GE dishwasher starts for a second and then stops with blinking lights
When a dishwasher immediately pauses, drains, and flashes error lights, it usually indicates a door latch failure, a water fill problem, or a blocked pump. This prevents the appliance from completing its cycle, leaving dishes unwashed or trapping the machine in a continuous loop.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
Found another way around this?
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- 1Clean the filters and run the appliance more frequently to prevent sensors from gumming up.Did this help you?
- 2performed a resetDid this help you?
- 3performed a module resetDid this help you?
In their words
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“My GDT535PSR6SS GE dishwasher is not working. It starts for a second and then pauses. After a min i think it drains and then stops the cycle. Then the start led blinks for 6 times. Then all lights are off.”source ↗
“I turned on the dishwasher last night before bed and when I got up in the morning, it was still running.”source ↗
“Now it runs for a minute, then all lights shut off and it drains.”source ↗