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Looking for advice. I have a 11-14 year old GE washer that has been mostly a solid workhorse. It's a 3.5 cf agitator top load washer.
Recently the electronics seem to have malfunctioned. The washer will just be stuck on the hand wash setting and hitting the buttons will result in a beep and no other result. There isn't an error code. It just reads out the cycle minutes.
My first instinct was to figure that it's been a good run and look at a replacement, but after shopping around and reading reviews of what's on the market, I can't find one model that isn't a spinning box of sadness and misery. Especially the front load and HE washers.
Going back to square one, am I safe to assume that the control assembly has exceeded its life and that if I spend a couple hundred bucks on a new one, I can just drop it in, plug in the wire harnesses, and it will work like new? Is that a better bet than buying new, or am I pushing the age on this machine and need to just go ahead and bit the bullet on a simple agitator unit? Any recommendations would be appreciated.
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I forgot to mention that I have tried to unplug for two minutes to reset the electronics. Occasionally that will result in things working properly, but it will only last for a couple of minutes before it shuts down on the lingerie/hand wash setting again.
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You can certainly try a new control unit, and if you buy from this site and the new unit does not fix things you can return it. But given the age of the machine I think a basic, no frills, no electronics top loader is the better choice. Those types of machines will give you good value.
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Originally Posted by: sidfink43 You can certainly try a new control unit, and if you buy from this site and the new unit does not fix things you can return it. But given the age of the machine I think a basic, no frills, no electronics top loader is the better choice. Those types of machines will give you good value. Thank you. This is exactly what I was wondering. Do you have any brand recommendations or to avoid?
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Any of the basic top loaders will do a good job for you. Good luck!
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