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Lights on Front Panel Flashing

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I have a Kenmore Elite HE 3t. The other day I was washing and it stopped in the middle of the wash. All of the lights on the front panel were flashing. I unplugged it for about 10 minutes assuming that it would reset itself, but it didn't. I had a SEARS technician come out and he told me that it was the main board. Well, I had the main board replaced today, and that was not the problem. Mind you this is the 3rd person in two weeks to look at my washer. This last guy is thinking that is could be the front panel that has gone out. PLEASE HELP!!!!!

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  • Anonymous May 11, 2010

    Is it flashing an error code or are all of the lights flashing? If ALL of the lights are flashing and the main board has been replaced, the it probably is the display board. If sears has repaired it and not corrected the problem, they have a 90 warranty on the work they do.

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Another posibility is the door lock switch is broken. When you open the door, on the middle right hand side there should be a small pin sticking out from the washer that the door pushes on.

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