A dryer that smells like something is burning gets your attention fast, and it should. Sometimes the cause is harmless: a brand-new heating element or paint fumes from a weekend project. Sometimes it is a vent packed with lint or a part running too hot. And on a gas dryer, a gas smell is its own category with its own …
Washer Shaking or Walking During Spin: What to Check and When to Call
A washer in the final spin is supposed to hum, not hammer. If yours rocks across the floor, bangs against the wall or sets off the shelves in the garage, something is out of balance, out of level or worn. Some causes cost nothing to check, and some need a technician. This guide follows what the manufacturers’ own installation guides, …
Refrigerator Water Dispenser Not Working: Filter, Pressure, Frozen Line or Failed Part?
The dispenser is the part of the refrigerator everyone notices the day it stops. The glass goes under the paddle, nothing comes out, and with relatives coming for Thanksgiving the kitchen suddenly feels smaller. In most cases the cause is something simple: a lock, a supply valve, a filter that was just changed, or low water pressure. In some cases, …
Miele Dryer Error Codes: F1 to F66, F98 and What the Flashing Lights Mean
A Miele dryer rarely shows an error code to the owner. What you see is a light: the “Clean Air Paths” or “Check Filter/Vent” LED, an “Empty Tank” LED, or an iron symbol that flashes while the program stops and the buzzer sounds. The numbered F-codes, from F1 to F66, are stored in a fault memory that a technician reads …
Thermador Refrigerator Error Codes: E01 to E34, Ice Maker Codes and DEMO Mode
A Thermador built-in refrigerator will tell you what is wrong, but only in a language of short E-codes, a few plain-English words on the display, and a red light on the ice maker. Most people meet the problem first as a symptom: the display says DOOR OPEN with nobody in the kitchen, the ice bin stays empty, or the whole …
Miele Refrigerator Error Codes: F 01 10, F 01 47 and What Each Fault Means
A Miele built-in refrigerator-freezer tells you about a fault in a very specific way: a code that starts with the letter F and is shown as a letter followed by four digits, for example F 01 10 or F 01 47. Some of the codes are meant for the technician only, and the factory documentation marks those as not visible …
Frigidaire Dryer Error Codes: E41, E62, E65, E71 and the Full E-Code List
Frigidaire full-size dryers do not scroll a message when something goes wrong. Most simply stop, beep, or refuse to start, and the reason sits in a memory log as a code that starts with E, such as E41 or E62. This guide covers the Frigidaire full-size dryer code set, taken from Frigidaire’s own technician data sheet for its laundry-center dryer …
Dryer Drum Not Turning: Belt, Idler, Motor and When to Stop Using It
You press Start. The dryer clicks, hums or even runs a motor you can hear, but when you open the door the clothes are exactly where you left them and the drum does not move. It is one of the more common dryer calls, and the service manuals treat it as its own problem with its own checklist. Here is …
Washer Not Filling With Water: Causes, Brand Codes and Winter Freezing
You press Start and the drum stays dry. Or it trickles for ten minutes. Or the display throws a water-supply message and the cycle stops. A washer that will not fill is one of the most common calls we get, and in Denver Metro it spikes in winter, when laundry rooms in garages and utility rooms get cold enough to …
Garage Refrigerator Not Working in Winter: Placement Problem or Real Fault?
A refrigerator in the garage is a Denver Metro habit: the old fridge that moved out when the kitchen got a new one, the chest freezer for the half-beef, the extra beverage cooler. It works fine all summer. Then the first hard freeze arrives and the ice cream is soup, the milk is slushy, or the unit sounds like it …