Kenmore Front Load Washer, 417.44082400, will not spin fast during Permanent Press Cycle. The clothes are dripping wet. It starts to spin and stops, starts to spin and stops, etc. Normal cycle runs fine. Rinse and Spin cycle works fine.

Front loading washers are notorious for not spinning the water out of a small load of clothes. This is because there is not enough clothes in the washer to balance the tub during the spin cycle.

Try washing a slightly larger load with a minimum of six items or more. This is one of the downsides to front load models and no specific brand is immune to the problem.

Hello,

The F6 error code means that the computer on the control didnt detect that the motor reached a high speed on the spin cycle, sometimes it thinks the washer didnt spin fast enough because of a loose wire connection either on the motor or the control boards (motor &machine control) if you find that the washer did actually spin at high speed (clothes dont come out sopping wet at the end of cycle) the wire connections or the motor control board will be the potential causes of the F6 error code



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Thts right....the permanent press cycle my only spin at 600rpm because the clothes would be creased otherwise. Hence the PP cycle.
Some machines lock the PP cycle to low spin RPM. Some allow you to over ride this setting. Check your machine and have a play with the controls. Some PP clothing should even be drip dry to retain the premanent press in the garment. If you want PP then low spin is needed. fast spin will not be a PP cycle...

adjust your loads. balancing issue

The pressure switch is mis-reporting the water level to the ECU.

Test/replace the pressure switch.

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If the motor has a transmission, it could be stuck in 1st gear. I think the agitator running is normal.

defective timer...a model # should be under the lid...or open dryer door and on front dryer panel right hand corner..onthejob

is it top load or front loader kenmore what

Before going further it is important to determine if the machine is reaching full spin. Make sure the unit is set to MAX extract and watch the inner tub. The tub should be spin really fast (1000 rpm's or better) during the final spin. If not you have lost one of the phases on the motor.

You are having a door switch problem change it out and you will have a new washing machine.