TROUBLESHOOTING cont.

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If you experience

Possible Causes

Solution

 

Cycle time too short

Sensor cycle ending early.

The load may not be contacting the sensor strips. Level the dryer.

 

 

 

Use Timed Dry for very small loads. Change the dryness level

 

 

 

setting on Sensor Cycles.

 

 

 

Increasing or decreasing the dryness level will change the amount

 

 

 

of drying time in a cycle. If loads are consistently ending too early,

 

 

 

see also Changing the Sensor Dry Default Settings.

 

 

 

 

 

Lint on load

Lint screen clogged.

Lint screen should be cleaned before each load.

 

 

 

 

 

Stains on load or drum

Dryer fabric softener not properly

Add dryer fabric softener sheets at the beginning of the cycle.

 

 

used.

Fabric softener sheets added to a partially dried load can stain

 

 

 

your garments.

 

 

 

Drum stains are caused by dyes in clothing (usually blue jeans).

 

 

 

These will not transfer to other clothing.

 

 

 

 

 

Loads are wrinkled

Load not removed from dryer at the

Select Wrinkle Prevent feature to tumble the load without heat to

 

 

end of the cycle.

avoid wrinkling.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dryer overloaded.

Dry smaller loads that can tumble freely.

 

 

 

 

 

Odors

Have you recently been painting,

If so, ventilate the area. When the odors or fumes are gone from

 

 

staining, or varnishing in the area

the area, rewash and dry the clothing.

 

 

where your dryer is located?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is the electric dryer being used for the

The new electric heating element may have an odor. The odor will

 

 

first time?

be gone after the first cycle.

 

Load is too hot

Were laundry items removed from

Allow the Cool Down cycle to finish before removing laundry

 

 

the dryer before the end of the cycle?

from dryer. All cycles are cooled slowly to reduced wrinkling and

 

 

 

make it easier to handle. Items removed before Cool Down may

 

 

 

feel very warm.

 

 

Was a high temperature cycle used,

Select a lower temperature, and use an automatic drying cycle.

 

 

or was a separate temperature

These cycles sense the temperature or the moisture level in the

 

 

control set on high?

load and shut off when the load reaches the selected dryness. This

 

 

 

reduces overdrying.

 

 

 

 

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