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Washing machine repair guides covering error codes, drum bearing noise, drainage failures, and DIY fixes for Samsung, LG, and Maytag models.
A broken washing machine stalls your entire household routine. Clothes pile up, trips to the laundromat burn time and money, and ignoring a small leak can cause hundreds of dollars in water damage to your subfloor. These guides help you diagnose the problem accurately — whether it is a drum bearing grinding, a drain pump failing to evacuate water, or an error code flashing on the control panel — so you can decide between a targeted repair and a full replacement.
Front-load washers dominate Bay Area homes and come with their own failure patterns: door boot seal tears that cause slow leaks, spider arm corrosion on the rear drum (especially in Samsung models manufactured 2011-2016), and mold buildup in the gasket that no amount of cleaning tablets fully prevents. Our guides for top-load machines cover the agitator-vs-impeller debate, lid switch failures that halt mid-cycle, and the common transmission issues on Maytag and Whirlpool direct-drive units.
Water hardness varies significantly across California — Sacramento averages 5-7 grains per gallon while parts of the East Bay exceed 15 — and this directly impacts detergent dosing, inlet valve scale buildup, and heater element lifespan. We factor these conditions into every troubleshooting guide.
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Two identical faults can be quoted very differently, and the reasons are knowable before the technician arrives. A table of what moves the number — machine type, brand, access, and which part failed.
Two identical faults can be quoted very differently, and the reasons are knowable before the technician arrives. A table of what moves the number — machine type, brand, access, and which part failed.
Maytag washer won't spin or agitate? Learn the 7 most common causes and how to fix them. Covers Maytag Centennial, Bravos, and commercial models.
Electrolux and Frigidaire washers compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports — 39 Electrolux filings from 2014-2026 against 46 Frigidaire ones from 2011-2023. The Electrolux set is top-heavy (control board 21%, wiring 18%); the Frigidaire set is flat, with nothing above 9%.
Electrolux and GE washers compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports: 39 Electrolux filings from 2014-2026 against 181 GE ones from 2011-2026. The control board leads both corpora, and the motor is the one component GE's reports name more often — 7% against 3%.
Electrolux and Kenmore washers compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports: 39 Electrolux filings from 2014-2026 against 208 Kenmore ones from 2011-2026. Both corpora are led by the control board, and the widest gaps rest on near-identical report counts read against very different denominators.
Electrolux and LG washers compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports: 39 Electrolux filings from 2014-2026 against 295 LG ones from 2011-2026. LG's reports spread across eleven components with nothing above 5%; Electrolux's concentrate in three.
Electrolux and Maytag washers compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports: 39 Electrolux filings from 2014-2026 against 104 Maytag ones from 2011-2026. The control board is named in 8 reports on each side — identical counts printing as 21% and 8%.
Electrolux and Samsung washers compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports: 39 Electrolux filings from 2014-2026 against 540 Samsung ones from 2011-2026. Samsung is the one washer corpus not led by the control board — the drain pump or hose tops it at 4%, on 22 reports.
Electrolux and Whirlpool washers compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports: 39 Electrolux filings from 2014-2026 against 115 Whirlpool ones from 2011-2026. The two lists run in the same order — control board, then wiring — and no component separates them by more than 10 points.
Frigidaire and GE washers compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports: 46 Frigidaire filings from 2011-2023 against 181 GE ones from 2011-2026. The larger corpus holds the larger shares here — GE leads the control board at 13% and the motor at 7% — and no row differs by more than 4 points.
Frigidaire and Kenmore washers compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports: 46 Frigidaire filings from 2011-2023 against 208 Kenmore ones from 2011-2026. Two rows print identical shares — the control board at 9% and the motor at 4% — on 4 documents against 18 and 2 against 8.
Frigidaire and LG washers compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports: 46 Frigidaire filings from 2011-2023 against 295 LG ones from 2011-2026. The widest gaps rest on the fewest documents — the heating element's 4% against 0% is three reports in total — while the rows showing no difference carry the most.
Frigidaire and Maytag washers compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports: 46 Frigidaire filings from 2011-2023 against 104 Maytag ones from 2011-2026. The most level pairing in the set — every row sits inside one-report noise, and the heating element and motor show no measured difference at all.
Frigidaire and Samsung washers compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports: 46 Frigidaire filings from 2011-2023 against 540 Samsung ones from 2011-2026. Samsung's list is led by the drain pump or hose at 4% on 22 reports — a component the Frigidaire corpus never names.
Frigidaire and Whirlpool washers compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports: 46 Frigidaire filings from 2011-2023 against 115 Whirlpool ones from 2011-2026. Two rows hold up in shares and in raw counts — the wiring or power cord at 8% against 2%, and the control board at 14% against 9%.
GE and Kenmore washers compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports: 181 GE filings against 208 Kenmore ones, both from 2011-2026. The closest-matched pair in this class — GE leads the control board by 4 points and the motor by 3, and three rows show no difference at all.
GE and LG washers compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports: 181 GE filings against 295 LG ones, both from 2011-2026. The motor is named in 13 reports on each side — identical counts printing as 7% and 4% — and the igniter is the one row LG leads with weight behind it.
GE and Maytag washers compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports: 181 GE filings against 104 Maytag ones, both from 2011-2026. Each record leads something — GE on the control board, motor and lint trap, Maytag on the drain pump or hose and heating element.
GE and Samsung washers compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports: 181 GE filings against 540 Samsung ones, both from 2011-2026. GE's largest group of reports names the control board (23); Samsung's names the drain pump or hose (22) — near-identical counts heading two very different lists.
GE and Whirlpool washers compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports: 181 GE filings against 115 Whirlpool ones, both from 2011-2026. The control board leads both at 13% and 14%, and the differences below it split in both directions — the motor toward GE, the drain pump toward Whirlpool.
Kenmore and LG washers compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports: 208 Kenmore filings against 295 LG ones, both from 2011-2026. Kenmore is the one washer record where the lint trap or vent comes second, at 7% on 14 filings against LG's 3% on 8.
Kenmore and Maytag washers compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports: 208 Kenmore filings against 104 Maytag ones, both from 2011-2026. An exact two-to-one pair of corpora — four rows show no measured difference, and only the lint trap or vent opens a gap of 4 points.
Kenmore and Samsung washers compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports: 208 Kenmore filings against 540 Samsung ones, both from 2011-2026. One row does the real work — the drain pump or hose, named in 22 Samsung reports against 1 Kenmore report.
Kenmore and Whirlpool washers compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports: 208 Kenmore filings against 115 Whirlpool ones, both from 2011-2026. The differences split by theme — Whirlpool leads the control board, cord and drain pump, Kenmore the lint trap and motor.
LG and Maytag washers compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports: 295 LG filings against 104 Maytag ones, both from 2011-2026. Maytag holds the higher share in six of eight rows and more filings in none of them — a table tilted by its denominators, with two genuine ties underneath.
LG and Samsung washers compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports: 295 LG filings against 540 Samsung ones, both from 2011-2026. The two deepest washer records in the collection, and the narrowest table — only the drain pump or hose and the igniter separate them at all.
LG and Whirlpool washers compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports: 295 LG filings against 115 Whirlpool ones, both from 2011-2026. The widest gap on the page — the control board at 14% against 5% — rests on 16 documents against 14.
Maytag and Samsung washers compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports: 104 Maytag filings against 540 Samsung ones, both from 2011-2026. The row the table marks as noise — the drain pump or hose at 3% against 4% — carries the most documents on the page, 22 against 3.
Maytag and Whirlpool washers compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports: 104 Maytag filings against 115 Whirlpool ones, both from 2011-2026. Near-matched corpora, so the gaps hold in documents too — Whirlpool's control board at 16 filings against 8, its cord at 9 against 4.
Samsung and Whirlpool washers compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports, 2011-2026: the control board is named in 14% of the 115 Whirlpool reports and 4% of the 540 Samsung ones. A wide gap read against a small corpus — what that does and does not support.
What 181 CPSC SaferProducts incident reports for GE washers (2011-2026) name, plus two recall notices on record. The control board appears in 13% of narratives, the motor in 7%. Shares of reports, not failure rates.
What 208 CPSC SaferProducts incident reports for Kenmore washers (2011-2026) name. The control board appears in 9% of narratives and the lint trap or vent in 7% — a dryer part, from stacked-pair filings. Shares of reports, not failure rates.