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F6 on a Whirlpool or Maytag washer or dryer means the two brains in the machine have stopped talking to each other. The main control sends, the user interface does not answer, or the other way round. The machine stops rather than guess what it is supposed to be doing. What the code does not … Read more

E2 on its own is not a fault code. On Whirlpool-family machines — Whirlpool, Maytag, KitchenAid and most Kenmore — the display alternates between an F number and an E number. The F says which system, the E says what went wrong inside it. E2 is the back half of a sentence. That matters because … Read more

F26 and F31 are both out-of-balance codes on a GE top-load washer. F26 is the machine ending the final spin because the load never settled. F31 is the fallback it logs when it drops to a lower speed, tries again, and still cannot get there. Almost everybody reads “out of balance” and starts rearranging towels. … Read more

F3 E2 on a Whirlpool washer is one of the few fault codes that tells you almost exactly what is wrong. It means the inlet water thermistor — the sensor that reads incoming water temperature — is reading outside the range the machine expects. The useful part is where that sensor lives, because it is … Read more

4C on a Samsung washer (4E on some models) means the machine asked for water and did not get enough of it in the time it expected. It is a water supply fault, not a washer fault, and that distinction is worth money to you. Here is what it actually turned out to be across … Read more

Nearly every call starts the same way. Somebody describes what the machine is doing, and then, before I have said one word about a part, they ask the real question: is this even worth fixing? It deserves better than “well, it depends.” So here is the way I actually decide, in the order I decide … Read more

F21 on a Whirlpool washer means one thing: the water is not leaving the tub fast enough. The machine gives the drain a set amount of time, does not see the level drop, and stops with the code rather than carrying on. Most articles about F21 list every part that could possibly cause it. That … Read more

Almost every week someone tells me a version of the same thing. It’s a lemon. I’ll fix this and something else will go two months later. I’d rather put the money toward a new one. It is a fair worry. Nobody wants to spend $300 on a washer and then spend it again at Christmas. … Read more