Washing machine runs continuously on all settings
The appliance continues to activate on every setting even after manual switch manipulation and replacing components like the timer, thermostat, or heating element. This causes the machine to malfunction on cooling modes and overheat the laundry.
What the numbers show
Counted from the threads quoted below. How we count
- This comes up 48.4× more often in r/appliancerepair than across the site as a whole.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
Found another way around this?
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- 1replacing the timerDid this help you?
- 2pushing the metal post by handDid this help you?
- 3pause or cancel the cycle manuallyDid this help you?
- 4Manually shutting off the systemDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“It just always wants to activate on every setting.”source ↗
“Yes, I’ve taken the knob off and pressed the metal post by hand. It didn’t change anything”source ↗
“During the last days of last winter, woke up to find it very warm in the house.”source ↗
“Thermostat was supposed to be set to 72 F but it was 80'ish.”source ↗
“I'm thinking it's a stuck relay or contactor on the furnace control board, causing the furnace to ignore the thermostat's shutoff command.”source ↗
Where this came up
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