Samurai Appliance Repair Man's Blog

Example model number:  FEZ831AS1

The most annoying part of this problem is that as it agitates, the agitator goes one direction and the basket spins the other. So the clothes never agitate they just spin with the basket.  Makes you think the basket brake is broken.  Except there's one problem, Sublime Master appl.tech.2901 explains...

this machine doesn"t have brakes...it coasts to a stop. that the reason it has a lid lock. yes you have a bad transmission. If your going to tackle this repair you should replace the spin bearing and seal as well.

Parts links for...

- tub seal

- transmission


Source: Frigidaire FEZ831AS1 stack laundry: washer has no brakes!

Master Reg gives a simple and sure way to tell if you have a leaky fill valve that's letting water come into the drum when the washer is off.  If you need water fill valve, you can buy it by clicking the picture below.

Un-plug Power Cord from Wall Outlet.
If water continues to enter, bad Water Valve.

click on picture


The hot and cold water inlet valves are located at the back of the washer.



Water Inlet Valve #1 in diagram

Source: Procedure for replacing fill valve on Whirlpool Duet GHW9150PW0

Common manifestation of this problem:  no lights on the control panel and when you press the power button, you just get three or four quick beeps.  

Do the test on this page.  If unplugging the blue harness from the MCU results in the control panel lighting up normally like the machine wants to run (but can't because the blue wire is unplugged from the MCU), then...

Unplugging the blue harness from the MCU resulted in the control panel lighting up normally.

You be needin' one of these:

Click on Pic

Source: Kenmore HE5t F71 error code and won't run

The weirdness starts about halfway into the video:



And Master Nickfixit nails it:

recheck the motor harness connections, make sure the harness is fully seated. Some machines had an extra 2 wire harness connection that can work loose, these were 3 speed motors.

Source: Whirlpool washer LA9500XTWO slow agitator and grinding sound

GE WSM2700RBWWH made by Frigidaire
similar to:
WSM2700WAWCC  
Owner Guide   131990700en  
Wiring Diagram:   131990700en  
Parts Manual:   95358016

Source: GE WSM2700RBWWH