Washer is 3 years old, recently had an issue with water under the washer, so I pulled it out, checked hose connections, cleaned out drain pipe, and removed the front panel and detached the top (except for the lid switch).

I determined the leak to just have been from splashing through cycles with too much water for too little clothes, as water was coming out of the flood drain pipe during agitation (no leaking when filled for super load).

Relieved, I put the top panel back on and did another test -- now it does everything it's supposed to except it no longer will agitate or spin. It will go through a whole cycle (fill & drain through each part of the cycle), but it won't move.

I found suggestions to try unplugging to reset the washer, I checked the lid switch which was pulled out slightly from my removing/reattaching the top and I read that if the lid switch was a problem, it wouldn't drain properly.

The green light blinks when it should be agitating during the wash cycle -- 4 brief blinks in a row, then about 6 or 7 seconds off, and this repeats.

I'm not real inclined with this stuff, but it seems like it must be simple since it was just working earlier today. Is it possible I accidentally cut or detached a wire from the control panel when re-attaching the top? I did hear a kind of popping noise when putting it back on, but figured it was the lid switch.

--- EDIT: Now that I look closer at the lid switch piece that has wires running to the motor, it looks like the small silver wire may have snapped apart in the middle (I'm not sure if this was one piece to begin with). Could this be the root cause for the motor never agitating/spinning? How do I bypass the lid switch to test this?

--- EDIT 2: Pretty sure it's the lid switch -- I didn't realize there is actually a tiny glass tube that's supposed to be around the silver wire in the lid switch assembly, and this tube is busted with the wire actually sticking out. Any quick fix remedy for this, or will I have to replace the whole lid switch assembly?

Any help/ideas appreciated!

Thanks,
Jeff

Scratch that... it worked once (maybe 1 1/2 times). Now it won't agitate or spin again. I found the second load I did hadn't spun and the clothes were still soaked (the 1st load had spun fine). Tried running just a drain and spin and then a quick rinse, and neither worked.

Now I'm at a loss about what to try... Please help!!!

I guess this is just a big conversation with myself... well, maybe it can help others...

I got the replacement lid switch, installed it, reset the inverter board by opening/closing lid 10 times within a 12-second span on startup, and the washer ran like a charm.

I checked the light after the load was complete, and it was back to the 4-blink error code. I've since done two more loads by first unplugging then doing the reset -- I haven't tested to see if it will be OK on a 2nd load without doing a reset first.

I did find that it goes from a "waiting" status while filling with water (light goes on for 1 second, off for 1 second) to the 4-blink error exactly when it changes modes between initial fill into agitate. I think I may have one of the faulty motors listed that has the algorithm problem, and I wonder if it's something that has always existed without causing the washer to not run.

I will try another load without doing a reset and hope for the best -- if that doesn't work, it sounds like my only option is to replace the whole motor or get a new washer...

After being without a washer for a week, the parts came to fix it. After the fix, it still had the same problem of not agitating or spinning. I read your post and now all is well. My husband is a tad miffed since he thinks your fix may have worked initially!

I do have one question...where did you find the lights you keep referring to?

Thanks!