The washing machine gets stuck and turns off mid - cycle (usually at cycle 19) and just shuts off...meanwhile the clock is ticking and if you don't catch this and babysit your washing throughout the rest of the cycle by turning it back on every time it shuts off, you will open your washer to sopping wet clothes and a washer full of stagnant water (stinky clothes a given). Sometimes, there is no way to make it work even after sitting there babysitting it. Sometimes i have to wring clothes in the tub (which is very hard work - not easy as clothes are VERY heavy). And when I do...it is dirty water being wrung out. It is very gross. I have even had to take the clothes out and just pile all the laundry in baskets and head to the laundromat. Other times I will have to put it on the rinse/spin cycle (which really scares me to add MORE water to the big mess in the washer already) - sometimes that works and the clothes to spin enough to get the water out enough to be able to dry the clothes. I have to continually watch the hose in the back and make sure the water is draining. I can NEVER NEVER NEVER clothes the door to the washer when not in use...if I do...forget it...stinky laundry for weeks (not even the tablets in hot water or bleach can get rid of it) - This is also a dangerous practice to always leave the washer open. Very dangerous. Bottom line...this washer has caused me NOTHING but trouble! It is a huge headache and not efficient at all. Not efficient on MY time...i don't have time to babysit a washer. I am NEVER caught up on my laundry. This machine doesn't allow it. It is best to wait a couple of days between washings so that all the water drains and then MAYBE your washer wont be so finicky THIS time. I HATE - I LOATHE the GE Adora machine. I even try to be nice to it and it has the worst manners possible. It never reciprocates! Jerk.