Full Wash: Rare Digital Maytag Dependable Care Washer WHITES 

Maytag during that era was better than any speed queen

$$$, this platform was very expensive to produce but it held up extremely well.

The comet (in this case) is caused by selecting the wrong load size. There’s too much water in the tub.

Neutral drain helps reduce off-balance because the load distributes evenly during agitation, then settles right down in that distributed arrangement during the drain ... instead of floating, twisting, and potentially gathering together into a lump. Too much water on small loads definitely contributes to off-balance with spin-drain machines due to the floating/twisting effect.

Internal spring is under 200 pounds of pressure at all times. It gets weak after 30+ years. The old brake package had replaceable parts until they went to sealed design in the mid to late 90's.

When whirlpool acquired Maytag the “Maytag reliability” was lost. 😢

​@@johnshield7157 well at least they saved the company you don't know what they could be making in the future just saying

I’m guessing this machine was made around 1988.

This washer was made from 1990-1993. Slight update in the cabinet top/tub cover/water valve in 1994, same controls. 1995-199? had a white console/controls but same options as above.

1997 was the last year of the Maytag Dependable Care models. That first one with retro silver mechanical controls, including cycle knob was made in 1994.

@@Dog-Lover36 The helical platform ran until 2006 when Whirlpool bought out Maytag. Perhaps Maytag named the platform a different name but it was in service until the very end.

I never understood that either. The intent of the cycle is to reduce wrinkling which a high speed spin would negate. That said, this machine did perform a low speed spin after the rinse. I don't have experience with their older models but the later ones with speed selectors only forced the cool down spin on high speed. The rinse spin would follow the speed selection.

@@andrewg593 I haven’t experienced that with the spin on the PP cycle with the MTGs I’ve had. My current one does just an extended spray rinse as the cooldown.