Miele G868 Dishwasher is dead, won't even turn on

Question

My dishwasher was working perfectly fine until a few days ago it just wouldn't turn on. We checked the breakers, the plugs & even took out & cleaned the filters.
Called Miele but with the cost of their service calls + parts and the fact that this dishwasher was manufactured in '97 (I think), it might be cheaper to just buy a new (less expensive) dishwasher.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
astaines