TROUBLESHOOTING cont.
First try the solutions suggested here to possibly avoid the cost of a service call.
if you experience
Cycle time too short
Lint on load
Stains on load or drum
Possible Causes
Automatic cycle ending early.
Lint screen clogged.
Dryer fabric softener not properly
used.
Solution
The load may not be contacting
the sensor strips. Level the
dryer.
Use Timed Dry for very small loads. Change the dryness level
setting setting on Automatic
Dry cycles.
Increasing or decreasing the Dry Level setting will change the
amount of drying time in a cycle.
Lint screen should be cleaned before each load.
Add dryer fabric softener sheets at the beginning of the cycle.
Fabric softener sheets added to a partially dried load can stain
your garments.
Drum stains are caused by dyes in clothing (usually blue jeans).
These will not transfer to other clothing.
Loads are wrinkled
Dryer tightly packed.
Dry smaller loads that can tumble freely reduce wrinkles from
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Odors
Recently been painting, staining, or
If so, ventilate the area. When the odors or fumes are gone
varnishing in the area where your
from the area, rewash and dry the clothing.
dryer is located.
Electric dryer being used for the first
The new electric heating element may have an odor. The odor
time.
will be gone after the first cycle.
Load is too hot
Laundry items removed from the
Allow Cool Down cycle to finish before removing laundry from
dryer before the end of the cycle,
dryer. All cycles are cooled slowly to reduced wrinkling and
make it easier to handle. Items removed before Cool Down may
feel very warm.
High temperature
cycle
Select a lower temperature,
and use an Automatic
Dry cycle.
used or was TEMPERATURE/Fabric
These cycles sense the temperature
or the moisture level in the
control set to high.
load and shut off when the load reaches the selected dryness.
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This reduces overdrying,
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