I bought my LG washer & dryer set in July of 2006 and have taken great care of these machines. Just 5 months ago the washer started smelling like mildew even though I dry inside the rubber seal on the door and leave the door open to air dry inside after I'm finished with the laundry. I've been in contact with LG & Home Depot where I bought them and they've advised me to run bleach through it, empty the drain located on the front, rund Whirl Out through it, etc... I've done all of these things and still have this horrible smell coming from inside the drum itself. The water that I emptied from the drain had no odor. When I clean under and in between the rubber seal on the door there is no sign of mildew or the odor on the towel that I use. I stick my head inside the washer and it's obvious that's where it's coming from. I was told the tub has a 5 year warranty on it. I don't know what else to do. I've wasted so much time of course trying to do everything possible (without taking this stupid thing apart) to make this smell go away or find the actual cause and no such luck. In researching the internet I've found where I'm not the only person having this problem, knor is LG the only washer that has the mildew smell, but they're all front loaders with the same problem. I've reported it to consumer affairs, but I don't know what else I can do! I spent so much money on this machine and it makes me sick to think that I'm stuck with a mildew smelling washing machine!!! HELP>>>>>>>PLEASE!!!!!!!!! I have the exact problem with my LG front loader!! My husband said he's going to buy a new one for just his clothes and wash his downstairs.....so only I'm stuck with the smelly clothes...
They have tablets designed for this! I bought Affresh from PCRichards three tablets I believe were $9.99 and so far so good.Machines are like 10 months old and will do it every six months or so. Just my wife and I kids gone now on their own. Good luck I think this will work for you.
What is a P trap & why then didn't my old top-loader make my clothes smell? I think we've all been had.
Put a p-trap on your drain the odor could be coming from your sewer
I have had the same problem with the smells! I am so happy it is not just me. now, my washer is leaking! I bought it in May 08, bummer. how do you clean the filter? please help!
Same here. We bought ours January 2005. Love the machines and take great care of them, too. Then the smell in the washer which seemed to affect certain clothes, like thick sweat pants and t-shirts (they smelled really "sour"). After doing some searches I found on this site where someone had recommended using a product called Affresh. I figured I might as well try it since my other attempts failed. This really worked for me. I bought it at Home Depot for $7 for a pkg of 3. I used 3 tablets per their directions, as this was my first time using it (afterwards they recommend using only 1 tablet per month). I was totally amazed as the smell was gone. I hope it works for you, too!
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I'm contacting LG's service department and I'll see what they intend to do.
SOURCE: LG washing machine has AWFUL mildew smell
Causes of grease, slime and black mould inside washing machine Your problem has nothing to do with the washing machine, any washing machine - even the best can be affected. I suspect your problem is mostly related to using liquid detergents that contain no bleaching agents
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have you tryed a boil wash with nothing in the washer to soften and expel any caked powder in the drum?i know this does help
SOURCE: LG washing machine has AWFUL mildew smell
Don't know if this is the same as your problem, but I had a Kenmore washer, (made by Whirlpool) that did the same thing. It was a high efficiency model without an agitator. I finally found out that this type of washer never drains completely but always has some water left in it. This water is somewhere internal that cannot be seen unless the machine is taken apart. That water goes bad and stinks. Everything smelled like mildew and for some while my husband thought I was was washing clothes and leaving them in until they dried. I ended up having to just buy a new machine and when the stinky washer was taken away, just tilting it caused all this foul water to come out everywhere. Also I found this on the internet http://www.consumeraffairs.com/homeowners/lg_washing_machine.html
scroll down and see how other people feel about this machine. I decided that instead of buying the newest, latest, greatest, with all the bells and whistles appliances, from now on I will buy the time tested, plain jane models.
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It has been smelling bad for about a year now. It's worse with towels. I threw a whole set of towels away about 8 months ago, thinking it was the towels. I've used the tablets, bleach, cascade. etc. Bestbuy came out and replaced the drum, seal , and 5 other parts. It still smells. Bestbuy says they've replaced everything, so they don't know what else could smell. Guess what? I don't know what else could smell either, but it still stinks like mildew. The washer is about three years old. I guess I'm at a point where I will have to bite the bullet and throw this $1000.00 washer out and buy a top loader. I feel cheated. Live and learn I guess. LG2277HW. DON'T BUY LG. YOU'll REGRET IT.
I have a top loader Maytag and it stinks too. We wanted to make sure we bought a really nice one and it has been one headache after another! Now this! Terrible!
Same problem as above. Almost smell like burnt rubber. Not sure what im going to do.
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