There are currently 5 lights blinking on my dishwasher. If i turn the breaker off and on, the 'cancel drain' red light comes on, and it tries to drain. Then it stops, and all lights go off. If I then press start, the 'normal wash' green light starts blinking. If I try to press any other buttons, the light above the button starts flashing, including 'delay', 'cancel', 'normal wash', 'pots pans' and 'delay' (the '2' button above the delay flashes). So then there are 5 buttons flashing, and nothing else will happen, no matter what I hit, until I reset the breaker.

I don't have the kick panel on the washer, and have no idea where it is.

Any thoughts?

Thanks for the info. I tried heating it up and rubbing the buttons, but the result is the same. I even took the panel out and let it dry on the heat register all night. It was quite dry to begin with though.

AS to the problem, I still wonder if it has something to do with draining improperly - when I flip the breaker, the dishwasher tries to drain and stops quite quickly, and then the trouble begins. Could it be that the drain is blocked or something? Could the drain pump have an issue? The inside of the washer is dry, so probably not.

If it is the touch pad, is there a way to determine if the control panel is FUBAR as well? I can stomach replacing the touchpad ($133), but if its the control panel as well, I wonder how much I should put into this thing before buying a new one. Are there other common problems with kenmores that are just going to crop up once I fix this?

Thanks for the info!!!