$500 in 18 was on cheap appliance side. Get bosch these days. Circuit boards are in everything so assurances come with price. Mine was around $1000? about 6-7 yrs ago?
Actually, my experiences over the years with cheap appliances were good. Usually kenmore. Still the same gas dryer. But circuit boards seem to be the weak link and too many seem to be designed to fail, heat and steam esp. My uneducated process is to look for appliance that belongs in mid price range, therefore maybe better protection from heat and steam and more robust circuit board? Bosch I use also does not have exposed drying heat element. It heats the water extra hot somewhere in the innards and remaining heat dries the dishes. As such, plastics come out wet. I put them on extra large dish rack for a day. Even that, thin plastics can be damaged, warped, on bottom rack. My guess is exposed heat element makes it extra hot in such models with higher chance for circuit boards to be damaged?
Kenmore was 1 hr wash. Bosch is 2. I just read a review (wirecutter though I'm beginning to suspect where their minds are at) of miele. It is in high price range. It runs 3 hr? So the trick seems to be longer soak, no high tech or soap, just longer soak. So it seems the new washers may save water but not electricity.

 

Thanks.. mine was a lot more $$$ but a floor model so got a deep discount.

I have a repair guy comng to diagnose.. worth the $75....
Odd that the new board would go bad overnight... maybe..

Nothing lasts like it used to

 

I would buy a new one. If our DW gives out my wife says I can either go and get a new one that day or I get dishwashing duties. I don’t buy the cheapest unit but I only spend around $400 (today maybe $500) on a Whirlpool and they last 5-8 years with once per day average running. Years ago we went without a DW while I tried to diagnose it, then we called someone in to fix it. It cost over half the price of a new one and it was very inconvenient. Then a short time later something else broke. Never again. That 7 year old unit has a broken part, but all the other parts are still 7 years old and subject to failure.

 

Makes sense... i will see what repair guy says.. good reviews online. and only $75 applied to future repair

 

That goes to the engineering of that time also. The germans thought of the issue 6-7 years ago when ge thinking was not in my house.

 

Very strange. Repair guy said there was power ro replacement board. But blinking led. Put back in old board and machine lit up. So then put new board back in and everything is fine..as of now.
Maybe loose connection somewhere on a plug...but will let new board stay in...and hopefully it all works when I return home in 2 weeks.

 

Follow up here. Months later all the lights out on dishwasher.

Reset breaker for 30 seconds and dishwasher lights back on.

Is this a sign of bad things to come again? Lol

 

You've probably got a bad connection somewhere on that board. Probably the power going to it or the output side of it. It could also be in the wiring harness before or after the board. Check all connections and wiring for fraying or corrosion on any connectors. Also you can try wiggling the connectors while power is applied and see if the lights go on and off.
A corroded ground connection might be an issue as well.
Good luck