Kenmore Dishwasher Door Will Not Close

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Kenmore dishwasher door will not close.

Open the dishwasher door. You will need to adjust the dishwasher door latch to fix the door if it will not close. I have checked the dishes and none of them are stopping it from opening. But it seems like the reason that the door won t close is because there is an attached tray on the front which never presented a problem before hits up against the door.

Before checking any parts on the dishwasher door check to be sure that the dishes on the racks do not protrude out past the front of the dishwasher rack if there are items sticking out the dishwasher door will not close. Remove all the no. This happened once before and after waiting a week the tech guy came out and said i just needed to bend the metal plastic piece on the main unit that clicks when you close it. The latch serves two purposes.

The door latch can come out of alignment from use. The second is to activate the safety switch. Edit gap now about 4. Adjust the top tray up or down doesn t matter.

And the gap seems to be getting larger. This is a safety feature designed to prevent water from leaking past the door and flooding the kitchen. First remove the securing fasteners for the inner door panel. Very nice and didn t even charge me.

I don t think the hook at the top is grabbing on. I have a kenmore elite dishwasher model 665 13793k602. Adjusting the latch assembly is a straight forward process on most models of dishwashers. It will not latch.

If the latch does close. Rearrange items in the dishwasher so that they do not block the door from closing. You re a poorman if you struggle to say such words as detergent and soap scum. The first is to pull the door tight and keep it closed to prevent water leaks.

15 torx head screws from around the edge of the dishwasher door. My kenmore elite dishwasher door will not close. I close the door but it will not latch.