Dishwasher short cycles and shots off

Hello Forest;

My name is Peter. I am a retired field service appliance technician.
It sounds like you have a faulty electronic control board. This board starts & stops the washing, draining & drying cycles. The board cost about $96.00.
To replace the control board:
1.) You will receive the new control board in a silver anti-static bag. It is critical to ground your self by touching metal objects. Static electricity will knock out a board.
2.) Turn off the circuit breaker to the dishwasher.
3.) Remove the control panel cover. There are 2 screws on each side in the back of the cover. Remove the cover.
4.) Disconnect the electrical connector on the board. Remove the board from its housing. Install the new board and plug in the electrical connector.
5.) Remount the control panel cover.
6.) Turn on the power breaker.
There is a slight possibility the problem could be the detergent dispenser. This is an electrical component with a solenoid valve.
The electrical control board send a signal to the dispenser to activate. Lack of dispenser cycling may stop the unit.
Lets check it out: (Power Breaker is Turned Off)
1.) Remove the dishwasher front cover. There is a series of screws on the inside door holding the front cover. You may have a electrical power strip to disconnect.
2.) With the front cover removed, you will see two wires attached to metal contacts. Disconnect the wire leads.
3.) With a multi-meter, set to the lowest Ohm reading, touch the 2 meter leads together. You should get a reading of 1.0 Ohms.
4.) Touch one lead on each of the metal connectors on the dispenser. If good you should get a reading of '0', showing the dispenser is good. If the meter needle does not move or reads other than '0', the dispenser needs to be replaced.
Remember this is a long shot.

Most of the led lights are fused to the circuit board. Sounds like the circuit board is going or gone bad. I'm not sure because you did not give the model of the dishwasher.

Most of the control lights are led and do not go bad. But the circuit board that controls the lights can go bad. You may be able to fix the control circuit board but replacing it would be easier.

it is likely the heater or thermostat are faulty. Try to run in short cycle like rinse which works on cold water.

follow this steps and fix it. God bless you

Float Switch

The float switch may be hung up and this can cause the dishwasher to be stuck in a cycle.

Timer / Control

If your dishwasher gets stuck in a cycle first try shutting off the breaker for at least 5 minutes if this does not correct the problem you will need to replace the timer/electronic board.

follow this steps and fix it. God bless you

Float Switch

The float switch may be hung up and this can cause the dishwasher to be stuck in a cycle. Check the tutorial and the video for checking this part.

Timer / Control

If your dishwasher gets stuck in a cycle first try shutting off the breaker for at least 5 minutes if this does not correct the problem you will need to replace timer/electronic control board.

If your Dishwasher is stuck in a cycle check the following

Float Switch

The float switch may be hung up and this can cause the dishwasher to be stuck in a cycle.

Timer / Control

If your dishwasher gets stuck in a cycle first try shutting off the breaker for at least 5 minutes if this does not correct the problem you will need to replace timer/electronic control board
God bless you use the VOM..

BOSCH IS HAVING A PROBLEM RIGHT NOW WITH SEVERAL OF THERE CONTROL BOARDS...as a matter of fact just out today on a bosch shu33 model dishwasher and control was bad and was told by a local supplier there is a recall on these control boards.... based on you explaination it sounds like the control is bad and will need replaced... good luck to you..

HI, this is a control fault. the logic chips are malfunctioning. these chips are responsible for initiating the proper washing cycle sequences. you will need to replace this damaged control board asap.

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Ok, this is a control fault that may be corrected by shutting the power off for 5 minutes. this will reset the chip set on the control board. plug the unit back into the socket after the 5 minute ait and check to see if the element is still on. If so, replace the control board.

If you cannot make the light shut off by running the cycles up and down and the heater has shut off, then it is just a malfunction in the control board. Try unplugging the Dishwasher, wait 5 minutes and plug it in again and in the meantime pray hard. Hopefully it will shut off.