I have had this Maytag Epic since April of 2007. It’s been a great machine and haven’t had any trouble with it at all – until now. I started getting an F02 error code with almost every load. Ok, so I look it up and the manual talks about kinks in the outlet pipe. What the manual never mentions is that something could be clogging up the drainage pipe like right under the washing drum. Thank goodness for 4 year extended warranties. So I call and today the tech arrives. He pulls the drain trap and empties the contents into a pan. There was a whole washcloth stuffed in the drain trap. It looked like a big clump of lint (only nastier – if that’s possible). Apparently there is enough room around the seal for an entire washcloth to get lost in there. Ok, I’m washing baby socks, and small kids socks, which are pretty small. The tech did say he had never seen a washcloth, but he pulls out kids socks all the time and thongs (eeewww!). So much for the myth that the washing machine does not eat socks! I’ve seen it for myself! It chokes on them, but it most certainly eats socks and anything else, including money, ink pens, and buttons.
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