My kitchenaid dishwasher has water sitting inside. the water doesn't pump out. The cancel bottom fails to work at all. I tried running the cycle again but the float valve prevents water in to the system ( a good thing). I detached the the drain tube from my disposal and no water came out when it was placed below the dishwasher level. I removed the kick plate after using my wet dry vac to remove all visible water from the dishwasher. More water came out but quite freely until all visible water was gone. Question is circulation pump failure vs drain pump?

thank you for the reply. the disposal is five years old and no work done on it recently. cancel button doesn't light or function no activty in any way when it is pushed at any point in the cycle. how do i put it into pump out cycle if the cancel doesn't work. could this be a mother board problem.

I presume that pulling the plug will have the effect as flipping the breaker. If this no disagreement than this had no effect. The dishwasher lights up and runs through the cycles just without water draining so there must be power. Is is possible that a wire corroded and the pump isn't getting power?.