a cycle was emitting a horrible plastic burning smell. We stopped it mid-cycle, cleaned it out and tried to run a few more cycles after that and realized it wouldn't drain so it sat in my kitchen broken for a year. I finally got so fed up with washing dishes by hand that I took the whole dishwasher apart. Confirmed there were no blockages in any of the hoses etc. when it still didn't work I googled the problem, found this website and found that it must be the solenoid. When I looked under the dishwasher I noticed that the solenoid and the armature and linkage had melted and fused together preventing it from moving up and down = the dishwasher not being able to drain. I bought both parts, replaced them within 45 min (with help from the videos on this website) and it's now up and running perfectly!!! YAYYY no more dishes in my sink!!