Door Latch Assembly W10862259

This was incredibly easy. First of all the part came in just a few days and I could have had it earlier if I wanted expedited shipping. I turned off the main power to the dishwasher from the fuse box. I used a screwdriver to take the screws out of the door, unplugged the handle (literally one piece) and plugged the new one in, replaced the screws in the door and DONE! The part was 50.00 and I saved 100.00 in labor. If I can do this anyone can. They have a nice tutorial on you tube as well.

Turned off electricity to dishwasher before starting. Very important. Removed screws on door with torx screwdriver. Was unable to separate wire assembly from old handle manually and paused, a little frustrated and not wanting to break anything. Put nose of needle nose pliers between wire assembly and handle, pulled pliers apart and they popped right off. Replaced with new handle and finished the job. Works like a charm and saved hundreds on a new appliance. Very satisfied with this site!

I simply went on line and found a video tutorial which explained the process.

Very well

Took out 11 stainless screws that hold in inside door panel, pulled out latch assembly. The only reason the repair took as long as it did, had a hard time pulling the contacts out of the wire harness, I was terrified that I would break the plastic plugs. This dishwasher is probably 20 years old or older and plastic gets really brittle with age. The left side came out a little easier than the right one. When I got brave and tugged harder I managed to break the offset contact inside of the plug. Just gave it one desperate powerful tug wit my pliers and out it came, thank goodness the plug itself wasn't damaged. Put assembly in place, ligned up the screw holes in the door panel, put screws back. Works like a charm. The black color of the handle does not perturb me, It is recessed and only shows when dishwasher is running. By the way I'm a 75 year old female and am rather proud of myself. Lol

unscrewed the panel unhooked handle installed new one

Unscrewed inside door of dishwasher and remived handle. Ordered new handle and when it arrived i reinstalled same way i took out.

The door latch would not work at all, just moved but did not engage. I was not sure if I needed to get the assembly with the Door Handle or not, but once I took it apart I saw the plastic on the handle was broken and also needed to be replaced. Took out the screws around the outside of the door and then pried back the inner door to allow the door latch assembly to come out. A little tough to get the wire off the switch on the old part, had to break them off and then prior the contacts out the the switch with some pliers. The new switch went in without a hitch, the existing outer door screws also are used to hold the latch in place. Overall, took about 15 minutes, and i probably did not to take off half of the screws on the inner door to get to the latch assembly. Removing and replacing all those screws took the longest amount of time.

I followed the UTube video. I used a cordless drill to unscrew the Torx 21 screws, used a flat head screwdriver to pop the electrical connectors off, unscrewed the latch. The in install the new latch in reverse order.

Remove the screws around the inside perimeter of the door removed the switch and latch assembly. Disconnected the switches and reconnected the new assembly. Installed all of the Torx screws back in and did my three days worth of dirty dishes. Parts delivery was as promised dishwasher is working fine