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PERFORMANCE, Possible Causes, What To Do, SOUNDS, Reason

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GEAppliances.com PERFORMANCE (cont.) Pilling Snags, holes, tears, rips or excessive wear  Wrinkling   Bleach left in dispenser Possible Causes What To Do 5HVXOWRIQRUPDOZHDURQSRO\ ‡ :KLOHWKLVLVQRWFDXVHGE\WKHZDVKHU\RXFDQVORZWKH FRWWRQEOHQGVDQGIX]]\IDEULFV pilling process by washing garments inside out. 3LQVVQDSVKRRNVVKDUS EXWWRQVEHOWEXFNOHV ]LSSHUV DQGVKDUSREMHFWV OHIWLQSRFNHWV ‡ )DVWHQVQDSVKRRNVEXWWRQVDQG]LSSHUV ‡ 5HPRYHORRVHLWHPVOLNHSLQVREMHFWVLQSRFNHWVDQG sharp buttons. ‡ 7XUQNQLWV ZKLFKVQDJHDVLO\ LQVLGHRXW 8QGLOXWHGFKORULQHEOHDFK ‡ &KHFNEOHDFKSDFNDJHLQVWUXFWLRQVIRUSURSHUDPRXQW  ‡ 1HYHUDGGXQGLOXWHGEOHDFKWRZDVKRUDOORZFORWKHVWR come in contact with undiluted bleach. &KHPLFDOVOLNHKDLUEOHDFKRU ‡ 5LQVHLWHPVWKDWPD\KDYHFKHPLFDOVRQWKHPEHIRUH G\HSHUPDQHQWZDYHVROXWLRQ washing. Use Quick Rinse cycle with Extra Rinse option. ,QFRUUHFWZDVKDQG GU\F\FOHV ‡ 0DWFK&\FOHVHOHFWLRQWRWKHW\SHRIIDEULF\RXDUHZDVKLQJ (especially for easy care loads). ,PSURSHUVRUWLQJ ‡ $YRLGPL[LQJKHDY\LWHPV OLNHZRUNFORWKHV ZLWKOLJKWLWHPV (like blouses).  ‡ 7U\DIDEULFVRIWHQHU 2YHUORDGLQJRULQFRUUHFW water level ‡ Loosely load clothes in the washer basket. 5HSHDWHGZDVKLQJLQ ‡ :DVKLQZDUPRUFROGZDWHU water that is too hot 'LGQ·WVWDUWRUILQLVKF\FOH DIWHUDGGLQJEOHDFK ‡ 5XQHLWKHUDBasket Clean or a Quick Rinse cycle (with Bleach  option) to clean out the dispenser. In the future, make sure to select Bleach option when adding bleach. SOUNDS Washer seems too quiet "Metallic clicking" Possible Causes 7KLVLVQRUPDO 6KLIWHUPHFKDQLVPLV HQJDJLQJRUGLVHQJDJLQJ Back and forth "swoosh" or light "clicking" sound during agitate Quick short agitation sounds at end of agitate "Click" when water stops filling "Clicking" behind Control Panel during fill Water flow changes during fill Motor "whining up" or "coasting down" in spin "Humming" (OHFWULFPRWRUUHYHUVLQJ GLUHFWLRQ &ORWKLQJUHGLVWULEXWLRQ 5HOD\VZLWFK $XWRPDWLF7HPSHUDWXUH &RQWURO9DOYH $XWRPDWLF7HPSHUDWXUH &RQWURO9DOYH 0RWRUUDPSLQJXSGRZQ GXULQJVSLQF\FOH :DWHUGUDLQSXPS "Gurgling" :DWHUGUDLQSXPS Water "swishing" Washer is noisy 7KLVLVQRUPDO :DVKHULVXQHYHQ Reason ‡ 7KHZDVKHULVYHU\TXLHWGXULQJSRUWLRQVRIWKHZDVKF\FOH ‡ 7KHGULYHV\VWHPZLOOHQJDJHDWWKHVWDUWRIDJLWDWHDQG disengage when agitate is complete. This occurs multiple times during the wash. ‡ 7KLVPDFKLQHKDVDGULYHV\VWHPWKDWGRHVQ·WXVHJHDUV This sound is the motor rotating back and forth to clean your laundry. ‡ $WWKHHQGRIDJLWDWHWKHPRWRUPDNHVVKRUWDJLWDWLRQVWURNHV to redistribute the load. ‡ 7KHUHOD\PDNHVDFOLFNVRXQGZKHQDFWLYDWHG7KHZDWHU level activates the relay and stops filling. ‡ 7ZRYDOYHVPL[FROGDQGKRWZDWHU7KH´FOLFNLQJµLVZKHQHLWKHU valve turns on or off to raise or lower the fill water temperature. ‡ 7ZRYDOYHVPL[FROGDQGKRWZDWHU7KHIORZFKDQJHVZKHQHLWKHU valve turns on or off to raise or lower the fill water temperature. ‡ 7KHPRWRUZLOOVSHHGXSLQFUHPHQWDOO\GXULQJWKHVSLQF\FOH When spin is complete, it will coast until it stops. ‡ 7KHGUDLQSXPSZLOOPDNHDKXPPLQJVRXQGZKHQSXPSLQJ out water after agitation stops and continue until spin is complete. ‡ :KHQWKHSXPSVWDUWVGUDZLQJLQDLU,WVWDUWVWRJXUJOH The washer should then begin spinning and the sound will continue until it is done spinning. ‡ 7KLVZDVKHUXVHVD,QIXVRUZDVKDFWLRQ:DWHUVZLVKLQJZKLOH WKH unit is agitating is normal, especially with smaller loads. ‡ 7ROHYHOWKHZDVKHUDGMXVWWKHOHYHOLQJOHJVE\URWDWLQJWKH individual leg in the proper direction for up or down. 13

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