On Tue, 14 Oct 2008 06:49:14 -0700, grodenhiATgmailDOTcom wrote:

We have a 5 year old Kenmore Elite electric clothes dryer. It has
worked flawlessly until last night. When I push the start button it
runs fine, until I let go of the button. As soon as I let go of the
button the dryer stops. I unplugged and plugged back in the power and
it worked fine until the next load. This time unplugging and plugging
back in did not help. Pushing the button several times finally got it
to work. The dryer worked fine the day before and was not hot the first
time it wouldn't start. Any idea what I'm looking at??

I read an older article online about these dryers having a bad computer
board costing over $100. Anyone else hear of this? This discussion
also had some peoiple saying there was a Sears Service flash that would
cover out of warranty work (and some people got it) others claimed Sears
denied any such service flash. Is there a way to find Sears service
flashes online? Anyone know the best way to approach Sears on this (in
trying to get them to cover it)?

Thanks!

I just wanted to chime in here since you mentioned the Sears Kenmore
Elite Dryer. We have one.

We fell into the trap of wanting to buy a good washer dryer set for our
first home together. We bought this set 2 years ago. I had a leak in the
washer and upon disassembly I found the cheapest hoses possible used to
handle the water.

The hoses remind me exactly of the stuff they use to route electrical
lines with. Stiff plastic ribbed. Guarenteed to leak in a year.

I guess I wanted to mention the poor quality design on these because they
are suppose to be the "Elite" washer /dryer set from kenmore.

Although you are having problems with the dryer I bet if your somewhat
handy on soldering you could fix it by putting on a new switch on the
board instead. Just sounds like the "Elite" switch wasnt so elite.


Sorry to hear about your problem,

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