GE Profile combo: Check and Clean Drain Pump Filter
This message appears when the UltraFast Combo senses a restriction in the drain.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Drain
- Drain pump repair
- Source: GE Profile
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What Check and Clean Drain Pump Filter
actually means.
This message appears when the UltraFast Combo senses a restriction in the drain. Loose items caught in the pump filter are the common cause.
GE Profile washer display
What to do when Check and Clean Drain Pump Filter shows on the washerKind of codeDrain
The washer tried to empty the tub and the water level did not drop in time. A sock or a coin in the pump filter, a kinked drain hose or a blocked standpipe is ruled out before the pump itself.
Usually leads toDrain pump repair
Water left in the drum and clothes that come out soaked, traced to the pump filter, the pump, or the hose and standpipe behind it.
Shows up asWasher Not Draining
Water stays in the tub after the cycle ends, or the washer stops before the spin with the drum still full.
MakeGE Profile
GE's upper washer line, with more electronics, extra wash programs and all-in-one washer-dryer models.
SourceGE Appliances support: GE Profile UltraFast Combo Washer/Dryer error codes and status messages
GE Profile UltraFast Combo washer/dryer.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from GE Profile's own guidance for Check and Clean Drain Pump Filter on its washers. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Put towels down, open the pump filter access and clean the filter.
Remove any small loose items caught in it.
Run a cycle; if the message comes back right away, book a visit.
What not to do
It is not asking for a technician first. GE designed the pump filter for owner access on this model.
What you may
notice with it.
The washer problems Check and Clean Drain Pump Filter tends to arrive with. Answer these at the washer before anyone is booked.
All problems
Washer Not Draining
5 causes, cheapest first
Where Check and Clean Drain Pump Filter usually leads
Drain pump repair.
GE Profile
washers.
GE's upper washer line, with more electronics, extra wash programs and all-in-one washer-dryer models.
GE Profile washer repair
Front-load washer
A horizontal drum behind a sealed glass door, a rubber boot, a locking latch and a pump with a filter you can reach from the front.
Top-load washer
The upright washer with a lid on top, moving clothes either with a tall central agitator or with a low impeller plate in the bottom of the basket.
Stackable washer
The washer at the bottom of a stacked pair or a single-frame laundry center, repaired inside the closet or recess it was sized for.
In GE Profile's own words
When the Combo detects a restriction in the drain area, the message to check and clean the pump filter will be displayed.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. GE Profile UltraFast Combo washer/dryer.
GE Profile Check and Clean Drain Pump Filter washer repair,
where we come out.
The same visit in every metro below: the code, the model number, and a diagnosis before any part is ordered.
All service areasTampa BayFL · 31 areas
Miami / South FloridaFL · 47 areas
New York MetroNY · 75 areas
HoustonTX · 36 areas
ChicagoIL · 50 areas
Los AngelesCA · 95 areas
San DiegoCA · 31 areas
Questions
about Check and Clean Drain Pump Filter.
Can I clear Check and Clean Drain Pump Filter myself?
How often will my GE Profile combo show Check and Clean Drain Pump Filter?
Check and Clean Drain Pump Filter returns right after cleaning on my GE Profile combo. Why?
Back to your everyday
Still showing Check and Clean Drain Pump Filter?
Book with the code as it appears, the full model number, and whether any water is on the floor — for a code, that is where the diagnosis begins.