KA DW - KUDS02FSPA3 door pops

[Fritz]

10yo.  Replaced the latch and strike plate.  Goes about 30 mins before the door pops.  If I weight against the door, it finishes the cycle with no problem.

Door is level left to right, front to back and opens at 90º, so the hinges appear to be OK.

Gaskets/seals?  

8193942 door

AP6004030 inner tub 

[Hiroshi]

Is the seal pushed fully into its recess along the entire perimeter? Are the racks sliding ALL the way back on their rails?

[Fritz]

near as I can tell, yes to both.

[Hiroshi]

So there is no resistance when you close the door?

 

Edited September 21, 2016 by Hiroshi

[Fritz]

there is resistance, but the normal amount that there has always been

[holysmokes]

usually 1. its hitting / rubbing cabinet. 2. the back of unit is dented in from shoving it back into wall causing door to not close correctly. 3. rack installed backwards

[Hiroshi]

Try running it with no racks installed and see if it still pops open...

Remove the gasket from it's recess and close the door to see if it feels different...

7 hours ago, holysmokes said:

3. rack installed backwards

This is a good tip also... I have seen that one many times!

[BrewHobbyTech]

On 9/23/2016 at 2:42 PM, Hiroshi said:

Try running it with no racks installed and see if it still pops open...

Remove the gasket from it's recess and close the door to see if it feels different...

This is a good tip also... I have seen that one many times!

Bingo Bango...........

 

......or it's something placed in the door rack/shelf that oversized.......

 

..........or......I think they have the door cams/closures(too tired and lazy to look up your model #).that could be it also.........yeah......that's my story and I'm sticking with it.......

 

.....maybe........

 

[Thirstytech]

I'm going with the hinges, replace both sides.

Part number: AP6012962

[Hiroshi]

If cousin Stewy was over recently, he may have used the door as a diving board! 

[Fritz]

The dw door is strictly off limits for Stewy.  Could be hinges I suppose, even though they appear to be level.

Not oversized item in rack, not rack in reverse for sure.  Replaced the Door Balance Link Kit - AP3775412.  N/C.

The cabinet is firmly in place and is never shoved closed.  But the gasket may be the issue.  Door gasket or tub seal 1st?  Thoughts.

But I will try with no racks

[Koi Guy]

In my parts house product notes it says that the latch and strike has been updated. Were the updated latch and strike installed?

I have had this door popping issue several times and found that using latch pt W10404412 and strike W10317686 has corrected the issue. Of course I figured this out after replacing hinges and gasket... Pfff...

[Fritz]

I assume they were the updated latch and strike.  I bought from a reputable on line source about a year ago when the issue started.

[northeastappliance]

As stated above I'd try replacing the hinges. 

[Fritz]

when I replaced the door balance linkage, I neglected to reposition the DW properly.  So the right side gasket was too close to the wall and therefore squeezed forward a bit.

I slid the DW left and re-leveled it.  So far 1 run was fine. Time will tell.

[Fritz]

oh well.  hinges next I guess.

[Fritz]

perhaps it was in my previous thread in the kitchen appliance repair forum now off limits to us commoners.

someone suggested changing changing out the tub gasket, which seemed odd to me.

but we've done 6 or so loads since I changed it out.  So far (knock metal and plastic) all is well.