I washed a load of towels and bed sheets yesterday evening. Wasn't an excessively large load, I thought. I came down tonight to put everything in the dryer and found the washer was full of water and still in the middle of the cycle. I shut it off and turned it back on and it drained fine, but then when it started to spin out it would spin for about 10 seconds then make a loud "click" and stop. When I opened the lid it "clicked" again, and then closed the lid and it would do the same thing.

I read a procedure online for resetting it (unplug, plug back in, open and close lid 6 times), I did that and then it spun out fine. Do these have some kind of internal breaker? I've never had a problem with this washer before, can't figure out why it wouldn't have drained especially since it did after I turned it back on. Is this pointing to a possible problem?

 

A make and model number would be exceptionally helpful.

 

Well, it's a Maytag, but where do I get the model number?

 

Newer Maytags under the lid in back. Older ones behind console , look over top and you will see it.

 

Aha. LAT5914AAE is the model number.

 

You have a pretty old Maytag there, one of the oldie but goodies. Forget any reset procedures as yours does not have them. Where does the click come from, top bottom , console ??? Not a common problem with your washer, How good are you with reading meters?

 

Well, the reset seemed to work, I finished the aforementioned load and have run 3 more loads of laundry through it with no issues. I think it was just severely imbalanced or something.

 

I can't remember but yours might have a unbalance switch ( there are so few of washers that had them) it would be in back near lid switch.