Important Safety Instructions

Install and level the clothes washer on a floor that can support the weight.

Welcome

Welcome and congratulations on your purchase of a Maytag Neptune® washer! Your complete satisfaction is very important to us. For best results, we suggest reading this material to help acquaint you with proper operating and maintenance procedures.

Save time and money. If something should go wrong, we suggest consulting the “Service and Troubleshooting” section in the back of this book and in the HELP screen displays. It is designed to help you solve basic problems before consulting a servicer.

However, should you need assistance in the future, it is helpful to:

1) Have complete model and serial number identification of your washer. This is located on a data plate on the centre top edge of the control panel. Record these numbers below for easy access:

Date of Purchase __________________

Model Number ____________________

Serial Number ____________________

2)IMPORTANT: Keep this guide and the sales receipt in a safe place for future reference. Please attach your sales receipt here.

If you have questions, please contact the dealer from whom you purchased the washer.

For service information, see page 19.

NOTE: In our continuing effort to improve the quality of our appliances, it may be necessary to make changes to the appliance without revising this guide.

Read before operating your washer.

WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire, explosion, electric shock, property damage or injury to persons when using your appliance, follow basic precautions, including the following:

1 Read all instructions before using the appliance. It is for use only in washing, rinsing and spin drying household textiles and garments.

2 As with any equipment using electricity and having moving parts, there are potential hazards. To use this appliance safely, the operator should become familiar with the instructions for operation of the appliance and always exercise care when using it.

3 Do not install or store this appliance where it will be exposed to the weather.

5 This appliance must be properly earthed. Never plug the appliance cord into an electrical socket outlet that is not adequately earthed and in accordance with local and national codes. See installation instructions for earthing this appliance.

6 To avoid the possibility of fire or explosion:

•Do not wash items that have been previously cleaned in, washed in, soaked in, or spotted with petrol, dry-cleaning solvents, other flammable or explosive substances as they give off vapours that could ignite or explode. Hand wash and line dry any items containing these substances.

Any material on which you have used a cleaning solvent, or which is saturated with flammable liquids or solids, should not be placed in the clothes washer until all traces of these liquids or solids and their fumes have been removed.

These items include acetone, denatured alcohol, petrol, paraffin, kerosene, some liquid household cleaners, some spot removers, turpentine, waxes and wax removers.

•Do not add petrol, dry-cleaning solvents, or other flammable or explosive substances to the wash water. These substances give off vapours that could ignite or explode.

•Under certain conditions, hydrogen gas may be produced in a hot water system that has not been used for 2 weeks or more. HYDROGEN GAS IS EXPLOSIVE. If the hot water system has not been used for such a period, before using a washing machine or combination washer-dryer, turn on all hot water taps and let the water flow from each for several minutes. This will release any accumulated hydrogen gas. As the gas is flammable, do not smoke or use an open flame during this time.