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My dishwasher fills when I turn it on. It rinses the dishes then drains. When it goes to add the soap and fill again it doesn’t fill with water (no water at all). The pump then runs dry for the cycle like it has water in it. It then drains (no water) and goes through what would be the rinse cycle, again without water. If I manually add water for each cycle it runs fine and drains properly. Something is not letting it add water, even though it can get water at the beginning

I had the same issue. It was the fill valve. I know this does not make sense since it fill the first time. Seems like a controller issue. Well to test: Run it the first time and watch it fill and wash… the cancel this and try it again if it fails this it is because the valve got hot and can not fill the second time until it cools. The reason? The manufacture bought cheap water relays … plane ( pain) and simple — make you want to buy another…

sounds like you got on the ring setting might want to check manual or your settings

I have the same issue, Kenmore ultra quiet. It fill perfectly the first time and runs then dumps the water. Then it does not refill. I just replaced the control board and the float micro switch. checked wiring with no faults seen. This does not make sense as the controller board is an updated model. I still have the first fill, no others… 11OCT18

20OCT18. I also had this issue. I replaced the mother board, then had to replace the water valve. What is happening ? The valve is getting hot and it takes too much current to make it energize and stops filling. To test the: Turn on your washer with the sanitize setting. let it run for about 5 minutes then cancel it and run it again. Mine failed … wait an hour and it fills. I wasted money on a computer board where it was the valve due to a poor design…

The water switch-solenoid is malfunctioning . To test this have if fill and run it till is drains then cancel and start over and if it does not fill on first start up then your solenoid has become temperature sensitive - defective. Just replace it — is has nothing to do with your control board. I wasted a lot of money thinking that if if fills first time then its a control issue.

I have nearly the same problem. I’ve changed the inlet water solenoid valve, but that didn’t help at all. I then removed the bottom propeller and screen only to find a lose spring washer at the bottom of the pan. Ended up to be cracked/broken plastic arm that suppose to lift the drain flapper. As it was broken it couldn’t lift and the water never drain, so the machine wasn’t functioning as it should. Ordered the “unobtainable” arm and should be able to try the repair in a week. UPDATE: The plastic arm is not available from any seller! I was forced to JBWeld it and install it only to find that the solenoid that drives it popped out it’s core and was not functioning. After installing the solenoid core back and connecting the connecting rod to the lever the washer works as new! It fills and drains hassle-free!

Bosch SMU68M15AU/80 I had the same problem, the dishwasher will fill on the rinse then dain and run the wash cycles dry. Many of my searching pointed to the water inlet valve that it would get hot then not work properly on the next cycles. Mine was working. No fault is returned on normal or diagnostic cycle. After some more fault finding I found the drain valve on the side tank (left side) was not opening. 240v was going to the valve but it was not opening. When working normally on the rinse it should open when it fills then close and fill the remainder of the tank. The faulty one would stay closed and overflow and fill not via the small water outlet at the bottom but the vent half way up. Replacement was not difficult it twisted clockwise and pulls out. It is in the bottom right of the picture.

The part number for the order was 00611316 that did not match what was on the valve, this is a 240v version. Hope helps someone.