Urgh why is my dishwasher turning itself off?

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Starts fine but stops about 3 mins in. I've tried a couple of other cycles.
it's about 2 weeks out of warranty, we joked when we didnt send the letter back that it was bound to break down very soon

does anyone have any ideas for anything I can try?

Have you checked for blockages, hose kinks etc? It may have a safety cut off is there is a blockage. Has the water been turned off by accident? These are all things that have happened to me!
My washing machine started misbehaving last year, nothing would make it go. Anyway I turned it off overnight, the following day it worked fine, and has done ever since. Sometimes I think such things are so advanced they 'get confused' and a rest period to reset themselves is what is needed.
Also have a look on the manufacturers website they may have a trouble shooting bit. Good luck

Hi,
I sympathize, have had exactly the same
thing happen to me in the past with both
dishwasher and washing machine.

It turned out that the drain hose was
blocked, so you could try unscrewing the
connection under the sink and see if you
can find anything blocking it and you can
clear it yourself.

Hope this helps!

It needs a day off!

Agree it may be a blockage - ours did this and turned out water inlet pipe was blocked after water company had been doing work and it got all silted up.