Jenn-Air Dishwasher touch panel not working

I have a Jenn-Air Stainless steel dishwasher JDB1250AWP. The control panel had been acting up (working on-and-off). It seems that the dishwasher itself is fine (because during that time the dishwasher would randomly start by itself), but now the control panel is completely dead and none of the buttons work. I called Maytag and they sent me a new control board. Do I even need this since it’s the control/touch panel that is not working? Can someone please adivse? Thanks!