honey_dave
Premium Member
- Model Number
- WTW7000DW0
- Brand
- Whirlpool
- Age
- 1-5 years
Hi all,
I have a WTW7000DW0 that is probably 3-5 years old. It has recently been acting very strange, and I wonder if anyone has any ideas.
Initially, the problem was that when a cycle would end, the lid would stay locked. The display would say "End" but also the "Locked" light would stay on and we couldn't open the lid. Thankfully, if you unplugged it for ~30 seconds, and then replugged it in, the lid would unlock and you could open it again.
After that, it started doing weird things with the cycles. It would start normally and say the load would take 58 minutes (or something similar depending on the setting). It would then proceed to run for a while and then stick at 25 minutes (or some other number) remaining for a long time, and sometimes even have the time remaining go up. If you left it long enough, it would eventually finish in 2-3 hours, but even then it wouldn't have gone through the spin cycle, so the clothes were sopping wet.
We were able to get it to do just the spin cycle using the "Utilities - spin & rinse" settings, but even this sometimes would not work correctly.
I'm thinking the Control Board needs to be replaced? Or is there any way to reprogram/reset it? If the Control Board does need to be replaced, I'm thinking I'll just start over with a new washer since a new CB is >$200 and a refurbished one is ~$120 online.
It doesn't give any error codes and I have left it unplugged overnight with no change in behavior.
Any thoughts anyone?
Thanks for the help!
Dave
I have a WTW7000DW0 that is probably 3-5 years old. It has recently been acting very strange, and I wonder if anyone has any ideas.
Initially, the problem was that when a cycle would end, the lid would stay locked. The display would say "End" but also the "Locked" light would stay on and we couldn't open the lid. Thankfully, if you unplugged it for ~30 seconds, and then replugged it in, the lid would unlock and you could open it again.
After that, it started doing weird things with the cycles. It would start normally and say the load would take 58 minutes (or something similar depending on the setting). It would then proceed to run for a while and then stick at 25 minutes (or some other number) remaining for a long time, and sometimes even have the time remaining go up. If you left it long enough, it would eventually finish in 2-3 hours, but even then it wouldn't have gone through the spin cycle, so the clothes were sopping wet.
We were able to get it to do just the spin cycle using the "Utilities - spin & rinse" settings, but even this sometimes would not work correctly.
I'm thinking the Control Board needs to be replaced? Or is there any way to reprogram/reset it? If the Control Board does need to be replaced, I'm thinking I'll just start over with a new washer since a new CB is >$200 and a refurbished one is ~$120 online.
It doesn't give any error codes and I have left it unplugged overnight with no change in behavior.
Any thoughts anyone?
Thanks for the help!
Dave