Troubleshooting
Try these troubleshooting tips before making a service call. They may save you time and money.
Dryer Symptom |
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Dryer won’t start | • | Insert coin(s) or card. |
| • For dryers equipped with a power cord, make sure the power cord is plugged all | |
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| the way into the electrical outlet. |
| • Make sure loading door is closed. | |
| • | Press START pad. |
| • Make sure the laundry room fuse(s) isn’t blown or loose, or circuit breakers | |
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| aren’t open. The dryer itself does not have an electrical fuse. An electric dryer |
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| has an electrical circuit with two fuses. |
| • Check if motor overload protector has cycled. Wait 10 minutes and try again. | |
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Dryer won’t heat | • | Make sure the laundry room fuse(s) isn’t blown or loose, or circuit breakers |
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| aren’t open. The dryer itself does not have an electrical fuse. An electric dryer |
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| has an electrical circuit with two fuses. |
| • Make sure controls are in a HEAT setting. | |
| • Gas dryer only – Make sure equipment and main gas line valve is turned on. | |
| • Check exhaust duct to outside to see if it is kinked, blocked or needs cleaning. | |
| • Check weather hood to make sure flapper moves freely, has not been pushed in | |
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| or has not been blocked. |
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Dryer doesn’t dry clothes | • | Check exhaust duct to outside to see if it is kinked, blocked or needs cleaning. |
satisfactorily | • | Check weather hood to make sure flapper moves freely, has not been pushed in |
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| or has not been blocked. |
| • Clean the lint filter. | |
| • Make sure the load isn’t too small. Small loads may not tumble properly or dry | |
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| evenly. |
| • Check load being dried. Heavy items dried with lightweight items will not dry as | |
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| quickly as the rest of the load. |
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Dryer is noisy | • | Check dryer for foreign objects (nails, coins, bobby pins, metal, plastic toys, |
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| etc.). Remove items from dryer. |
| • Make sure dryer is level. Uneven leveling can cause vibration. | |
| • Normal operating sounds include the tick of timer advancing, heat source going | |
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| on and off, and humming of air moving through the dryer and exhaust system. |
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Clothes are too wrinkled | • | Check heat setting. Overdrying can cause wrinkling. |
| • Check load size. Large loads may not tumble properly and may cause wrinkling. | |
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Clothes have odor | • | Check room for odors before drying clothes. Any odor (fried foods, paint, |
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| varnish, cleaners, burning wood, etc.) will transfer to clothing as the dryer draws |
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| air from the room. Ventilate room before drying clothes. |
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