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Clothes sopping wet at the end.

2 year old Whirlpool wtw5000 top loader.

Washer washes, rinses and drains fine, water pumps out like crazy. It's spins. I'm not sure how it's supposed to spin compared to our old style washer. It spins stops , pumps some water, spins and stops pumps some water and then it's done. But there's still some water down below and clothes are sopping wet? The darn thing takes so long to do a load of clothes I've never really paid attention to what it does and when. So everything seems normal except the clothes are wet.

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@bearster sounds like a clutch issues. It sounds like it does what it is supposed to do, spin and pump. If your spin speed is not high enough then you do not get the water out of the laundry. This video should at least get you into the right direction. Replacement clutches are available at places like this

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I had a maytag washer that was draining but not all the way. I replaced the drain pump, the hose and it drained but was leaving about 2 inch of water... I was thinking that it's a defective pressure sensor, but decided to unscrew the wash plate... and guess what... All of the drain holes were completely packed with coins, lint and detergent powder...so it drained only through the sides of the drum ( top load washer) where are its perforated... then the bottom portion of the sides has no holes except under the wash plate so the water can't drain if the drain holes under wash plate are clogged ( coin trap)... I cleaned it with a needle nose pliers and it's draining now on.

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Barry, Check drain hose for being pinched/kinked/plugged or the pump could also be partially plugged or starting to fail. Video links below may help to trouble shoot and disassemble washer to check hoses/pump for being plugged or replace pump. Good luck. I hope this helped you out, if so let me know by pressing the helpful button.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n843glc...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygQs8Ktz...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1PQMAjN...

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i’ve read the complaints basically you have to manually add a spin cycle to your wash, which defeats the purpose of having an automatic washing machine. It doesn’t automatically go to the spin cycle unless you’re just gonna do rinse and spin but what about washing and spinning? the dumbest concept for a washer ever, the clothes are soaking wet, doesn’t wash the clothes. had it 2 days, had to wash everything 2x! after it stops, turn on spin cycle. Whoever thought of this doesn’t do wash. Cant leave the house come back with wash done! not stand there and tell the washer to spin my clothes! dumb dumb, dumb and this fake blogger that whirlpool put “thank you whirlpool, all I have to do is just turn to a spin cycle” is lame and obvious somebody at Whirlpool, a fake blogger. No one’s thanks you when they have to push buttons to complete a wash or you’ll break a dryer because clothes are heavy and you’ll destroy a floor with dripping clothes! The most idiotic, dumb washer. I never want anything whirlpool ever!

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I have the exact same problem as Maria. The wash cycle doesn’t complete; it drains but does not spin so the clothes are still sopping wet. The machine stops running, but the indicator light sticks on “rinse” and never moves to “done.” I’m pretty sure there is nothing physically wrong with the spin components because when I manually start a “drain and spin” cycle afterwards, it drains and spins just fine and my clothes will be thoroughly wrung out in the end. This is NOT how it is supposed to normally function; it used to work fine (without manually having to add a drain and spin cycle at the end) and I only started having this problem a few months ago. Unfortunately I have no idea what the cause is.

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What is the model number of the washer?

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My client used to have this issue, It turned out that the cold water valve inlet meshed filter was completely packed up with dirt and it uses cold water for rinsing so it does drain and spin only first time but on second time it gets stuck because it needs a cold water for rinse. Put the washer in a diagnostic mode and test water valves separately.

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