GE WSLP1100 Owner's Manual & Installation Instructions page 20

Before you call for service...
Troubleshooting Tips
PERFORMANCE (cont'd) POSSIBLE CAUSES WHAT TO DO
Snags, holes, team, rips Pins, snaps, hooks, shm'p • Fasten snaps, hooLs, buttons and zippe_.
or excessive wear buttons, belt buckles,
• Remove loose items like pins, objects in pockets
zippers, mad sharp objects and shaq) buttons.
left in pockets
• Turn knits (which snag easily) inside out.
Undiluted chlorine bleach • Check bleach package instructions fiw proper amount.
• Never add undiluted
bleach to wash or allow clothes
to come in contact with undiluted bleach.
ChemicaJs like hair bleach • ]_nse items that may have chemicals on them befin'e
or dye, pennmmnt wave washing.
solution
Wrinkling
Improper sorthag • Avoid mixing hea\y items (like work clothes) with
light items (like blouses).
• Try a lid)Tic sotteneI:
Overloading or
• i,oad xot:tr, washer so clothes
haxe enou,*h_ room
incorrect water level to move fl'eelv:
Repeated washing ha • Wash in wam_ or cold water:
water that is too hot
NOISE POSSIBLECAUSES WHAT TO DO
Washer is noisy Washer is uneven • I,evel the washex: See Leveling the Washer.
Washer load is • Press the START/PAUSEbutton to stop the washe_; open
tmbalmaced the lid and redistribute the load evenly. Close the lid
and restart.
Washer is sitting too close • Pull washer away fl'om the wall; about 4" is needed.
to wall (causes knocking
dtu-hag cycle)
Dragging noise prior When using the LOAD • This is noxmal.
to water filling in SENSING feature, the
lfie tub agitator rotates before
water fills in the tub
OTHER POSSIBLE CAUSES WHATTODO
Labels on the exterior
of the washer will not
peel off cleanly
Occasionally the adhesive
used on the labels does
not release demlly
• Use a hair (hyer set at the lowest heat setting, directing
the air at the label for a short amount
of time. This will
release the adhesive easily, without damaging the stmfhce
of the washe_:
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