Hello. My dishwasher is 2 years, 7 months old and it won't start. My situation is almost (if not) identical to this thread:

http://forum.appliancepartspros...7609aws2-wont-start.html

From reading here, and a few DIY type sites, I've done the following:

-hit normal - heated dry - normal (5 times) and it entered a maintenance cycle. All of my lights came on when I did this. The water started to fill, but nothing really happened otherwise. Eventually, the water was starting to drip out, so I unplugged it as it's not hard wired.

-I disconnected the control panel from the control box. I then closed the door, and plugged the dishwasher back in. I could hear what sounds like a solenoid click twice in the control box, but the drain motor wouldn't kick in. While I was disconnecting parts, and examining things, I tripped the door latch and it snapped on my finger with some force. It does not appear to be broken, but it also doesn't seem to latch correctly now when I close the door. I then tested the door latch switch for continuity, and it tested fine. I then plugged the washer back in with the panel disconnected, closed the door switch manually, and the drain motor kicked in just fine and drained the water out. I believe I am having one or two problems, and wanted to get your thoughts.

1) bad control panel. I can also see what appears to be some rust spots inside the panel on the ribbon. I can't figure out how to separate the control panel. Is it not serviceable? I want to get a better look as it might just be the control ribbon.

2) likely in addition to #1, the door latch is broken. I reconnected the panel to the control box, closed the switch manually, and still could not get the start button to do anything. I know that really doesn't prove the switch being broken, but the test to get the drain motor to kick on points to it.

All help is appreciated.