What All Cycle And Option Lights flashing Means
Dishwasher: this one is normal behaviour, and KitchenAid says so. If the door is opened during a running cycle to add an item, all cycle and options selected lights will flash on select models to indicate that the cycle is suspended. Close the door firmly until it latches, and the lights stop flashing; after a slight delay the cycle resumes automatically at the point where it was interrupted. Nothing has failed and nothing is being reported. The flashing is the machine saying it is holding its place and waiting for the door.
Common Causes of All Cycle And Option Lights flashing
- The door opened mid-cycle to add an item, which is exactly what this indication is for
- A door pushed to but not fully latched so the machine never sees it close
- A rack, a handle or a tall item holding the door a fraction open
🔧 One Safe Check You Can Try
Push the door until you hear and feel the latch engage - a door pressed to but not latched is the usual reason the lights keep flashing after you think you closed it. Give the machine a few seconds; KitchenAid notes a slight delay before the cycle picks up again. If the lights keep flashing with the door verifiably latched, KitchenAid's fallback on this same page is the thirty-second power interruption to reset the control.
⚠ Why You Shouldn't Go Further Than That
- There is nothing failing here to repair, and the flashing exists so you do not walk away from a suspended cycle thinking it finished.
- If the lights flash with the door genuinely latched, the door switch is what is being misread, and that switch is the part that stops the machine spraying hot water at an open door.
- Forcing or shimming a door that will not register as closed defeats that same switch, which is the one interlock between a running wash and an open kitchen.
Opening a panel to inspect or repair something yourself doesn't automatically cancel your manufacturer's warranty — but it can risk accidental damage, and some manufacturers do have specific service conditions. Check your product's warranty terms, or ask us, before deciding.