The short answer for these models
A washer that stops partway is usually waiting rather than broken. It waits for water it has not received, for a drain that has not cleared, or for a load it cannot spin safely, and on most machines it waits silently. Where in the cycle it stops is the single most useful fact you have. Where this departs from the brand-level page is the ranking. A twin-tub keeps its wash and spin functions on separate motors and separate timers, so half the machine can fail while the other half works perfectly and hides it, so on a MAR unit the function-by-function checks lead.
What you actually see
- Which form your MAR unit is — settle this first — Count the baskets. Two means wash and spin are independent and one can fail alone; one means a single fault stops everything.
- It tries to spin, stops, and tries again — Repeated attempts are a load problem rather than a mechanical one, and they end with a redistributed load.
- It finishes but the load is still soaking wet — The spin never ran properly, usually because the drain or the balance check failed quietly.
- NEAR MISS — it never starts at all — That is a starting fault rather than a cycle fault, and the page about a machine that will not start covers it.
Causes, most likely first on this family
- The lid switch or door lock is intermittent — A lock that lets go partway through halts the cycle instantly, and it usually does it at a different point every time. The ranking moves here for a reason particular to these models: how the unit is built changes what this finding means. That is what puts the function-by-function checks ahead of everything else on the list.
- The control, the timer or a sensor — Last, because it is the diagnosis of exclusion and because confirming it means a meter behind a panel.
Check in this order, and why
- First — note exactly where it stops — Beginning, before the spin, or randomly. That one observation splits the causes into three groups before you touch the machine.
- Second — open the drain filter and check the hose route — Open the filter with towels down, and check the drain hose route while the machine is pulled out. On these models this is the step the construction changes: what you found at the step above decides how much weight to give what you find here.
Before you open anything
Safety
Cut the power first; a capacitor can hold a charge after the power is off. Leave the door lock and its wiring exactly as found: it is holding a drum that may still be turning or a tub that may still be full. Drain the machine through its filter hose before anything else is opened.
Where the owner job ends
The owner half ends where the control begins. Taps, hoses, the filter, the load and the balance are yours; the board, the lock, the pressure system and the motor are not. Say whether the machine stops silently or keeps trying, because those are different faults.
The other symptoms covered for this family
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