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PERFORMANCE
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Possible Causes
What To Do
Pilling
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pilling process by washing garments inside out.
Snags, holes, tears, rips
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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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Use
Quick Rinse
or
Speedwash
cycle with
Extra Rinse
option.
Wrinkling
Incorrect wash and
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dry cycles
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(like
blouses).
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Overloading or incorrect
Loosely load clothes in the washer basket.
water level
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water that is too hot
Bleach left in dispenser
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Basket Clean
,
Quick Rinse
or
Speedwash
cycle
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(with
Bleach
option) to clean out the dispenser. In the future,
make sure to select
Bleach
option when adding bleach.
SOUNDS Possible
Causes
Reason
Washer seems
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too quiet
“Metallic clicking”
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engaging or disengaging
disengage when agitate is complete. This occurs multiple
times during the wash.
Back and forth “swoosh”
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or light “clicking” sound
direction
This sound is the motor rotating back and forth to clean
during agitate
your
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
Control
Valve
valve turns on or off to raise or lower the fill water temperature.
Water flow changes
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during fill
Control
Valve
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.
“Humming”
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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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unit is agitating is normal, especially with smaller loads.
Washer is noisy
Washer is uneven
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individual leg in the proper direction for up or down.
Troubleshooting Tips
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