A puddle under your washing machine is one of those things that stops you cold. You walk into the laundry room, and there it is. Water on the floor, no obvious reason, and a machine that just keeps running like…

I pressed start, waited for the wash to begin, and then realized my Maytag washing machine was running without using the soap. Annoying, right? It makes you wonder if the clothes are even getting clean. Sometimes these machines act tricky,…