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    Samsung dryer shutting off

    Model Number: DV456EWHDWR/AA
    Brand: Samsung
    Age: 1-5 years

    My Samsung dryer will not stay running for longer than 3 seconds! Can someone help? I've cleaned out the small amount of lent build up in the duct and it worked for a day and now it s back to shutting off again.

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    Doc
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    Can you restart it right away or do you have to wait several minutes before it will restart?

    If you have to wait, it points to a motor problem.
    The motor is overheating for some reason. It then trips it's internal thermal protect and must cool down for the protect to reset.

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    Yes that's exactly what it does!

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    Is that an expensive fix?

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    Doc
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    Depends what you consider expensive.

    The motor is probably around $150.00 to $200.00

    Try rotating the drum in the correct direction. Could be that there is t5oo much drag on it.
    It should turn fairly easily.
    Youmay want to try this on a couple other units to get a feel for it.

    If there is too much drag it could be a bad support wheel or a bad seal.

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    It turned out to be the motor was getting too hot and shutting down. I had a local guy change out the motor he had with a used one and it works perfect. Thx for the help!

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