When the start button is pushed on Maytag lse7806ace you hear a buzzer sound, like the one when the drying cycle is complete. Door Switch is working fine. I Found the buzzer and bypassed it and the dryer works as intended. Obviously this is a quick fix that is not long lasting at all.

Does anyone know what the problem really is?

Thanks Eric. I can hear the timer whirring when the power is on, however my wife said it was like this before it blew completely. Is this a symptom of it not working? Any way to repair the timer itself?

It appears to me that contact number 1 inside the timer is faulty and not allowing enough power for the motor. By jumping out the buzzer, you are applying power to the motor via another set of contacts in the timer. It will work this way as long as your jumper is substantial enough to handle the motor current but it's not going to work properly in perm press cycle. Just because the timer motor runs, does not necessarily mean the timer is good. The timer motor rotates an internal cam that operates the various switches inside. It is the switch contacts that go bad. Best to just replace the timer.

Eric

Not without getting my hands on the machine to do some electrical troubleshooting. May be a wiring issue. Your not getting power to the motor which is via the timer.

Eric

If the dryer works with the buzzer bypassed as you said, then the fuses are fine. Bypassing the buzzer does not bypass the fuses. Closely examine the gray wire between timer and buzzer. May have a break in it or a poor connection with one of the terminal lugs. Monitor the voltage at the GY terminal on the timer while trying to turn dryer on without buzzer jumped out. With timer on, you should have 120vac to ground at GY terminal. Press start button while monitoring. If voltage drops significantly, there is a bad connection or fault in the wire. If voltage remains steady there, do the same check at gray wire connections on buzzer terminal.

Eric