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Shuts off in middle of cycle

Our Ge washer shuts off at least 6 times during a wash. At no set time, just randomly shuts off. The clothes will be soapy at the end. I will have to rinse and spin several cycles before the soap will be out. At ,most times, the clothes are soaking wet. I will have to repeatedly drain and spin until finally they are ready for the dryer. I only use HE laundrey detergent. What can I do to fix this problem? I will never buy an HE washer ever again. This is a nightmare.

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  • Anonymous May 10, 2008

    I have a GE Washer WBVH6240F. It will go into pause mode (start/pause button will be flashing) and will not continue until you hit the button to start again.

  • Anonymous May 23, 2008

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  • Anonymous Jan 17, 2009

    I have the SAME problem!!! I'm going to try the white plug thing to see if that will work.



    It shuts off like 6 times a cycle, so I have to make sure I'm home when I do laundry or it'll just shut off and forget entirely what it's doing...soured clothes...yay :|

  • kathy4894 Mar 27, 2009

    i have the same problem;however the ge service man came out and said we needed to replace the pump for a few hundred dollars on a machine that is under 2 years old!!! ugh!!! any help or guidance would be appreciated here

  • Anonymous May 16, 2009

    I also have the same problem. I just cleaned out the **** behind the white plug and ran a load. Worked great. The water wasn't able to drain, now it can. Thanks for all the help!!!

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I am having the same problem w/ our brand new front loader washer, it pauses constantly, and even when I can get the load to finish, I have to drain and spin atleast 3 x before I can even attempt to put in dryer, at this point it is taking me hours to do one load of laundry!!
Ugh-- Service man is coming tomorrow, so I will share what I learn...

  • Anonymous Apr 23, 2008

    Ok, service man came today---Easy solution

    Take the panel off right under the round door(3 screws) there is a white plug looking like thing(like a gas cap) take that out(water will run out so have a bucket or towels or something) you will see all the muk muk around this plug clean it off and put back in.

    My washer is running like day 1---yeah!!!!

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I am having the same problem w/ our brand new front loader washer, it pauses constantly, and even when I can get the load to finish, I have to drain and spin atleast 3 x before I can even attempt to put in dryer, at this point it is taking me hours to do one load of laundry!!
Ugh-- Service man is coming tomorrow, so I will share what I learn...

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    Helen Challener Nov 05, 2013

    I found that cleaning the drain worked like a charm. Take the plug out and let the water drain and then take all the lint and gunk that has collected. This is in the little box under the round door. Machine is now working like new after weeks of huge frustration. Thanks for the above comments!!!!

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