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- Washer Won't Drain A washer that stops full of water almost always has a blocked drain path — usually the pump filter — and most machines flash a code that confirms it.
- Washer Not Filling With Water A washer that starts its cycle but never fills is usually being starved by something outside the machine — a part-closed tap, a kinked hose, or clogged inlet screens.
- Washer Shaking, Banging, or Refusing to Spin Violent shaking or a cancelled spin is nearly always an unbalanced load or an unlevel machine — both free to fix — rather than a broken part.
- Washer Door Stuck or Won't Lock Door trouble is usually mechanical and minor — trapped fabric, a gummed-up latch, or a lock that needs a power reset — though the lock assembly itself does wear out eventually.
- Too Many Suds in the Washer Excess foam makes a washer pause and run long suds-removal routines — and it traces back to detergent type or amount far more often than to any fault.
- Dishwasher Leak Alarm A leak alarm means moisture reached the sensor in the base pan under the tub — sometimes a real leak, but oversudsing and water sloshed during a move are famous false triggers.
- Refrigerator Not Cooling A refrigerator that stops cooling almost always fails one of three things: a stalled fan, a frost-blocked evaporator, or a cooling-system problem — and the display code usually names the one.
- Dryer Not Heating A dryer that tumbles but won't heat usually has restricted airflow, a failed element or thermostat, or a missing 240-volt leg — and the code often names exactly which.
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- Insignia Washer E3 Your Insignia washer doesn't sense the lid as closed — E3 is the lid-open / lid-lock fault, so it won't spin until that's resolved.
- Comfee Dishwasher E1 Your Comfee dishwasher didn't fill in time — E1 (the manual calls it 'longer inlet time') is a water-intake fault, usually a tap, hose, or inlet-screen issue.
- Comfee Dishwasher E4 Your Comfee dishwasher sensed an overflow — E4 is the anti-flood trip, so turn off the water and dry the base pan before doing anything else.
- GE Dishwasher PF PF simply records that power to the dishwasher was interrupted mid-cycle — reselecting your cycle and pressing Start clears it, with no repair needed unless it keeps happening.
- Midea Washer E1 Your Midea washer isn't getting enough water during fill — E1 points to the supply side (taps, inlet hose, mesh filter) far more often than to the machine itself.
- Black+Decker Washer E1 Your Black+Decker washer didn't fill in time — E1 appears after about 30 minutes of filling without reaching the set level, nearly always a supply problem.
- Magic Chef Washer E1 Your Magic Chef washer can't fill in time — E1 is the 'water hose' alarm, usually a tap not fully open, a kinked inlet hose, or low water pressure.
- Samsung Refrigerator 21E 21E is Samsung's freezer fan fault: the evaporator fan in the freezer section isn't turning, so cold air stops circulating — usually ice bridging over the fan, sometimes a worn fan motor.
- Samsung Refrigerator OF OF OF OF on a Samsung refrigerator is demo mode (or Cooling Off): the fridge is running as a showroom unit with cooling disabled. It's a setting — not a fault — and it exits with an 8-second button hold.
- LG Refrigerator Er FF Er FF is LG's freezer evaporator fan fault: the fan that moves cold air through the freezer isn't turning — usually jammed by frost after a defrost, and an unplug-and-thaw reset fixes many cases.
- GE Refrigerator dE dE on a GE refrigerator is the defrost alarm: the unit hasn't completed a defrost in 24 hours, so frost is building on the evaporator. Seals and ventilation first, then the defrost loop.
- GE Refrigerator FF FF on a GE refrigerator is a freezer-temperature alarm: the freezer ran too warm, usually from a door-seal or airflow problem before any parts failure.
- Whirlpool Refrigerator PO PO on a Whirlpool refrigerator means a power outage occurred and the freezer reached about 18°F or warmer — a food-safety notice, not a component fault. Check contents, clear the code, and only investigate if it keeps returning.
- Whirlpool Dryer PF PF on a Whirlpool dryer is a power-failure notice: the dryer lost power mid-cycle and stopped. Nothing is broken — press START to clear it and resume the load.
- Whirlpool Dryer AF AF on a Whirlpool dryer is the airflow warning (F4E3 on some models): exhaust flow is restricted. Clean the lint screen and the full vent run — most cases need no parts at all.
- Maytag Dryer PF PF on a Maytag dryer is the power-failure notice: the dryer lost power mid-cycle and stopped. Nothing is broken — clear the code and resume the load.
- GE Range F2 F2 (F20 on some models) on a GE range is the over-temperature alarm: the oven exceeded its heat limit — usually a stuck bake or broil element, sometimes a sensor.