My Whirlpool front loader (Whipper makes the Kenmore) does the same thing.
They said it's the water sensors, still detecting too much moisture and
tries to spin it all out again before doing the final slow "untangle the
laundry" spin. Mine did this mostly with towels until I cut down on the
number that I put in. The books says something like 23 large bath towels,
I'm lucky if it does 10.

"Art" wrote in message
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Anyone know what this machine sometimes decides to do during the last
minute of the spin cycle. Instead of going into fast spin, it will, for
ages it seems, stop, go, pump, speed up, slow down, fall asleep, wake up,
speed up, slow down, and finally do a fast spin. Might do the for 10
minutes or more it seems. What the heck is it doing and why? Been doing
it on some loads since day one but it gets more obnoxious each year.