Maytag Gas Dryer Won't Start

[Carl]

The dryer will not start when cylce knob is pulled. The dryer light is
functional as well as the finished cycle buzzer. Prior to this problem,
the cycle knob did not seem to be turning properly and the drying cycle
had to be repeated a second time when set on "auto dry" to completely
dry clothes. Can anyone help me with this problem?

Model# MDG6400AWQ
Serial # 13664137AV

 

[Appliance Repair Aid]

Hi,

The dryer will not start when cylce knob is pulled

What happenes instead? Dead? Hummmmms only?

If dead,
- bad motor
- open thermal fuse
- timer ( no power to the motor )
- door switch

Prior to this problem, the cycle knob did not seem to > be turning properly and the drying cycle had to be
repeated a second time when set on "auto dry" to
completely dry clothes.

*Sounds* like a different ( another ) problem.

jeff.
Appliance Repair Aid
http://www.applianceaid.com/

 

[hallerb]

bad door switxch most likely cause, try tripping it with something like
a small screwdriver

 

[CDET 14]

Prior to this problem,

the cycle knob did not seem to be turning properly and the drying cycle
had to be repeated a second time when set on "auto dry" to completely
dry clothes. Can anyone help me with this problem?

This part sounds like a clogged dryer vent. Not the lint screen inside
the dryer, but the vent that runs from the back of the dryer through
the wall to the exterior of the structure. It needs to be cleaned
out.
http://CleanYourOwnDryerVent.com/

Alisa LeSueur
Certified Dryer Exhaust Technician