J.L. GE washer WLE6500B1WW acts perfectly when you start it. It goes thru the first 9 minutes with no problems. When it hits the 6 minute mark where it would slow down the agitation for the last 6 minutes, it sounds like it's struggling to move. It becomes loud, and soon stops agitation all together and just sits there until the next cycle. In the draining/rinsing cycle, it drains the water, but then won't spin. So I have to manually reset the machine back to a wash cycle to rinse it. I like 2 rinses, so I do this twice, each time stopping it at the 6 minute mark so it's not struggling through the slow agitation phase. Each time it doesn't spin. On the final spin, I need it to spin so I must reset it to spin only, and literally take all the clothes out except like 3 pieces. It still takes forever for it to catch and start spinning. Once it does, I can quickly open the lid and throw few more things in, until everything ends up back in there, and then it will continue to spin. However once it ends, if I want it to spin more, and reset the spin cycle, it wont again. it sounds like it's trying, but when you open the lid, the stuff is just sitting still. so I end up air drying for hours so I'm not putting soaking wet clothes in the dryer. After much research, it seems like it could be the lid switch, and may also be the coupler. I'm praying it's not a control panel problem. I suppose I could have a belt issue too, but the fact that it won't agitate in the slow cycles makes me think lid switch discontinuity.
Answer Hello J.L., You will need to put the unit into the field service mode. This will direct you to the component/components at fault. The procedure is explained on the tech sheet in the control panel of the unit. as follows: "Position cycle selector knob at 9 o'clock. Depress start button while rotating cycle selector knob 180° release start button and all led 's will light. This is position zero. Led number is position location from left to right. Rotate knob clockwise to various encoder positions (detents) per the table to perform functional checks." Read More... Answered by AppliancePartsPros.com | Tuesday, June 23, 2015