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369 codes · 15 brands

Washer has a drive motor fault

18 error codes across 6 washer brands mean this. The fastest route is your own code, so start there.

Does the drum stay still, or stall part-way through?

If the machine shows a code, find your brand below. 7 of these codes have a full page with the free checks in order; the rest open the brand table at their row.

LG

  • LELG washer error LE means the drive motor is locked and cannot turn. A load too heavy for the drum is the first thing to rule out.High

Maytag

  • F7E1F7E1 is a motor speed sensing error: the motor cannot reach the speed the selected cycle needs, because it is having difficulty turning.High
  • 8E8E concerns the motor relay circuit.High
  • F7E2F7E2 means the motor or the motor control board has overheated. Overloading the washer is the usual reason.High

Whirlpool

  • F7E1F7E1 is a motor speed sensing error: the motor cannot reach the speed the selected cycle needs.High
  • F7E5F7E5 means the control cannot tell what position the drive system shifter is in. Whirlpool lists the code without explaining it; the meaning comes from an independent parts publisher documenting the same top-load platform.High
  • F7E6F7E6 is a drive motor fault. Whirlpool lists the code without explaining it; the meaning comes from an independent parts publisher documenting the same top-load platform.High
  • F10F10 on a Duet means the motor control unit overheated and tripped its thermal protection.High
  • F15F15 on a Duet is a motor control unit error.High
  • F7E4F7E4 points to the shifter, the mechanism that switches the drive between agitating and spinning.High
  • F06F06 on a Duet is a drive motor tachometer error: the control cannot detect the motor speed.High
  • CACA and CI on a Calypso are current-limit errors — average and instantaneous respectively.High

KitchenAid

  • F06F06 is a drive motor tachometer error: the control cannot detect the motor speed.High
  • F07F07 is a motor control unit error.High
  • F10F10 means the motor control unit overheated and tripped its thermal protection.High
  • F15F15 is a motor control unit error.High

Samsung

  • 3C3C is a motor-related fault.High

Speed Queen

  • E:dFE:dF is a drive failure: the motor or its tachometer circuit is open, so the control cannot drive or measure the drum.High

No code shown?

Every step below is already verified on the code pages it links back to. It appears here because two independent publishers each documented it for two different manufacturers’ machines — so it is not one company’s house advice, and not one repair site’s wording reused across brands.

  1. With the washer unplugged, check the wiring between the drive motor and its control board, and on to the main control board, and reseat any connector that has worked loose.

    3 manufacturers · 2 independent publishers · verified on LG LE, Maytag F7E1, Samsung 3C, Whirlpool F06, Whirlpool F10, Whirlpool F15, Whirlpool F7E1, Whirlpool F7E5, Whirlpool F7E6

  2. Reduce the load so the clothes can move freely in the drum.

    2 manufacturers · 3 independent publishers · verified on LG LE, Maytag F7E1, Maytag F7E2, Whirlpool CA

  3. Reset the control: unplug the washer for five minutes, then plug it back in.

    2 manufacturers · 2 independent publishers · verified on Speed Queen E:dF, Whirlpool F7E1, Whirlpool F7E4, Whirlpool F7E5, Whirlpool F7E6

These are not in likelihood order. No source ranks a symptom’s causes across brands, so the list is ordered by how widely each step is corroborated. Your own code’s page does put its checks in order — that is the better place to start if the machine is showing one.