Product review (4 stars): We can fix it!
It's hard to be excited about a washer machine part . . . .  except when it allows to you fix the machine yourself without calling in your dad! About twenty-five mins to diagnose the problem (thank you youtube!), one week for the part to arrive, and thirty minutes to install it (the screw holding the wire down had corroded. . . . ).  It's been a few weeks now and everything is running fine.