Do-It-Yourself Story

I removed the six screws per the video for the electronic control, I replaced the touch pad panel which turned out to be the problem, and the electronic control which I had ordered just in case it was not the touch pad because ApplianceParts said I could return it if that was not the problem. Decided to replace both since I figured the electronic control was the same age and probably was also going to go out. Took about 45 min for both since I did it "twice" to prove which part was broken. I then dissected the touch pad which is made of many layers of materials glued together and found that somehow moisture had gotten into the printed flexible circuit and shorted out the buttons. So before I reinstalled the new one I sealed many areas where moisture could leak into that area with some silicone. That took a day to dry...so I guess one could add that time to the repair.