20 Most Recent Whirlpool GEW9200L Electric Dryer - Page 7 Questions & Answers

You could have an issue with lint that has accumulated surrounding the heat element, motor, etc., or there may be some faulty wiring. Contact an appliance service company.

This feature allows you to lock your settings to prevent
unintended use of the dryer. You can also use the Control Locked
feature to prevent unintended cycle or option changes during
dryer operation.
To enable the Control Locked feature when dryer is
running:
Press and hold the END OF CYCLE SIGNAL button for
3 seconds. The control is locked when a single beep is heard and
the Control Locked status light is on.
When the dryer is off, it is not necessary to press the Control
On button before activating the Control Locked feature.
To unlock:
Press and hold the END OF CYCLE SIGNAL button for 3 seconds
to turn this feature off.
NOTE: When the dryer is running and Control Locked is on, the
dryer can be stopped by pressing the Pause/Cancel button, but
can’t be restarted until the control is unlocked.

Here is a manual.

In most all cases, the 4 prong plug has to lines of power, one line neutral, and finally a ground. The only thing you can do is eliminate the ground. You still need to run a ground wire from the unit to some sort of positive ground for safety reasons. Do not leave the unit ungrounded. You can really get hurt or worse.

have you leveled the machines feet and tightened the jamb nuts to keep the feet from changing heights and throwing unit off balance again

Hi,
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hello. If your dryer doesn't heat, check these: Power from the house Check to see whether there's power getting to the dryer. Is it plugged in? Check for blown fuses or tripped circuit breakers--your dryer uses two fuses or circuit breakers. The dryer could tumble but not heat if only one of the two fuses is blown. If you have circuit breakers, one of the two circuit breakers can trip, even if the two for the dryer are connected. Heating element Often a dryer heating element burns out, but doesn't trip the circuit breaker or blow a fuse. The heating element is simply a long coil of special wire. You can check it for continuity with an ohm meter. No continuity means the element is bad and you need to replace it--electric heating elements aren't repairable. Thermal fuse On many dryers, there's a thermal fuse mounted to the exhaust duct inside the back cover panel. The fuse--which is about an inch long--is usually embedded in black resin and mounted in a white plastic housing. If the fuse has blown, you need to replace it. (You can't re-set it.) Wiring A common problem is for the main wiring connection from the house, at the dryer, to burn and break its connection. Because the dryer can still tumble with partial power, the connection may be only partially defective. You may need to replace both the power cord to the dryer and the terminal block inside the dryer that the wire is attached to.

you have to push and hold the button that has the lock symbol next to it. i think on this it is on the far right hand side on the control panel.

PF is power failure. Push the cancel/clear button to clear this out

One of your rollers has a flat spot in it or something stuck to it. Every time it rolls round to that spot the drum jumps over the little speed bump in the road. The wheel needs to be replaced. If you need further help, reach me via phone at https://www.6ya.com/expert/dan_73bbd84fe1d95b61

Probably a wiring problem. I would suggest getting someone familiar with dryers to look at the wiring of your machine. Or if it's under warranty you could take it up with whoever sold you the machine.

Did you receive any suggestions for this? My husband just brought home a used Whirlpool dryer that has this rust on top also.

This sounds like it is a bad control board. But try resetting the system. To do this just unplug the dryer from the wall for 15 minutes. Plug it back in and see what happens. If nothing happens then you have a bad control board.

the other thing that you can check is for a bad fuse. You will need to remove the back panel where the power cord goes into the back of the dryer, there you will see a control board with a fuse. Make sure that is not blown.

the sensing light comes on, I hear a click but nothing happens.

Yes it could have been the lint igniting in the bottom of your dryer in future clean lint trap after every load and take trap door out and vacumn inside trap at least once a month If you ignore the lint trap you could end up with a serious fire so take care of it when you remove screen a certain amnt of the lint falls down into the bottom of dryer and after time a buildup can ignite.. more serious with a gas dryer as the igniter and burner is at the bottom of most gas dryers

Hi, I think you nailed it with the bad moytor winding assesment.
Often times when the motor goes bad it will move justa bit but basically it is trying to run both ways at the same time, so it hums till the thermal overload cuts it off.
You already have the motor out so changing it will be no problem for you.
Here is the best way that I have found to get parts.
You can find parts for your unit by doing a search for “appliance parts”.
Once you get the results of the search, pick a site and when it comes up it will usually ask for the model number of your unit.
Enter your model number and you will then get a page with exploded views and a parts menu.
Find the part you need and then order it.
Check a few different sites to be sure that you are getting the best pricing.
Most sites can have the part to you in a couple of days.

I hope that this will help you to solve your problem!

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Heatman101

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8557884 Whirlpool Kenmore Lint Filter (screen)
This Genuine Whirlpool dryer lint filter is used on Whirlpool, Kenmore, KitchenAid and Roper dryers.
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The 8557884 Whirlpool Kenmore Lint Filter (lint catcher) is about 17 and 1/2 inches long and has a white handle
Hope this is helpful for you
best regards Michael

ALWAYS UNPLUG YOUR DRYER BEFORE STARTING ANY REPAIRS
Your problem sounds like drum rollers have flat spots on them or in need of lubrication.
Check your drum rollers for flat spots or wear, if they have flat spots or wear on them replace them.
If the drum rollers don't have flat spots or wear on them then they probably only need lubrication. Lubricate the shaft of the rollers with a good grade of machine oil such as 3 in One oil. Reassemble the dryer, plug back in. This should solve your noise problem.
I will include these two websites for parts and further help:
http://www.partselect.com/
http://www.appliancepartspros.com/index.aspx
Both also have chat assistance 24/7.
Good Luck,
I hope this helps

Press and hold the cancel button for 1 minute till control lock goes off. If it does not go off their is a failure of either the Interface board (front panel with lights and buttons), Control board, loose or intermittent ribbon cables