So if you have a whirlpool or a Maytag washer that is a front loader and you get an F-A-E-3 whirlpool tells you to unplug the washer for a minute, stay a prayer and plug it back in and if that doesn't work you can call the Maytag repairman to come out and fix the stupid design error. Well I'm going to tell you what this is is a problem with the filter being clogged and if you call a repair person who wants to rip you off they're going to try and take off this whole front cover and that's a real adventure and you run the risk of damaging the seal that's behind here but there's another way to do this and it's through the back. So let me pull this washer out and I'll show you how to fix this. Alright so you got to pull your washer out and you need to unplug it because yeah it's high voltage. So as proof that Maytag whirlpool knew they were scamming people in the process of saving a few dollars they're using torx bits and all the screws. So you do need to remove your shipping plugs but once you do that you've got some screws that have to be removed so I'm going to stop the camera and do that because well we all know how to remove screws. The outside of this looks like a quarter inch driver so that's your other alternative. And basically you've got to remove all these screws that hold the back cover on because what you're looking for is down here and in their quest to save money they didn't put a access hatch in that you could use to get to the stupid filter which is at the center of the bottom of the machine. So here we go. Alright so now that I've got those removed I'm going to position the camera. Alright so you guys will just have to be back a little further. I'm going to hang it on the door here. So I left one screw in at the top and that should allow me to just slide this on like that. And I'll set this over. Alright so that's the high-tech motor that makes this washing machine work. And down in here is where the Whirlpool saved a good $2 or $3 on a piece of hose and they simplified the machine because the filter is here. Every other manufacturer puts it where the homeowner can get to it so they can clean the dam filter on their own. But Whirlpool is more concerned about profits and making it easy to manufacture this so they put the pump and the filter as one assembly at the bottom of the inside of the machine where nobody can get to it. And that gives their service people something to do because they can come out and charge your couple hundred dollars to clean a filter. So anyway let me show you how this works because I've had this done at least twice under warranty and it's been a good three or four years. Don't ever put anything shaggy in your washing machine or you'll be down here more often. So anyway let me get a bowl because yeah it's gonna dump a bunch of water in here when I open this thing up. So I'll be right back. Best I could do today with a baking pan. Hopefully this holds enough water. So you run this thing camera clockwise and we'll just see where this takes us. Yeah to the land of nasty stuff where this takes us. So I'm not taking it out because I really don't know how much water is in the machine right now. Now I'm probably gonna have to empty this. We'll see. Yeah I'm definitely gonna have to empty this. So when you tighten it back you tighten until this hits that. So let me empty the pan. I'll be back in a minute. Each side will... And again we'll eventually get the water out of here. And then I'm gonna stop it and drain it again. Now needless to say this doesn't happen unless you're doing laundry. So that's part of the problem but I think we've got the bulk of the water out at this point. So then I'm just gonna work this. And we're gonna find out what it is that it thinks is clogged. Oh that's lovely. So that's my supposedly clogged thing. I don't know what that is. But I'm gonna go ahead and raise this because I got it out. And clearly this is not clogged. Okay so now that it's been cleaned or whatever wasn't actually clogging it we'll put it back together and see if anything changes. If not then we'll find out how good or how not good. I don't know so that would look like it went in sideways. Alright so then we'll find out if I have a warranty issue because quite wrinkly if that doesn't fix it. I don't know what's wrong with it at which point it's their problem. But anyway that is how you fix that and then you just put it back together. So what I'm gonna do next is turn it on and see if it'll actually run. But anyway that's how you get to it and then you would just put the cover back on and put screws back in and hopefully your problem would go away. And hopefully you would find coins or strings or something in here clogging this. But in my case I didn't find anything clogging it. So it's just another shitty whirlpool Maytag product with a crappy design that saved them all of about $5 when they built it.