mmitchell7
Premium Member
- Model Number
- 110.25132410
- Brand
- Sears Kenmore
- Age
- 6-10 years
Hello and thank you in advanced for any help in troubleshooting this situation. Our Kenmore Series 500 (Mod 110.25132410) is acting up. We have had this for almost 8 years. We first noticed clothes were soaking wet recently so I began doing some diagnostic checking. We originally had an F7E1 Error code. Upon doing some basic googling I believed perhaps the suspension rods were faulty since there have been times over the years when the washer has been overloaded and shaken pretty violently. I was able to replace those fairly easily. I cleared the codes and did an Automatic Test. After that there were no errors so I thought maybe I had solved the issue. I ran the "recalibration mode" after that and when it got to the Spin cycle, the machine shook very violently to the point that I had to unplug the unit because I thought it may rip itself apart. I had the lid lock bypassed and was able tow watch and the basket reached some very high speeds. I let it go on for about a minute or so before unplugging.
Since then we have run the laundry since all other modes still seem to work and we are having the same result. It appears that when it is time for the machine to cycle into a high speed spin and drain it just doesn't do it and everything is soaking wet again.
More recently I checked the error codes again and got the following:
After clearing the codes and running the auto test I again got an F7E1 code.
I got the machine on it's back and removed the motor cover and don't see anything that looks immediately broken. There was a couple drops of oil on the cover but not a lot. I have not tested the capacitor yet since I don't have that setting on my multimeter.
I spoke with a very helpful appliance repair professional and after describing things to him he was honest and anticipated the time it may take to troubleshoot/fix would not be worth the cost and I would be better off getting a new machine. I appreciated that feedback as that has been my main reason for trying to figure things out on my own. I may still go the route of buying a new machine but I saw some really helpful forums here and wanted to see if I could tinker and get this thing fixed on my own! (As long as my wife doesn't kill me first
) Thanks in advanced. Happy to answer any and all questions.
Since then we have run the laundry since all other modes still seem to work and we are having the same result. It appears that when it is time for the machine to cycle into a high speed spin and drain it just doesn't do it and everything is soaking wet again.
More recently I checked the error codes again and got the following:
- F0E5 - Out of Balance Load
- F7E6 - Motor Fault
- F0E2 - Excessive Suds
After clearing the codes and running the auto test I again got an F7E1 code.
I got the machine on it's back and removed the motor cover and don't see anything that looks immediately broken. There was a couple drops of oil on the cover but not a lot. I have not tested the capacitor yet since I don't have that setting on my multimeter.
I spoke with a very helpful appliance repair professional and after describing things to him he was honest and anticipated the time it may take to troubleshoot/fix would not be worth the cost and I would be better off getting a new machine. I appreciated that feedback as that has been my main reason for trying to figure things out on my own. I may still go the route of buying a new machine but I saw some really helpful forums here and wanted to see if I could tinker and get this thing fixed on my own! (As long as my wife doesn't kill me first