My Whirlpool Calypso GVW9959KQ2 is staining my clothes with a brown goo. You can sometimes shake off these matchhead size dots of goo but if you touch them they stain the cloth. I keep taking clothes outside, hanging them up and hitting them with a high powered hose to get rid of this. It doesn't do it each load, probably every 4th load. My washer is 5 years and 8 days old. This is very unsatisfactory. What do I do? Trilbe Fortunati

SOURCE: My Washing machine stains clothes;

my washing machine leaves stains on my black clothes only

SOURCE: Stains on clothes after washing

This sounds like the infamous "Frigidaire Flaw" (they make some of GE's washers). The likely culprit is that the bearings on the drum's spindle are leaking.

To diagnose, call a repair man, or pull it out and remove the back cover. If you see brown streaks from the center spindle - that's it.

Repair is cheap if you can do the work yourself (inner and outer bearings), but $300+ for a technician

SOURCE: Kenmore Calypso Washer is leaving dark brown stains on clothes

hi is the machine noisy on spin cycle if so ur bearings have gone

SOURCE: My Washing machine stains clothes;

Its the felt drum seal (clothes getting stuck in there and getting the greasy adhesive on them). I took a Q-tip and slid it between the felt seal and the metal, and the color and consistency of what came out was the same as the marks on the clothes.

Call a Whirlpool tech, they can replace

SOURCE: leaving brown stains on clothes, messing them up,

If it isn't rust, I suspect cotton can decompose if moist for a long time (in the laundry or machine), causing brown spots. In that case, the spots probably cannot be removed. Or can they?