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Possible Causes
What To Do
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pilling process by washing garments inside out.
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or excessive wear
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sharp
buttons.
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come in contact with undiluted bleach.
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washing. Use
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cycle with
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option.
Wrinkling
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(especially for easy care loads).
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(like
blouses).
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Loosely load clothes in the washer basket.
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or a
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option) to clean out the dispenser. In the future, make sure to
select
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SOUNDS Possible
Causes
Reason
Washer seems
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too quiet
“Metallic clicking”
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disengage when agitate is complete. This occurs multiple
times during the wash.
Back and forth “swoosh”
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or light “clicking” sound
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This sound is the motor rotating back and forth to clean
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laundry.
Quick short agitation
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sounds at end of agitate
to redistribute the load.
“Click” when water
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stops filling
level activates the relay and stops filling.
“Clicking” behind Control
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Panel during fill
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valve turns on or off to raise or lower the fill water temperature.
Water flow changes
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during fill
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valve turns on or off to raise or lower the fill water temperature.
Motor “whining up” or
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“coasting down” in spin
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When spin is complete, it will coast until it stops.
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out water after agitation stops and continue until spin is complete.
“Gurgling”
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The washer should then begin spinning and the sound will
continue until it is done spinning.
Water “swishing”
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the unit is agitating is normal, especially with smaller loads.
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individual leg in the proper direction for up or down.
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