Dispenser is fired by the the pcb, so either that’s faulty or there is a corruption issue feeding back through the pcb. Heater is good candidate, motor capacitor possible.
was a corrupted pcb. *wince* but still cheaper than a rep d/w
also noticed it had a different s/w code stamped on the board case – only concern now is that it seems to get awfully hot, almost uncomfortably if you touch the mastic – feels a lot hotter than what other 65 degree progs feel like on other machines… have they changed some of the wash cycle settings?