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Imperial 21 I've got one of these. A nice thing about this dishwasher is that it comes with 4 different colors of front panels. In addition to the almond color in your picture, it includes black, white, and "honey gold" or some such (a very 70's looking orangey color). Just take off the side...

I think you nailed it John - it looks like it was a bad crimp. If 27 years of faithful service counts as "bad", anyway. The corrosion was on the wire from the door switch to the button unit, right at the terminal crimp on the button end. I got a new wire from Lowes last night and installed it...

source for replacement wire I found the problem - the wire leading from the door interlock switch is corroded through. Of course that wire is listed as NLA on all the parts websites. Does anyone know where I can buy a small quantity of wire? All I can find online is bulk suppliers. It's a...

Thanks for the reply, John. I checked the connections like you suggested, and they look good. The wire nuts are clean and tight, and the ground is firmly attached I don't have a voltage meter but will pick one up and check that next.

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Hi, I have a Kitchenaid Imperial 21 dishwasher, most likely installed in 1986, that came with the house I bought 2 years ago. It has mostly worked flawlessly the past two years, but today it's doing its best Monty Python dead parrot impression. My wife ran it yesterday and thought that it had...