--- title: "Dishwasher will not start" description: "Samsung dishwasher will not start — three families sit behind this, and they are separated by what the panel does." url: "https://samsungmiami.support/symptoms/dishwasher-will-not-start/" date_modified: "2026-09-04" Appliance type: "Dishwashers" --- # Samsung dishwasher will not start ### The three free checks Push both racks fully in and close the door until you hear it latch — a rack pushed out a little holds the door off its catch and is invisible from the front. Check the control lock is not on. Check delay start is not set. Between them those three are most of the calls where the machine turns out to be perfectly healthy. ### What it usually means, by the kind of Samsung appliance Samsung sells one appliance in several forms, and the same behavior points at different things on each of them. A built-in side-by-side and an integrated column are not the same service situation, and a dual-fuel range and an induction range fail in different halves. - **Machines with a display** — Look for bE, CE or a door condition before assuming the machine is dead. - **Machines with no display** — A blinking combination is still a code. Note which lights before cutting power. - **AutoRelease doors** — The door pops open at the end of a cycle by design. A door that will not latch afterwards is worth checking against the mechanism. ### Dead, lit, or lit and refusing Those three states divide this complaint cleanly. A completely dead panel is power, or the board that is fed by it. A panel that lights up and refuses to start is a door, a lock or a setting. A machine that accepts the start and then does nothing is filling or draining, and it usually has a code to go with it. ### Why the hinge harness is worth knowing about The panel in a dishwasher door is connected to the board in the base by a loom that bends every single time the door is opened. Over ten years that is tens of thousands of flexes. Samsung’s CE code is what it looks like when a conductor in that loom finally goes, and it is checked before anybody quotes a board. The door not latching A rack, a latch, a strike or a hinge. Silent closing is the tell. Control lock or delay start Set by accident, usually while cleaning the panel. Free. A stuck button Samsung's bE. One button read as held down locks out the rest. Power at the machine A dishwasher is usually on a switched circuit or a plug under the sink, and both get switched off. Panel to board communication Samsung's CE. The harness runs through the door hinge and flexes every time. Close the door and listen for the latch Silence means it is not latching, and that is mechanical. Push both racks fully in first The lower rack in particular can hold the door off its catch. Look for a lock icon on the panel Control lock is a hold on one button and it is very easy to set. Check the power under the sink A switched outlet, or a breaker labeled for something else. The door is closed and nothing happens What it usually means A door that closes silently is not latching Control lock and delay start are set by accident constantly A stuck button locks out the whole panel — Samsung's bE The three free checks Push both racks fully in and close the door until you hear it latch — a rack pushed out a little holds the door off its catch and is invisible from the front. Check the control lock is not on. Check delay start is not set. Between them those three are most of the calls where the machine turns out to be perfectly healthy. What it usually means, by the kind of Samsung appliance Samsung sells one appliance in several forms, and the same behavior points at different things on each of them. A built-in side-by-side and an integrated column are not the same service situation, and a dual-fuel range and an induction range fail in different halves. Machines with a display — Look for bE, CE or a door condition before assuming the machine is dead. Machines with no display — A blinking combination is still a code. Note which lights before cutting power. AutoRelease doors — The door pops open at the end of a cycle by design. A door that will not latch afterwards is worth checking against the mechanism. Dead, lit, or lit and refusing Those three states divide this complaint cleanly. A completely dead panel is power, or the board that is fed by it. A panel that lights up and refuses to start is a door, a lock or a setting. A machine that accepts the start and then does nothing is filling or draining, and it usually has a code to go with it. Why the hinge harness is worth knowing about The panel in a dishwasher door is connected to the board in the base by a loom that bends every single time the door is opened. Over ten years that is tens of thousands of flexes. Samsung’s CE code is what it looks like when a conductor in that loom finally goes, and it is checked before anybody quotes a board. ### It starts, runs for a minute and stops. That is not this page — it is filling or draining, and there will usually be a code or a blinking combination with it. Note it before you clear it. ### The panel is completely dead. Check the power first, and check it properly: many dishwashers are on a switched outlet inside the neighboring cabinet, and that switch gets knocked. --- **[Read full article: Dishwasher will not start](https://samsungmiami.support/symptoms/dishwasher-will-not-start/)**