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My MAYTAG washer 9000 series with steam is flashing F21 and won't drain?

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F 21 means slow drain if you can here the pump that means something pluging it. remove lower kick plate . the pump will be there remove cleanout counter clockwise turn .put back together.. hope this helps...good luck

  • Anonymous May 01, 2012

    Perfect and concise fix.

  • Anonymous Jan 25, 2013

    Worked great just beware of the back up water that will gush out!

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Unscrew 3 T20 star bit screws attaching kick plate to front of washer.Unscrew (counter clockwise) filter to pump assembly & remove any debris (missing socks & whatnot). Re-assemble.Run clean cycle with cleaning tablet. Resume normal usage.

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    carla levix Dec 21, 2014

    thank you, that's exactly what we're doing now. Found the filter clogged with pet hair, a ponytail holder and gunk. Smelled absolutely disgusting, so we ran the filter under hot water and reassembled. Now running through with Affresh. If this works I think it will take care of not only my F21 error code but the contact "suds" message. I will be having my husband clean out this filter often from this point on.

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