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Kenmore dryer timer runs backwards?

The timer on my Kenmore electric dryer model 110.96283810 has started running backwards. If I loosen the control panel and giggle it, it might run correctly for one load. Then it starts running backwards on the next load. This happens on all settings.

Nancy
February 2006

Kenmore Household Appliances, Tumble Dryers Kenmore Dryer Timer

I had this problem. It cost about an hour to fix it. When I took the timer out and removed the cover, I noticed burn marks on the inside of the cover. I suspect that a visitor who used the dryer turned the dial the wrong way & it shorted. Two of the contacts on the mechanism on the inside of the timer had carbon burns. I lighted sanded them clean & reinstalled the timer. It works now.

Dak
February 2023

Nancy...My 6-year-old Kenmore dryer does the exact thing. For a good while, I thought I was "losing it," as it's ability to suddenly start running backwards, after a couple of years of normal use, seemed impossible, at least for my not-so scientific mind to understand. My solution: I've just used it backwards. Did you ever succeed in getting it fixed? And, if so, how?

Juanita Higginbotham
September 2006

Hello,

This certainly sounds like a bad timer. I can't think of anything else it could be.

JP
February 2006