"Steve" wrote in message

Also, all of the repairmen tell me that no matter what the brochures,
sales people or commercials say, there is no garbage disposer in any
dishwasher. In our Maytag it just amounts to a small piece of metal
(maybe 3 inches) that spins around inside on top of a small flat piece of
metal with holes drilled in it. Whatever the blade can shove through the
holes is considered chopped. If the hot water can't turn this debri into
mush, the blade won't 'chop' it. It may even damage the blade. The
repairmen seem to agree that they wish the sales people would quit
telling people anything different.

If you are using it as a garbage disposal, you are adding to the problems.
Stop doing that. A one second rinse of the big stuff should solve the
problem.

No doubt you have problems, such as the circuit board, but if every Maytag
performed like yours, they'd be out of business in months.