Hello, the top drawer on my Kitchenaid dishwasher doesn't completely close. I can close it, but it is a fraction of an inch open and the dishwasher thinks it's open. The bottom drawer works correctly: when it closes it has a mechanism that draws the drawer in and keeps it closed. However, the top drawer does not do this. When not in use, it keeps on beeping since it thinks the drawer is being opened. When it run it, it stops midcycle with water in the basin. When I push ******* the drawer it will resume draining. When I let go, it will beep and stop.
SOURCE: Kitchenaide dishwasher latch will not
The dishwasher was not properly leveled on installation. I used a carpenter's level
and trued up the problem. The door now stays closed.
However, the latch design is faulty in that it does not ever feel securely latched and that is true of all the Kitchenaides that I tried in the showrooms.
SOURCE: dishwasher door latch
I just had this problem (or should I say, finally had the time to deal with it). Google searches revealed different ways to get the door open including repairmen with crowbars (causing replacement of the entire control assembly $$$), having to back out the top screws that hold the dishwasher in place (and to the top of the counter) with pliers, then moving the dishwasher out from the counter.
Nuts to all that.
First things first. Turn OFF the power to the dishwasher.
I wound up on my back first watching how the handle moved and which side seemed to be loose, in my case the right side was moving freely. After first trying to hold the handle in the "down" position with a springhook (to no avail) I wound up biasing the handle to the right (with a screwdriver inserted on the left side of the handle) while moving the handle in the "operate" direction. Suddenly (and without warning) the entire handle assembly moved to the right and created an opening that made it simple to stick a screwdriver up to operate the latch manually.
Four screws later the control panel was out, the offending broken handle assembly was in my hands to discover that they could have easily made the little tabs the hold the handle in place a whole lot sturdier, but let's not go there...
If I had to do the whole thing again it would have taken me less than 5 minutes to open it up I'm sure. Now to simply order the part and install it when it arrives. The best part is we can still run the dishwasher until it gets here!
SOURCE: Kitchenaid Dishwasher door wont latch
I have a brand new whisper quiet dishwasher model kudk02crbs4 I hook everthing up but the door does not lock what is worng I have no clue what wrong
SOURCE: KitchenAid Dishwasher KUDP01FL: Called repairman
May have bent door hinges,, need to check all alignment of door, hinges and latches...
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