I have been searching the Internet for the past two days and have found other Whirlpool Calypso washer owners experiencing the same problem that I have; namely, that my control panel will not function when I press any of the touch screen buttons except the cancel/clear button. Upon doing so, the panel displays "8 minutes remaining" but will not allow any other functions to be activated. Also, I cannot remove the "8 minutes remaining" message except by unplugging the washer.

Upon reading the instruction manual for my washer, I learned that the "8 minutes remaining" message is associated with the extended spin cycle option.
Other queries to your forum regarding this same symptom have indicated a problem with the Control Panel Assembly.

My question to your experts is: Should I just go ahead and replace the Control Panel Assembly or could it be a problem with one of the other electronic circuit boards instead (e.g., Motor Control Board or Machine Control Board)? Your advice is appreciated, Gravy

my issue sounds simular. The cycle will not finish, it seems to get stuck around 22 min. when i do a rinse and spin cycle; it stays on the eight min mark and sounds like it wants to start to spin but wont.

I am having this problem with my washer and am trying to decide if we should repair it ourselves or call someone. I'm pretty good following instructions and figuring things out, but this would be a totally new venture. Is there special equipment needed to do this? (For instance, the touch pad test - what meter do you use to conduct this test and is it worth it to buy one?) Are there safety concerns that a novice should keep in mind? (I read something about ESD and a wrist bracelet, etc in the manual and this kind of went over my head.) Are there step by step instructions available somewhere for changing the control panel/touch pad (whichever I would need)? Thanks much for your input.

Sure. Thanks for your reply.

Model GVW9959VQ2

When the washer is plugged in, the extended cycle (8 minutes) light comes on and the machine beeps. This flickers on and off and beeps pretty much constantly. The only way to get it to stop is to unplug the washer. When the washer is plugged in, If I am lucky, in between this flickering on and off, I can push cancel and then push one of the load cycle buttons (normal/delicate/etc) to do a load of laundry. When I do push the buttons, it is hit or miss if they will work and I usually try pushing in several different places/at different angles within the one button to find the spot that will trigger it to finally work - but this changes; the buttons do not always respond to being pressed in the same place each time. But even throughout the wash cycle, the extended spin button continues to flicker on and off and beep and, I might add, drive me completely crazy. :eek: When I do a load of laundry, even though the extended spin option is on most of the time, I don't think it actually runs the extended spin cycle, but I could be wrong about that.

I hope that helps and wasn't too wordy!
Thanks a lot.

hey guys,

i'm experiencing the exactly same problem, washer bips while dispays 8 min in the extended cycle mode ... the tips provided suggest to troubleshoot by checking touch pad results ... can anyone confirm they were able to successfuly fix the issue? Is it the control panel that needs replacement? I think i may need to call Whirlpool support, but would like to see if this problem is bigger than i could handle by myself and may be worth consider buying new one?

Thanks for all your help!

Michael