Kitchen aid dishwasher model#KUDSO1FLSSO CLEAN LIGHT BLINKS7 TIMES- I DID THE RESET SANIRINSE-ENERGY SAVER-DRY ETC... CLOSED DOOR NOTHING. WE DID HAVE TO REPLACE THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL ASSEMBLY (PART# 8564542 ) BY THE " CONZ"AREA IT WAS BURNED AT THE TOP BY THE "T" AREA. NOT SURE IF THAT HELPS MY HUSBAND IS OUT WITH FRIENDS TONIGHT HE GAVE UP WE HAVE UNPLUNGED THE UNIT AND MY HUSBAND SAID HE EVEN DID OUR BREAKER- HE CAN FIX ANYTHING BUT THIS IS REALLY STARTING TO p... HIM OFF AND WANTS TO STOP PLEASE HELP DEBI

Hi. Pressing and holding the cancel button may reset the unit at this time,as well as, pulling the ac plug out of the wall outlet for five minutes. With that said, I will provide the proper reset sequence below. 1. Open the door of the unit slightly. 2. Within three seconds, press the following sequence in this order-high temp scrub,energy saver dry,high temp scrub,energy saver dry. 3. After the sequence, close the unit door and latch it. 4. After the door is closed, press the cancel button. This will reset the main control, unless there is major damage to the circuitry of the control board.

Did you try turning off the power and then connecting it again?
If still problem is there open the door. Press the following sequence of buttons HI Temp Scrub, Energy Saver Dry,HI Temp Scrub, Energy Saver Dry. Now close the dishwasher door and latch it too and press the cancel button. This must reset the dishwasher.

First, press and hold down Cancel and see what happens. That may reset the cycle.

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The reset sequence is :
1) Crack the door open.
2) Within 3 seconds press the following sequence - Hi Temp Scrub, Energy Saver Dry, Hi Temp Scrub, Energy Saver Dry
3) Close and latch the door
4) Press the cancel button (the circle with the triangle in it)

If clean light flashes seven times then

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv7xOaucH7I

Check this video for detailed explanation on what is the problem and how to rectify it.

It has an video for the same.

The reset sequence used was reported to be the following:
1) Crack the door open.
2) Within 3 seconds press the following sequence - Hi Temp Scrub, Energy Saver Dry, Hi Temp Scrub, Energy Saver Dry
3) Close and latch the door
4) Press the cancel button (the circle with the triangle in it)

It sensed a problem in the heater circuit. try this sequence to reset the code. If it comes back again you will have to determine a cause.

The reset sequence used was reported to be the following:
1) Crack the door open.
2) Within 3 seconds press the following sequence - Hi Temp Scrub, Energy Saver Dry, Hi Temp Scrub, Energy Saver Dry
3) Close and latch the door
4) Press the cancel button (the circle with the triangle in it)

open door, press in rapid sequence the following keys: hi temp scrub, energy saver dry, hi temp scrub, energy saver dry. Close the door until it latches, then open it and depress the cancel key. The lght should clear. It's a beautiful thing.

• Close dishwasher door
• press "Hi-Temp Wash"
• press "Energy Saver Dry"
• press "Hi-Temp Wash"
• press "Energy Saver Dry"

run the 'normal' cycle without the hi temp feature

I found this post elsewhere. It seems to have worked for me: Our KitchenAid KUDP series dishwasher went into a mode where it would not start and would only respond to the cancel/drain button. The clean light would flash 7 times in a row, stop, and then repeat. I read that the 7 flashes indicates an error code and that the dishwasher has detected a problem in the heater element circuit. I tried to reset the error mode by turning off power for 15 minutes, however, that did not work.
We called for a repair. The service person found that the dishwasher was completely fine except that it had gone into an error mode. The technician reset the error mode and charge us $115.00.

The reset sequence used was reported to be the following:
1) Crack the door open.
2) Within 3 seconds press the following sequence - Hi Temp Scrub, Energy Saver Dry, Hi Temp Scrub, Energy Saver Dry
3) Close and latch the door
4) Press the cancel button (the circle with the triangle in it)

We were told the dishwasher expects to see the dish water temperature rise in a certain way. If the water does not heat in this way, the dishwasher becomes confused and thinks the heater element has failed. In deed, this happened just following and extended power failure and our hot water tank was cool. I am curious if this code will work for anybody else with the same problem and save a service call and 115 bucks. Overall, this seems to be a serious logic flaw in the design.

For KitchenAid Whirlpool KUDS01FLSS0 -- When the clean light is blinking or flashing 7 times in a row and no other front panel controls will work, do the following:
push SaniRinse-EnergySaverDry- SaniRinse - Energy Saver Dry
(Try the Heated Dry button if you don't have a Energy Saver Dry button)
All the lights will then come on as this will put the unit into diagnostic mode.
Then, push Cancel after about 10 seconds. You are no longer locked out. Run the dishwasher normally.

References:
https://secured.whirlpool.com/Service/SrvTechAdm.nsf/d12cd4888abce86285256a42005ea985/3976dc6fea92e1c385256fc4006611c9/$FILE/8178496.pdf

http://www.servicematters.com/docs/wiring/Tech%20Sheet%20-%208557727.pdf

Open the dishwasher door, press in rapid sequence the following keys: Hi Temp Scrub, Energy Saver Dry, High Temp Scrub, Energy Saver Dry. Close the door until it latches and press the Cancel key. The machine should reset itself. It worked for me when I had the same problem