Whirlpool washer won't agitate, stops cycle

No idea if this is your problem (doubtful), but mine acted in very similar fashion that you described. It had a lid problem where my wife (not sexual) would lean with her elbows on the lid in anticipation to wait for the spin cycle to finish so she could quickly dump everything into the dryer.

It made the lid bow just a little bit and would prevent the cycle. I would have to pop it back from underneath and it would work like normal again. We’ve gone through the same shite three times now. I think she finally understands.

This is likely not your same issue but I figured I’d offer that as a potential unexpected solution… good luck

Does it have 5 green lights?

If so.
Turn the knob to the left 180°.
Then one click right, one click right. One click right. One click left then one click right. All the lights should be flashing. It's in test mode.

Turn one click right and press start. Then post the lights you see. This is binary code telling you what is wrong with the machine.

If you turn it two clicks then press start it runs a self test cycle.
. There is a book hidden inside the front of the machine that explains it all but you need to know your error code to repair.
Most of the time with that model it's a f7e5 error and a bad mode shifter.
Easy part to change.


Now if you don't have the lights on the machine, then it's a bad timer, but those older machines rarely break the 5 lights machines break all the time.


tech sheet, Whirlpool VMW washer

Something else about this machine, for many years it has had an issue where it like gets out of sync and after the spin cycle it would shoot more water in the tub and soak the clothes. The "fix" that I found on YouTube was to just tap on the knobs. I could never remember which one, so I would just tap all the settings knobs (but not the timer knob) a few times and it would be good for a few months to a year before it started doing it again. I've been doing this for probably a decade.

Ebay usually has the best prices. Techs often sell parts they don't need for cheap on there. I know I do.

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won't agitate,

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Maybe agitator dogs are worn

It doesn't make any sound though. Not even the ticks from the timer. I can manually turn the dial and then it picks up the next part of the cycle and continues on.

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That's an expensive timer.

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I thought so too.

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My cost is over $200 new. Going for around $100 used.

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Crazy. The whole machine barely cost more than that.

Have you seen that out of sync problem I mentioned?

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