Maytag MDG9706AWW gas dryer

[HOWIE]

The gas dryer works if it has been idle for a few hours. If the door is opened during normal use the dryer will not restart. Instead, when I press the start button to restart the dryer the motor will start running and the tumbler will jerk/inch a minuscule degree. If the start button is held too long or pressed a few more times in an attempt to restart the dryer the motor no longer responds. A few hours later the dryer will operate again.

[evaappliance]

If the dryer works  , tub tumbles and heats , after you let it set and cool down, sounds like you have a moter going bad

[evaappliance]

If you find it is the moter , unless it is in bad shape otherwise , i would look into fixing it . One of the last real good maytags