you should post a new thread with your brand / model #.... but most of the time the mold is from water sitting in the rubber door seal, usually still with some soap / detergent in it and the door always being closed. All of the perfect factors for mold/mildew. try running the AFFRESH and using only the necessare amount of detergent for the amount of soil in your particular wash load and your water hardness. As well as rinsing the tumbler out occasionally with a short wash and towels to increase water circulation. Also, wipe up water in the rubber door seal daily and try leaving the door ajar for proper air circulation. if the mold doesn't go away with some Clorox, call factory service for a replacement of the part as in some cases whites can become stained...

The source of mold is usually caused by using Too much detergent. You should only be using about 2 tablespoons of HE detergent per load. When you over soap your machine not all the detergent gets rinsed out, this leaves a film on the inside of the machine which breeds the mold. The quick test to determine over-soaping is to run a rinse cycle with no clothes in the machine. if you see suds, you're using too much soap.
This info was bestowed to me by one of the factory techs at LG.

I agree with those that say leave the door ajar. My front load washer has never had a bad moldy smell and I do leave the door adjar. Also the manufacturers do recommend that once a month use about a cup of bleach in the washer (empty load).

I'd also like to note that most washer that smell are the ones that primarily use liquid detergents and fabric softeners. A lot of those have an animal base in them, thus it is more or less rotting inside the machine when not flushed out all the way. I only use powder detergents and use dryer sheets (which of course can clog the lint screen, but an old tooth brush and dish soap takes care of that.)

We have also ran into the problem once, of a customer having a foul smell and after thorough inspection we found that the drain tube where they placed the hose into was too low and their hose was down into the drain too far pulling the dirty water from the pee trap back into their machine.

Nat

Odors in Front loaders comes from whatever the consumer is putting in the machine. Liquid Detergents, Fabric softners are all the odor causing culprits. The outer tubs on most washers today is plastic, Liquid detergent and fabric softner is sticky gooey smelly stuff ,loaded with tons of perfume and sticks to the outer tub then pretty soon dirt starts sticking to it then you get mold and algae growing in it. I have an LG Front loader and have never used anything but powdered detergent and I have No oder what so ever. If you have to use Downey dilute it 50% watch the HE Liquids that are 2x and 3x these are really sticky And remember a front loader with a water softner only needs 2 tablespoons of detergent for a full load That is for unconcentrated detergent.....One other thing I failed to mention which some are not aware of ,Liquid detergent is made from animal fat now as an anology have you ever drained your grease from a frying pan into a metal coffee can so it doesn't go down the drain and eventually cause problems there? well, have you ever smelled it sitting under your kitchen sink after it has been there awhile? Animal FAT STINKS to high heaven,think about it do you expect your front load washer to smell any different than the smelly coffe can, from using animal fat base liquid detergent?

I've noticed mold buildup inside the lip of the rubber seal of my front loader model GHW9100LW1. I think I need to replace the entire rubber piece.

I do wash with bleach once a week, and it smells better afterwards, but lately the smell doesn't seem to go away, and the mold doesn't scrub off.

Any suggestions? How much will it cost to replace the rubber seal? And how can I prevent it from happening again?

YUCK! in FL