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 people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1replacing the timer
- 2pushing the metal post by hand
- 3pause or cancel the cycle manually
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“It just always wants to activate on every setting.”source ↗
Traditional_Shake_94 · r/appliancerepair · 2 upvotes
“Yes, I’ve taken the knob off and pressed the metal post by hand. It didn’t change anything”source ↗
Traditional_Shake_94 · r/appliancerepair · 1 upvotes
Where this came up
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