I have a fault with my LSI 61 dishwasher which I was hoping somebody might be able to help me with?

MODEL: LSI 61 UK

The observed symptoms of the fault are as follows:

1. When a wash cycle is selected the dishwasher now regularly (but not always) stops after 10+ minutes
2. When the dishwasher door is opened after a failed wash the water is cold, the powder is still evident in door and the water has not drained from the bottom of the machine.
3. After a failed wash the green cycle selection LED is not illuminated at all (normally flashes at the end of cycle and then turns solid when a cycle is selected for the next wash), when the "P" button is pressed the LED illuminates.
4. When a soak cycle is selected the water is pumped away immediately and the soak cycle completes successfully.

Comments on the web indicate similar issues have been traced to the water heater or a thermostat? Would you expect this to be the case based on the description above and considering it is an intermittent fault? Is there anything further I can do to diagnose / confirm the root cause of the fault?

Chris Green, October 2010

I'm having a pretty much identical problem with my Wirlpool dishwasher at the moment, I've been doing a wee bit of looking for possible fixes and everything seems to point toward the "heating element or thermostat".

I know you've most likely got yours fixed by now but can you tell me if it was one of these two things that bust your machine.

Mac, March 2011