<p>As a relatively new home owner, I have a question… I have a fairly new Washer, it’s a may-tag, top loader… I bought it about 13 months ago after my other one took a s h i t, and it is now deciding to misbehave… and of course, naturally it has a 12 month warranty. </p>
<p>Now, correct me if i’m wrong, but… step by step here… you put in your clothes… add some detergent… select your settings… turn it on… then it fills up with water to the desired level (mine is a water saving model so has a sensor in so it knows how far to fill it), then after it reaches its level the thing starts shaking and agitating or whatever the heck it does… it does its thing… then it starts spinning or this or that or the other to drain the water out, and your clothes are ready for transport to the washer… correct?</p>
<p>my lovely washer, has decided that it will work as follows… put in your clothes… add some detergent… select your settings… turn it on… and it fils up with water and starts shaking and agitating and spinning or whatever all at the same time. eventually it stops filling up with water, all while still doing its thing… then it does its thing some more, starts draining the water out, the cycle is done… you go to get your clothes, and they are 2x as wet as they normally are.</p>
<p>Something has it’s cycle off. Basically it’s starting to do it’s thing way too early when there is no water in there and not enough cycle left to be drying out my clothes enough at the end when there is water in there. I pull the clothes out and a lot of them are dripping/soaked. Usually this washer is so good that they are just damp. Sweaters are completely dry typically… but not any more. It’s taking me two runs through the dryer to dry each load.</p>
<p>My dad said that new dryers are computer run and had me unplug it for awhile, thinking maybe it would reset itself… still no go. Any thoughts?</p>
<p>Just looked at my 30 year old Maytag–if you have a turny knob, can you manually set your machine to the damp dry/spin cycle to wring out extra water? I can start my machine at any time in the cycle.</p>
<p>Good idea… I just went down and did that… Well, i set it to “spin cycle” and turned it on… I hope that is what you meant… maybe that’ll dry out this load better before I put it in the dryer… But ideally I would like it to work right in the first place!</p>
<p>The old one was a maytag too, it looked like it was a good 30 years or so old. Was doing laundry one day and the thing smelled like it was burning so I turned it off and replaced it. The new one is much nicer… holds a lot more laundry, i can do less loads, etc. I just was hoping this one would last 30 years as well!!</p>
<p>The machine is not starting at the right point in a wash cycle. </p>
<p>The issue may well be in the timer knob. The new ones have a two piece design, an inner knob and an outer knob or ring. There is normally a flat spot on the timer knob shaft, and by pulling over zealously on the inner knob, you can pull it off the flat, and in turning, then move the knob “out of synch” in relationship to the outer knob (or ring). Sometimes, the shaft of the knob will also split (it’s plastic) and not grip the timer shaft tightly enough. Turning the knob with a split also will throw it out of synch.</p>
<p>Try realigning the knobs, and see if you can get back in synch.</p>
<p>Nothing to add, except I’ve been told by more than one handyman to avoid appliances with digital touch pads. I’m all about the turn-ey knobs. Getting tough to find them but fortunately they are way less expensive because people like the smoother digital look. The only blessing is that turn-ey knobs and analog displays are coming back into “style” as designers look for the “next big idea.” Imagine that.</p>
<p>I have several comments/suggestions, but it sounds like the problems you are having are NOT all related and that is a bit odd:</p>
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<p>Try replacing the timer knob, as violadad suggested. You can order the knob(s) yourself. If this doesn’t fix the problem you have an extra knob for future problems. </p>
<p>Is there a water level knob that you can turn to the desired load capacity or is it simply automatic sensor, with no manual over-ride? IF, you can set it manually as well, make sure you turn the knob clockwise all the way til it stops turning. This resets the current water setting, but only if you have a water level knob.</p>
<p>Make sure your water hoses are in good working order. Hopefully, you aren’t still using the old hoses from before.</p>
<p>Try adding your clothes AFTER getting the washer drum bottom covered in water and adding your detergent.</p>
<p>Run a wash cycle without any clothes in the drum. See if there’s any free-standing water at the bottom when the load is complete. If there is, you could have something blocking the drain or your pump might be going out.</p>
<p>Locate your owner’s manual and re-read the instructions. Also look in the back of the manual under the “trouble shooting” section.</p>
<p>Call Maytag service and first talk to someone in customer service. If they are unable to assist you with this issue, see if they can transfer you to a service technician, who should be able to diagnose your problem over the phone. Since you are ONLY out of warranty by a month or two, they may send you the timer knob free of charge.</p>
<p>I once had a car with a digital dash - never again. The Darn thing showed full gas tank all the time. You know the cost of fixing it?? $$$$!!! Imagine being 16 and not knowing how much gas you had - I had to manually track the miles with my trip meter, figure out how much I was averaging per gallon, and re-fill my tank on or about 215 miles!</p>
<p>I learned my lesson from that, and won’t buy anything similar ever again. It was so cool when I test drove the car and bought it - I had never seen a digital dash before!!</p>
<p>I’m going to check out what you said about the knob being out of whack. We’ll see what that turns up. I ran down and I see what you mean about it being turnable. I’m going to have my BF come look at it with me and see if we can figure out where it should be. I am always afraid of blowing up my appliances, or something of that nature. LOL. </p>
<p>I don’t have water settings - you can’t manually override and do like low, medium, large… it’s just a sensor. I’m usually against that type of technology but I figured this wouldn’t hurt. It doesn’t seem to be the water level that’s the problem… it’s just the darn cycle. And in that regard, I’m not entirely sure you can run a load of laundry with no wash in it. I don’t think it will go, as it wont add water with no clothing in to give it a level… Although with its current cycling system maybe it will turn on regardless of the water level, haha!</p>
<p>These are new hoses, they came with the new washer.</p>
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