Washer Not Spinning? Lid Switch 3949247V – Fix It Fast

If your top load washer won't spin, won't start, or stops mid-cycle, a failed lid switch is the most common cause. In most Whirlpool and Kenmore top load washers, this is caused by a failed lid switch assembly. When it fails, the washer loses the signal that the lid is closed and refuses to spin or agitate — leaving you with a drum full of wet laundry. ⚡ Common failure point in Whirlpool-built top load washers. Part 3949247V is the genuine OEM replacement that restores full spin, agitation, and safety interlock function immediately.

❓ Is This the Right Part?

This is the correct fix if ALL of the following are true:

• ✔ Washer powers on and fills with water normally
• ✔ Control panel and timer appear to function correctly
• ✔ Water supply and drain hoses are confirmed OK
• ✔ ONLY problem is the washer won't spin, won't agitate, or stops when lid is closed

Not sure? Send us your model number — we'll confirm before you order.

🔧 Common Symptoms

• Washer won't start the spin or agitation cycle even with lid closed
• Washer fills with water but stops before agitating or spinning
• Washer spins with the lid open (dangerous — switch has failed open)
• Intermittent operation — works sometimes, fails randomly
• Error codes F7E1, Lid, or dL displayed on the control panel

✔ If these symptoms match, this is the most likely failed component in the system.

✔ In most cases, replacing this lid switch restores normal operation immediately.

📦 Part Details

• Part Number: 3949247V
• Type: Top Load Washer Lid Switch Assembly — 3-wire harness, 125–250V AC, spring-loaded actuator
• Replaces: 3949237, 3949239, 3949240, 3949247, 3949247VP
• Brands: Whirlpool, Kenmore, KitchenAid, Roper, Amana, Estate, Inglis

⚙️ Installation

Skill Level: Easy — 20 to 30 minutes. Disconnect power before servicing. Remove the two screws at the front of the control panel to tilt it back, unplug the old switch harness, and snap the new switch into the cabinet clip. Reconnect the harness, close the panel, and test before fully reassembling.

✓ Compatible Models

Confirmed compatible with LSQ9665JQ0, KAWS850JQ0, LSR7233HQ0, GSQ9611KQ0, LSN2000JQ0 plus hundreds of additional Whirlpool, Kenmore, KitchenAid, Roper, Amana, Estate, and Inglis models. Contact us to verify your model number before ordering.

💡 Pro Tip

Part Number 3949247V replaces 3949237, 3949239, 3949240, 3949247, 3949247VP

Supported Models:

11010202000, 11010202001, 1101050299, 11010502990, 11010502991, 11010852990, 11010852991, 11012202100, 11012502100, 11012852100, 11013202200, 11013212200, 11014102300, 11014112300, 11014202300, 11014212200, 11014222300, 11014502300, 11014852300, 11016101691, 11016202691, 11016502692, 11016502694, 11016602691, 11016602693, 11016872691, 11016872693, 11018202790, 11018522790, 11018522791, 11018532790, 11018542890, 11018542891, 11018609890, 11018702790, 11018702791, 11019101990, 11019101991, 11019101992, 11019202200, 11020112000, 1102011200A, 11020132000, 11020132001, 11020172000, 11020172001, 11020272000, 11020272001, 1102071299, 1102086299, 1102087299, 1102371220, 11026071691, 1102690290, 11026902962, 11027112600, 11027112601, 11027172600, 11027172601, 11027272600, 1102882790, 11029012990, 11029032990, 11029072990, 11029601690, 11029802891, 2DLSQ7533JQ0, 2DLSQ8000JQ0, 2DLXR7244MQ0, 4LBR8255DN1, 4LBR8255DQ1, 4LBR8255DZ1, 4LSC8255BN4, 4LSC8255BQ4, 4LSC9255DN1, 4LSC9255DQ1, 4LSC9255DZ1, 4PGSC9455JQ0, 4PGSC9455JQ2, 4PGSC9455JQ3, 4PGSC9455JT0, 4PGSC9455JT2, 4PGSC9455JT3, 4PLBR8543JQ2, 4PLBR8543JQ3, 4PLBR8543JT2, 4PLBR8543JT3, 7LSC8244HQ0, 7LSC8244HZ0, 7LSC9245HQ0, 7LSR7233HZ0, 7LSR8244HQ0, 7LSR9245HZ0, 7MAX4222EZ0, 7MLSC9545JQ2, 7MLSQ8000JQ0, 7MLSQ8543JQ0, 7MLSQ8543JT0, 7MLSR6232JQ0, 7MLSR6232JQ1, 7MLSR7533JT0, 7MLSR8544JT0, 7RAS4222EW0, 8530090, 8LSC8245EG0, 8LSR5233EZ0, 8LSR6132FQ0, 95LEGB5, BYCW4271W0, BYCW6292W0, CAWB427JQ0, CAWB427JQ1, CAWB527MQ0, CAWS729MQ0, CAWS729MQ1, CAWS823JQ0, CAWS923MQ0, CAWS923MQ1, CAWX629JQ0, CAWX629JQ1, GSL9365EQ0, GSL9365EQ1, GSL9365EQ2, GSL9365EZ0, GSL9365EZ1, GSL9365EZ2, GSN2000HQ0, GSN2000HZ0, GSQ9300EQ0, GSQ9300EZ0, GSQ9310HQ0, GSQ9310HZ0, GSQ9340EQ0, GSQ9340EQ1, GSQ9340EZ0, GSQ9340EZ1, GSQ9344EQ0, GSQ9344EZ0, GSQ9364HQ0, GSQ9364HZ0, GSQ9611KQ0, GSQ9611KQ1, GSQ9611KQ2, GSQ9611KT0, GSQ9611KT1, GSQ9611KT2, GSQ9612KQ0, GSQ9612KQ1, GSQ9612KQ2, GSQ9612KT0, GSQ9612KT1, GSQ9612KT2, GST9344EQ0, GST9344EZ0, GST9675JQ0, GST9675JQ1, GST9675JQ2, GST9675JQ3, GST9675JT0, GST9675JT1, GST9675JT2, GST9675JT3, GSW9545JQ0, IJ40001, IJ41001, IJ42001, IJ43001, IJ44001, IJ45001, IJ46001, IJ47001, IK45000, IL42000, IL44000, IL45000, IM41000, IM42000, IM43000, IM44000, IM45000, IM46000, KAWS577EQ0, KAWS577EZ0, KAWS677EQ0, KAWS677EZ0, KAWS700EQ0, KAWS700EZ0, KAWS700GQ0, KAWS700GT0, KAWS700GZ0, KAWS700JQ0, KAWS700JQ1, KAWS700JQ2, KAWS700JQ3, KAWS700JT0, KAWS700JT1, KAWS700JT2, KAWS700JT3, KAWS700JT4, KAWS700LQ0, KAWS700LT0, KAWS750GQ0, KAWS750GQ1, KAWS750GT1, KAWS750GZ0, KAWS750GZ1, KAWS750JQ0, KAWS750JQ1, KAWS750JQ2, KAWS750JQ3, KAWS750JQ4, KAWS750JT0, KAWS750JT1, KAWS750JT2, KAWS750JT3, KAWS750JT4, KAWS777EQ0, KAWS777EZ0, KAWS800GQ0, KAWS800GQ1, KAWS800GZ0, KAWS800GZ1, KAWS850GQ0, KAWS850GQ1, KAWS850GT0, KAWS850GT1, KAWS850GZ0, KAWS850GZ1, KAWS850JQ0, KAWS850JQ1, KAWS850JQ2, KAWS850JQ3, KAWS850JQ4, KAWS850JT0, KAWS850JT1, KAWS850JT2, KAWS850JT3, KAWS850JT4, KAWS855JE0, KAWS855JE1, KAWS855JE2, KAWS855JE3, KAWS855JE4, KAWS977EQ0, KAWS977EZ0, LBR1121EW1, LBR4121JQ0, LBR4121JQ1, LBR4121JQ2, LBR4132HQ0, LBR4132HQ1, LBR4132JQ0, LBR4132JQ1, LBR4132JQ2, LBR4221EW1, LBR5132JQ1, LBR5232EQ1, LBR5232EQ2, LBR5232EZ1, LBR5232EZ2, LBR5432JQ0, LBR5432JQ1, LBR5432JT0, LBR5432JT1, LBR5432LQ0, LLR8233EQ0, LLR8233EQ1, LLR8233EZ0, LLR8233EZ1, LLR9245AQ0, LS6333LQ0, LSB6000LQ0, LSB6200KQ0, LSB6200KQ1, LSB6400KQ0, LSB6400KQ1, LSC8244EQ0, LSC8244EQ1, LSC8244EZ0, LSC8244EZ1, LSC9355EQ0, LSC9355EQ1, LSC9355EZ0, LSC9355EZ1, LSH9264HQ0, LSL8244EZ0, LSL9244EQ0, LSL9244EZ0, LSL9345EQ0, LSL9345EQ1, LSL9345EZ0, LSL9345EZ1, LSL9355EQ0, LSL9355EQ1, LSN1000HQ0, LSN1000HZ0, LSN1000JQ0, LSN1000JQ1, LSN1000JT0, LSN1000JT1, LSN1000KQ0, LSN1000KT0, LSN2000JQ0, LSN2000JQ1, LSN2000JQ2, LSN2000JT0, LSN2000JT1, LSN2000JT2, LSQ7030KQ0, LSQ7030LQ0, LSQ7030LT0, LSQ7533JQ0, LSQ7533JQ1, LSQ7533JT0, LSQ7533JT1, LSQ8000HQ0, LSQ8000JQ0, LSQ8000JQ1, LSQ8200HQ0, LSQ8200HZ0, LSQ8220HQ0, LSQ8243HQ0, LSQ8243HZ0, LSQ8500JQ0, LSQ8500JQ1, LSQ8500JQ2, LSQ8500JT0, LSQ8500JT1, LSQ8500JT2, LSQ8500LQ0, LSQ8510LQ0, LSQ8511KQ0, LSQ8511KT0, LSQ8512KQ0, LSQ8512KT0, LSQ8520JQ0, LSQ8520JQ1, LSQ8543JQ0, LSQ8543JQ1, LSQ8543JT0, LSQ8543JT1, LSQ8543JZ0, LSQ8543JZ1, LSQ9010KQ0, LSQ9010KT0, LSQ9110KQ0, LSQ9110KQ1, LSQ9200KQ0, LSQ9200KT0, LSQ9200LQ0, LSQ9200LQ1, LSQ9200LQ2, LSQ9200LT0, LSQ9200LT1, LSQ9200LT2, LSQ9210HQ0, LSQ9210HZ0, LSQ9211KQ0, LSQ9211KQ1, LSQ9211KT0, LSQ9211KT1, LSQ9244EQ0, LSQ9244EZ0, LSQ9264HQ0, LSQ9264HZ0, LSQ9500LQ0, LSQ9500LT0, LSQ9510JQ0, LSQ9510JQ1, LSQ9510LQ0, LSQ9510LT0, LSQ9520LQ0, LSQ9520LT0, LSQ9544KQ0, LSQ9544KT0, LSQ9564JQ0, LSQ9564JQ1, LSQ9564JT0, LSQ9564JT1, LSQ9564JZ0, LSQ9600JQ0, LSQ9600JQ1, LSQ9600JT0, LSQ9600JT1, LSQ9610JQ0, LSQ9610JQ1, LSQ9610JT0, LSQ9610JT1, LSQ9645KQ0, LSQ9645KQ1, LSQ9645KT0, LSQ9645KT1, LSQ9665JQ0, LSQ9665JQ1, LSQ9665JQ2, LSQ9665JQ3, LSQ9665JQ4, LSQ9665JT0, LSQ9665JT1, LSQ9665JT2, LSQ9665JT3, LSQ9665JT4, LSR4100HQ0, LSR5100HQ0, LSR5100KQ0, LSR5100LQ0, LSR5101LQ0, LSR5101LQ1, LSR5102LQ1, LSR5121HQ0, LSR5121JQ0, LSR5132HQ0, LSR5132HQ1, LSR5132JQ0, LSR5132JQ1, LSR5132JQ2, LSR5232LQ0, LSR5232LQ1, LSR5233EQ1, LSR5233EQ2, LSR6132EQ0, LSR6132EQ1, LSR6132EZ0, LSR6132EZ1, LSR6132HQ0, LSR6132HQ1, LSR6132HZ0, LSR6232JQ0, LSR6232JQ1, LSR6232JQ2, LSR6332KQ0, LSR6332KQ1, LSR6333LQ0, LSR6334LQ0, LSR6334LQ1, LSR6335LQ0, LSR7133KQ0, LSR7133KQ1, LSR7200EQ0, LSR7200EZ0, LSR7233EQ0, LSR7233EQ1, LSR7233EW0, LSR7233EZ0, LSR7233EZ1, LSR7233HQ0, LSR7233HZ0, LSR8133HQ0, LSR8133HZ0, LSR8200EQ0, LSR8200EZ0, LSR8233EQ0, LSR8233EQ1, LSR8233EZ0, LSR8233EZ1, LSR8233JQ0, LSR8233JQ1, LSR8233JT0, LSR8233JT1, LSR8244EQ0, LSR8244EQ1, LSR8244EZ0, LSR8244EZ1, LSR8300EQ0, LSR8300EQ1, LSR8300EZ0, LSR8300EZ1, LSR8433KQ0, LSR8433KQ1, LSR8433KT0, LSR8433KT1, LSR8444LQ0, LSR8444LT0, LSW9245EQ0, LSW9245EQ1, LSW9245EQ2, LXR5232JQ0, LXR5232JQ1, LXR5432KQ0, LXR6232EQ0, LXR6432JQ0, LXR6432JQ1, LXR6432JQ2, LXR7133JQ0, LXR7133JQ1, LXR7144EQ0, LXR7144EQ1, LXR7144EQ2, LXR7144EW0, LXR7144EW1, LXR7144EZ0, LXR7144EZ1, LXR7144EZ2, LXR7244JQ0, LXR7244JQ1, LXR7244JQ2, LXR7244JT0, LXR7244JT1, LXR7244JT2, LXR7244JZ0, LXR7244JZ1, LXR9200HQ0, LXR9200HQ1, LXR9245EQ0, LXR9245EQ1, LXR9245EQ2, LXR9245EW0, LXR9245EW1, LXR9245EZ0, LXR9245EZ1, LXR9245EZ2, LXR9445JQ0, LXR9445JQ1, LXR9445JT0, LXR9445JT1, RAB1121EW1, RAB2121JW0, RAB2121KW0, RAB4132HQ0, RAB4232EN1, RAB4232EW1, RAB5232EN1, RAB5232EQ1, RAB5232EW1, RAS1121EW0, RAS5133EQ0, RAS6233JQ0, RAS6233KQ0, RAS6233KQ1, RAS7133KQ0, RAS7133KQ1, RAS7233JQ0, RAS7233KQ0, RAS8244KQ0, RAS8244KQ1, RAS8244LQ0, RAS8244LQ1, RAS8245EN1, RAS8245EQ1, RAS8245EW1, RAS8445JQ0, RAS8445KQ0, RAX4232JQ0, RAX4232KQ0, RAX4232KQ1, RAX6144EN0, RAX6144EN1, RAX6144EQ0, RAX6144EQ1, RAX6144EW0, RAX6144EW1, RAX7244EN0, RAX7244EN1, RAX7244EQ0, RAX7244EQ1, RAX7244EW0, RAX7244EW1, RAX7244JQ0, RAX7244KQ0, RAX7244KQ1, RAX7245JQ0, RAX7245KQ0, RAX7245KQ1, SAWB600HQ0, SAWB600JQ0, SAWB600JQ1, SAWS800HQ0, SAWS800JQ0, SAWS800JQ1, SAWS800JQ2, SAWS800MQ0, SAWS900HQ0, SAWS900JQ0, SAWS900MQ0, SAWX650JQ0, SAWX650MQ0, TAWB600EQ1, TAWB600JQ0, TAWS700EQ0, TAWS700EQ1, TAWS700EQ2, TAWS800JQ0, TAWS800JQ1, TAWS800JQ2, TAWX500LQ0, TAWX700JQ0, TAWX700JQ1, TAWX700JQ2

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