My Sister-in-law's GE washer will not Agitate. It does Spin, Fill, and Drain but will not Agitate during the Wash Cycle. I've checked the Splines on the Agitator and all looks good. I've also checked the Magnetic door switch and that seems fine as well. What can it be? I'm not sure what to look for next so any help is greatly appreciated!!!!

-Roy

The Coupling is still good and I believe the pressure switch is good as well. My next guess was the timer. After playing with it for a while I was able to get it to agitate however, I'm hesitant to say it is fixed because I'm sure it will start "malfunctioning" again. How can I test the timer or would an appliance parts store be able to do that?

Thanks applianceman. I'm not sure what I did other than left it alone for a day or two then came back to it. During the times it didn't work I heard no noise at all, it just sat there with a tub full of water and nothing else. I adjusted the timer to the drain setting and it would drain then spin once it was empty. The Belt is fine and due to the spin cycle working I believe the motor is fine as well. I have checked the magnetic lid switch by doing a continuity test and it has continuity when closed and no continuity when open. As far as the pressure switch it has three wires which I've performed cont. test as well and it passes with only two of the three wires when empty but when full it passes with all three. I also think the pressure switch is ok because I have yet to see it overfill. I did manually spin the "transmission" or whatever you call the piece between the bowl and the motor underneath before working on it yesterday but since I didn't hear anything before I assumed it was electrical. If you think it may be the pressure switch I can easily give that a shot since it doesn't cost very much ($8.00 or so I believe) but I'd hate to change the timer out on a whim since it is more like $80.00 or so. Is the schematic in the washer the one for the timer or would this be a separate one? I have some (very little) experience with wire schematics. Again thanks for the help!

I had the exact same problem. Everything worked but the agitation, and no humming or clicking after filling with water, it was just dead. I tried unplugging, replugging, and opening and closing the door up to ten times in succession, without success. Then I removed the agitator, and found two safety pins and a clothing tag chain underneath. I removed them, and replaced the same agitator, but there was no change. I then removed the agitator again, and the agitator coupling. The coupling looked fine, so I put it and the agitator back on the next day. I then filled the machine and nothing happened until almost two hours later when I heard it humming. I closed the door, and turned the selector back to the beginning of the cycle, and the washer started agitating. It has been working fine for two days now.