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After much time doing observation the darn dishwasher failed again. This time I was able to watch the timer to see if it had a problem. I discovered that the ratchet pawl that advances the toothed main cam gear, was evidently sticky and the pawl was not engaging with the toothed gear. So the...

Trouble shooting Overheat Update Reading the manual for the Monterey 21 I got some information on the operation of the water heating cycles. During normal water heating, the tub fills without pump re-circulation. When the water is heated up to temperature (140 degrees) the heating element...

Thanks! I will report back when the new parts arrive and I install them.

Thank you, your input about the separate fan heater. That gives me more food for thought. I am going to run another full cycle to verify that it was in drying cycle when I found the red hot water heater element. However the heating element is remaining on during the water heating part of the...

My Kitchenaid KDM21 Monterey went into the final dry cycle today and I started smelling a burning smell. I opened the dishwasher to discover the heating element was RED HOT. I could hear the blower fan running, but evidently what ever controls the drying temperature was not cycling the heating...