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We had this problem after our baby's socks started going missing in the
wash cycle. We found them in two places: 1. Underneath the rubber
gasket of the front-loading drum, and, 2. In the drain line, but not in
the hose that comes out of the back of the machine. The manual and
website make no mention of the three torx screws on the front, lower
panel that can be removed, exposing a drain that can then be unscrewed
(be prepared for A LOT of water to come out of here if you haven't been
able to get it to drain). Inside here we found the culprit baby socks,
removed them, ran a fan on the exposed electronics over night to dry
them out, and put it back together. Problem solved. It's unbelievable
that this information is not in the manual but had to be googled from
sites like this. Hope this helps someone else and prevents an
expensive service call. Maytag, you s u c k!