I have a Whirlpool series 980 dishwasher.
I ran a cycle normally last night, but today I noticed that the bottom is full of water. The "clean" light is on, but nothing happens when I push any other buttons.
I bailed out all of the water and cleaned out the overfill protector, but still no luck!
The disposal and sink drain are not clogged, but I do have frequent backups with them.
Any ideas?

Thanks!

Jackie, August 2005

my integrated whirlpool dishwasher has stopped working .comes on for about 1 minute then beeps and stops .is it the pcb board or something else

niall, March 2011

whirlpool model adp4501/5 starts but wont empty think its elecrical fault which parts are warn and whats cost to repair

smith, July 2010

The Main wash dispenser lid on my Whirlpool 980 Quiet Partner popped off the other night, now there is no spring action to the door, auto latch is still working but door does not open enough to allow detergent to emplty, does anyone know how to reattached spring?

Frustrated in Mississauga, June 2009

Dishes are not clean and it will not drain out the water and water is holding in the bottom of dishwasher

It is about 5 yrs. old

Whirpool Quiet Partner II, ModelDU943PWK80

kpierce@kaypiercefr.com, November 2008

For Whirlpool DW DU1145XTPB, Quiet Partner II-- When the clean light is blinking and no other front panel controls will work, do the following: push SaniRinse-Heated Dry-SaniRinse-Heated Dry. This will put the unit into diagnostic mode. Then, push Cancel after about 15 seconds. You are no longer locked out. Run the dishwasher normally.

Supposedly, the unit is finding fault with the water temp and it's only answer is to lock you out of the controls so you'll be forced to call for service. It's BS. It's really nothing more than after market income generation. It has been designed to fail. Buy a Fridigaire with mechanical controls on the front panel. Costs less than half. And hey! Let's all get together with these lemons and talk about a class action suit.

Lucy Orgain, Dickson TN lorgain@dickson.net

Whirlpool ...it could be worse.
Should be delivered from a hearse.
Brand new it's nearly dead.
Less than a year, you'll surely dread ....buying
Whirlpool ...well, it could be worse.

Lucy Orgain, June 2006

The Aquarius/Whirlpool has a sump that collects water over time (to avoid flooding the kitchen!) ... when it is full, a microswitch tells the drain pump to keep running .... remove the left hand side panel and with a turkey baster (or something similar), remove all the water in the sump .... that should fix it!

The other option is to jam the microswitch ... but if you do that, make sure you check you havent got a leak somewhere on the machine as you will then get a flooded kitchen after all!!

Briddles, September 2005

its the timer switch that tells it to change cycles is brokenmost likely

Brezzy, August 2005