Troubleshooting Procedures
!WARNING
To avoid risk of electrical shock, personal injury or death; disconnect power to washer before servicing, unless testing requires power.
Display Diagnostic Codes
The diagnostic code display can be toggled ‘ON’ and ‘OFF’ from Service Mode by pressing the Rinse & Spin key and rotating the Rotary Cycle Selector knob. The display will show a “d”.
Rotating the Rotary Cycle Selector knob in either direction will cycle through the list of codes one code at a time with no wrap. Once an initial direction is selected by the user (either Clockwise or Counterclockwise), subsequent movements of the knob in the same direction will show older codes. If the user changes direction and turns the Rotary Cycle Selector knob in the opposite direction, the more recent code will be displayed. If rotation is continued to the limits of the list, the display will remain at the top or the end of the list. A pair of dashes “-
A code generated during the current cycle will be displayed with the Spin Speed LED turned ‘ON’. If no cycle is currently running, a code generated during the previous cycle will be displayed with the Spin Speed LED turned ‘ON’.
Access Other Features
While a diagnostic code is displayed, if the Rotary Cycle Selector knob is pressed and held, the machine will display the number of cycles since the diagnostic code occurred.
Clear Diagnostic Codes
To clear the diagnostic codes list, press the Delay and Chime keys for 3 seconds while viewing the list.
Diagnostic Codes
Diag. | Description | Trigger | Action to be |
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| The water level |
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| fails to drop | Displays "nd". |
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1 | No Drain | below the Low |
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Water level reset | See Will Not Drain |
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| within 15 | “Troubleshooting |
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| Procedures”. |
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| minutes, before |
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| a spin begins. |
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| The door | Door failed to | Displays "LO". See |
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2 | fails to | unlock after 3 | Will Not Unlock |
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unlock | attempts | “Troubleshooting |
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| Procedures”. |
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| Continuous fill of | Displays "nF". |
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3 | No Fill | 12 minutes. | See No Water Fill |
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Total fill of 14 | “Troubleshooting |
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| minutes. | Procedures”. |
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June 2006 |
| 11 | ||
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Diag. | Description | Trigger | Action to be | |
Code |
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| The door/lid | Door failed to | Displays "FL".See | |
| lock after 3 | Will Not Lock | ||
4 | fails to lock | |||
attempts | “Troubleshooting | |||
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| Procedures”. | |
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| Not Used |
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| Input signal from |
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| water level | Displays "LE". See | |
8 | Water level | sensor is out of | ||
range, Washer | No Water Fill | |||
| sensor fault. | will beep and | “Troubleshooting | |
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| Procedures”. | ||
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| pause the wash | ||
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| cycle. |
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9 |
| Not Used |
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| Unbalance |
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| or cabinet |
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| hit detected |
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| during final | Never exceeded | Will display “dc” | |
10 | spin, which | 400 rpm due to | See Wet Clothes | |
prevented | an unbalanced | "Troubleshooting | ||
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| the spinner | load. | Procedures". | |
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| exceeding |
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| 400 rpm |
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| Water level in |
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| the machine is |
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| believed to be |
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| above the |
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| overflow level. | First check to see | |
| Water | When this | that water valve is | |
| condition is | |||
E | sensor level | not stuck. If water | ||
detected, the | ||||
| fault. | valve is OK, check | ||
| machine will | |||
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| water level sensor. | ||
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| automatically | ||
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| begin pumping |
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| water out until it |
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| falls below the |
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| overflow level. |
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| See Clear | |
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| Diagnostic | |
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| Codes. | |
| Will not |
| Disconnect and | |
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| reconnect the | ||
11 | remember | Difficulty in | washer power cord | |
machine | reading memory | at power supply | ||
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| settings |
| outlet. | |
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| If condition still | |
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| exists, replace | |
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| machine control | |
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| board. | |
| Not Used |
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| 16026882 | |
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| RPL 16026127 |