Door Latch won't "latch"

Dishwasher Repair
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I push the dishwasher door closed and it does not latch at all, meaning I can pull it open without any resistance and do not have to push the door handle button up.

Also, I don’t think this is the problem at all, but the door handle is easily moved up and down and does not appear to have a spring on it (if it’s even supposed to in the first place).

I opened up the control panel and looked at the mechanism. I tested out the switch by pushing the button for the switch all the way down, heard it click, and then started up the dishwasher for a moment (while the door was open). The dishwasher started up so the switch is working fine. Problem is I can neither close the door securely nor get the switch button to be fully pressed down when the door is closed.

Is there a problem with the latch…or the strike plate on the tub…or a switch actuator(I have no clue what that is, by the way). Please tell me what part(s) I need to buy from your site to get this working. Thanks so much for your assistance.

I included some pictures. Not sure if they will be of any assistance, but hopefully they help you to diagnose the problem.
latch2.jpg (19.2 KB)
latch3.jpg (22.5 KB)
strike_plate.jpg (18.6 KB)

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After doing some more investigating and looking over the diagrams for my model, I found out I was missing part #8269111 (Strike).

I ordered the part, took less than a second to install it, and now the door closes securely and the dishwasher works fine.

Even though no one on this forum helped me really, I would still like to thank the moderators for making this resource available and I’m sure that if I hadn’t solved my own problem, someone here would have let me know what part I was missing. Thanks.