TROUBLESHOOTING cont.

First try the solutions suggested here or visit our website and reference FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)

to possibly avoid the cost of a service call...In U.S.A. http://www.whirlpool.com/help - In Canada www.whirlpool.ca

 

 

If you experience

Possible Causes

Solution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cycle time too short

Automatic cycle ending early.

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

 

 

 

 

dryer.

 

 

 

 

Use Timed Dry for very small loads. Change the Dry Level

 

 

 

 

setting on ACCUDRY™/Automatic Dry cycles.

 

 

 

 

Increasing or decreasing the Dry Level setting will change the

 

 

 

 

amount of drying time in a cycle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 Shield™ feature to tumble the load without heat

 

 

 

end of the cycle.

to avoid wrinkling.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dryer tightly packed.

Dry smaller loads that can tumble freely reduce wrinkles from

 

 

 

 

forming.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Odors

Have you recently been painting,

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

 

 

 

staining, or varnishing in the area

from the area, rewash and dry the clothing.

 

 

 

where your dryer is located?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is the electric dryer being used for

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

 

 

 

the first time?

will be gone after the first cycle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Load is too hot

Were laundry items removed from

Allow Cool Down cycle to finish before removing laundry from

 

 

 

the dryer before the end of the

dryer. All cycles are cooled slowly to reduced wrinkling and

 

 

 

cycle?

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

 

 

 

 

feel very warm.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was a high temperature cycle

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

 

 

 

used or was TEMPERATURE/Fabric

These cycles sense the temperature or the moisture level in the

 

 

 

control set to high?

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

 

 

 

 

This reduces overdrying.

 

 

 

 

 

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