They dont mention anything in their manual that there even is a manual water drain. They do not mention that there is a front service on the machine. No mention of a filter that needs to be cleaned from time to time. Just a garbage front loader. CRAP!!

Wife's happy beyond belief. :rolleyes: Filter was clogged with a quarter, three small screws, and a two big chunks of lint. :eek: Hosed out the filter chamber, cleaned the fliter and screwed it back in - worked immediately.:) Seemed odd that a less-than-2-year-old washer's drain pump would crap out so soon.:mad: Front access door should have a sticker that says "Clean out the filter behind this access panel every 6-months/year." :mad:

Alright I have tried everything here and my washer still does not pump the water out. It was plugged with all kinds of stuff but after I cleaned it all out I tried to run the load again and when it gets to where the pump runs it still does not pump out the water. What is the problem now?? (The pump does run) I did get one of the error codes to come up with error 23.

first of all id like to say that GE are some rat bastards for not including this in the maint. part of the manual. let me add this...when you take off the 3 screws to the front panel and open it, BEWARE OF THE WATER. there is a great deal of water in the drain that is coming from the TUB! also, once you clean the filter...DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND GO AHEAD AND CLEAN THE PUMP WHILE YOU ARE IN THERE! JUST DO IT! there are 2 screws that hold the pump apparatus inside and they are just directly under the 2 hoses on the floor panel of the machine. the screw on the right is a little tricky whereas i could not see it so i had to FEEL it and do it. putting it back will be much the same way. they (the screws) are not really near the pump itself. note the alignment for reinstallation. also note the wiring attachments. i have a black and a yellow wire. the black is wired into the hole that is closest to YOU as in the front of the washer and the yellow is attached to the hole that is closest to the back of the machine. although you have unplugged the machine itself, please wipe dry in the bottom panel all the water you spilled. its more than you think. when you take the pump out, i removed the 3 screws holding it together and separated the two pump parts. inside was slight lint, however, when i turn the blade a small piece of rock or fingernail popped out which was preventing the rotor from turning and that's why it would not drain. so, what could possibly be the issue may not be visible to the eye. simply reattached everything back the way you took it out and PRESTO you've fixed the problem. if i can do this ANYONE CAN. my mechanical skill level is equal to a gold fish folks. just take your time. you can do it and save yourself a lot of money. - dameon, houston tx 9-1-11. thanks thanks thanks everyone

This thread was a big help and I did clean out the drain plug. There was only about 3 cups of water and the strainer was clogged. I cleaned the trash out and did a very small test run (rinse and spin) with a towle and short pants. The items were still soaking wet. I noticed that even though the machine was set on the fastest spin setting the drum did not spin very fast. Occassionaly the drum appeared to start accelerating but then, like me when I try to run, gave up and went back to the slow spinning. Could the problem be not spinning fast enough to get the water out rather than pump/clogged strainer problems?

Thanks In Advance

Doug