TURNING OFF THE CONTROL LOCK LIGHT ON MY DISHWASHER

If you aren't sure whether Control Lock is on, press a cycle button on the keypad. If Control Lock is on, the light will blink three times.
Turning off Control Lock:

1. Press and hold the Lock Button for four seconds. The lock light will disappear.
2. Once off, you should be able to start your wash cycle.

Note: If Sleep Mode is on, turn that off first, then turn off Control Lock.


Like many other electronics, you may need to reset the dishwasher control panel by turning it off, waiting, then turning it back on.

1. Press the OFF button.
2. Disconnect the dishwasher from its power source by unplugging it or by turning the circuit breaker off at the electric panel.
3. Once disconnected, wait one minute, and turn the power back on.

Hi friend, thank you for your post!

I understand that the green light for your lock on your Frigidaire dishwasher is not turning off. I see your question is labeled under the model number GSB5712BC based off the design of that control panel you should be able to hold down the power dry button and the lock light should turn off.
If that does not correct the issue I would perform a reset on your dishwasher. You can do that by unplugging the power cord or flipping the household circuit breaker for ten minutes. I hope this is helpful. -Matt

Which model KitchenAid dishwasher do you have? On some models, the Control Lock can be toggled on/off by holding the Energy Saver Dry touch pad for at least 4 seconds or until the Control Lock light turns on or off.

On another model, the touch pad to press and hold is the 4 Hour Delay button. (On that model, you press and hold for 3+ seconds.) There is often a very tiny label below or on the touchpad indicating which key controls the Control Lock.

If you haven't held the button for long enough, pressing the other touch pads will lead to the Control Lock light blinking 3 times if the Control Lock is active.

If the press and hold method still doesn't work after several attempts, then you may have a problem with the control panel. The dishwasher may need repair.

I hope this helps. Please add a comment with the model number so that I can check if a different touch pad key is the correct one for the Control Lock.

Cindy Wells
(the Control Lock feature keeps the dishwasher settings from being changed accidently or the unit started when it isn't needed. This can stop a child from resetting the dishwasher or the unit being started while you clean it.)

Hello - Yes, it does have a child lock control. It is design to prevent children from accidently change the dishwasher cycle or starting the dishwasher. It locks the dishwasher controls by pressing and releasing the DELAY TIME icon for 3 seconds. Do you see an indication lock light on your dishwasher illuminate? It will usually appear when the controls are locked and no new selections can be made until the lock is released. To unlock the controls, press the DELAY TIME icon under the indicator light goes out.

I would try turning the breaker off for 5 minutes to see if it will reset.

The lock feature is there to keep little fingers from turning on the dishwasher. Usually if you push and hold the lock button for 3 seconds the light will go out and the feature will deactivate.

You don't state your make or model but in general it locks out the control keypad to prevent kids from turning on the machine.

silly question but did you try holding the control lock button(perhaps its the heated dry button) in for 3 secs???? sonds as if the CONTROL LOCK has benn activated( child lockout)

I held down the heated dry button & it worked!

holding the button for four seconds will not do it, you have to hold it until the light stops blinking and
will go back to normal, normall takes more than four seconds to unlock the unit, this is something
the sears repair techs know becouse the are trained on all this things but, they will not share this things, becouse thats how they make money