Maytag MVaw7232hw0 - nothing "wrong", but definitely not working right
Approaching 3 years of ownership and 2 years of frustration with a Maytag MVW7232 top load washer. First issue was a while back with the actuator ring coming loose of the clutch, so it couldn't engage the basket. Fixed, still fine.
My issues now all seem to be with the spin cycle. Zero errors. Works 100% of the time in diagnostic mode. When running wash it will say "sensing" for a very long time, switch to "spinning", and do absolutely nothing. Then drains, adds water, rotates maybe 1 turn at most (if at all), and goes through sensing and spinning again. Using the Quick Wash setting with auto water level tells me 42 minutes, but usually takes 1hr20 to 1hr30. Since new it has done this to a degree (screen showing spinning while nothing seems to be happening), and longer than estimated wash times (which I read is pretty normal).
Right now we are doing a load, and it filled to do a rinse, I then timed 4 minutes of "sensing" (while nothing seemed to happen), followed by 7 minutes of "spinning" (while nothing seemed to happen), and then it drained, and started the whole thing again. In the past 52 minutes it has counted down 26 minutes, shows 6 minutes remaining. It will often stay at 6 minutes cycling over and over, once for probably 4+ hours (started load, went to bed, woke up realizing it was filling some 5 hours later).
This is killing me. Not just the wash time, but the water usage. Our monthly usage keeps climbing, and I have nothing I can point to as a cause except the damn washer. I've done a few loads late at night while all are asleep and check the water meter before/after. It's using 70-76 gallons to do a load. That's insane. When not doing laundry and check the meter it's either unmoved, or has a few gallons because of toilet flushes.
Any ideas? All searching leads to physically broken parts (there aren't), error codes (there aren't) or people just giving up and tossing the pile of crap for a new one. I hate to toss a $1k appliance, but it seems like it has cost me that much in extra water usage over the past 2+ years. Frustrated!