My Kenmore 417.48102701, when any cycle is started, activates the door lock and that’s all. When going through its step test, the blinking lights indicate an E56 error. This is a problem with the motor or speed controller. Makes sense, the motor never spins during the step test. The motor ohms out as it should… but before ordering a speed controller, I’d like to run this by you experts to confirm that this is likely the problem.
The reason I have any doubt at all is that when I try to view the code by pressing Start & Pause/Cancel, the lights do the 5 blinks for the first digit but just do a quick flash for the second digit and return to normal standby appearance. Should I trust the clear 5-6 I see during the step test or should I suspect a bad main controller for giving me conflicting codes?
Any advice here will be greatly appreciated.