What may be causing my washing not to finish the washing cycle

john low temperatures washing can cause the machine to smell
if it was me i would set the machine to it's hottest wash and use a descaller or bleach and washing liquid ,after wash has finished give it an extra rince cycle./ scrum around rubber seal behind door before starting wash. check pump filter is clean,

you have probably done no harm. try selecting spin and drain again to ensure the water has drained properly.
Machine starting on its own after 5 minutes or so is usually the door lock failing, again not caused by your actions.

Most dishes in any dishwasher are still wet when cycle is finished. The heat built up in the dishes during the washing cycle is what causes the water to evaporate when the machine stops.
If you want to accelerate the evaporation, simply open the door very slightly so that as the hot air escapes it causes the dishes to dry quicker.

Try resetting the board first by unplugging for a few hours. It's like rebooting your computer. This will load fresh code into the board. If it persists, it's a board issue.

The washer timing control is defective.

HI HAVE YOUR PUMP FILTER CHECKED IF OK CHECK HEATING ELEMENT ..SEE IF ITS IN CIRCUIT.. THATS WHAT NORM HAPPENS IF THESE ARE NOT HAPPY.BET OF LUCK.
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How long does it stay in the wash cycle? Indefinitely? Does the display continuously show "WASH"?. If it stays in the wash cycle indefinitely (i.e. continuously shows "WASH" for significantly beyond approx. 3 minutes), it's probably a control board malfunction. If it continues to wash after the "WASH" indicator goes out, it could be a shorted wash motor relay on the relay board or a fauly control board.

If the internal rinse water booster heater doesn't reach it's programmed setpoint temperature in time, the dishwasher will run an extended wash cycle to give the booster heater more time to finish heating the rinse water. If this is what's happening, the wash cycle would last approximately 3 minutes, then it would rinse regardless of whether the booster heater has finished heating or not.

The booster temperature thermistor may be bad, giving a false booster temperature reading, causing an extended wash cycle as described above. The booster heater elements or contactor may be bad, preventing the booster heater from heating and reaching proper temperature, also causing the same extended wash cycle to give the booster more time to heat.

if this is a mechanical timer that controls the cycles. your timer may need replacing but it will not finish the cycle and pause on the fill mode, for the machine will not continue to cycle until the water level has reached your selected load size, a poor/faulty connection at the water valve solenoid, or water level censor can also cause this problem

be sure the drain hose is not lower than the wash tub this will caust the water to run out, 2nd be sure the drain hose is not pushed to far into the house stand pipe and the there is rome for air to go inbetween the drain hose and stand pipe eather of these will cause the machine to siphon mostly on rince cycle or on the 2nd and third loads you do. last your house drain could be starting to back up fill the washer with water and listen to it drain if you hear a gurggling sound in the house pipe you may need a plumber to cleanthis out for you.