{"id":900017,"date":"2026-09-26T01:50:51","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T00:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atomicalex.com\/?p=900017"},"modified":"2026-09-26T01:50:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T00:50:51","slug":"the-maytag-epicz-washer-has-a-secret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atomicalex.com\/?p=900017","title":{"rendered":"The Maytag EpicZ Washer has a secret"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If your washer starts throwing F21 codes and you can&#8217;t get it to run the diagnostic cycle, that is because the Motor Control Unit has eaten a solder connection. The diagnostic tree does not make it clear at all that the diagnostic cycle requires the MCU to function to actually complete the first test. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now you know. The first test &#8211; the one in the spin cycle &#8211; requires the motor to turn over for the diagnostic cycle to move forward. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MHWZ600TW01 and company. They need that MCU to be working. Once I got that figured out&#8230;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anyway, onward and upward with the washing of clothes. This washer may be 19 years old, but it works really well and is not that complicated or expensive to repair. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If your washer starts throwing F21 codes and you can&#8217;t get it to run the diagnostic cycle, that is because the Motor Control Unit has eaten a solder connection. The diagnostic tree does not make it clear at all that the diagnostic cycle requires the MCU to function to actually complete the first test. Now [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[87,86,88,90,89],"class_list":["post-900017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-extreme-crafting","tag-epicz","tag-maytag","tag-mhwz600","tag-repair","tag-washing-machine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomicalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomicalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomicalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomicalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomicalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=900017"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/atomicalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":900018,"href":"https:\/\/atomicalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900017\/revisions\/900018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomicalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=900017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomicalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=900017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomicalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=900017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}