Yikes! How old is it? Do you use liquid or powder? Do you wipe down the INSIDE after each use? I don't do that. I'm sure the experts will have an idea. Have you EVER left one load in there too long and had it go sour? You do the same thing I do and I've not had the problem except as a newlywed 40 years ago and left some wet laundry too long. Is it very humid where you live and washer in the garage?

ETA...My machine is also a GE with agitator. I've only had it since last fall.

It’s only a year old. I wipe it down after each use and never leave laundry in it. I’ve never had this problem and it’s driving me nuts.

I would buy some citric acid in the canning section of the store and run a cleaning cycle or use the hottest water selection your washer is capable of. If you could pause the machine for a bit and let it soak would be even better. I would use the whole bottle then maybe even run another cleaning cycle with it back to back. What you are smelling is where you can’t get to by hand to clean.

Is there water standing under the machine. Are all water lines completely draining! Check you mechanical parts and look for standing water.

Go back to using powder detergents. Liquids made my last two washers smell. Buy some citric acid(sold at Hobby Lobby). Use washing soda or borax when washing clothes.

I buy bulk citric acid off of amazon to clean our machines. Keeps them sparkling clean. Also laundry powders tend to keep my machines cleaner than when I tried liquid.

Larisa- how much citric acid do you use? Thanks.

For washer clean around 3 tbls in the washer seems to do the trick. I also use it in our dishwasher as a booster with detergent as we have hard water. For that I had about a teaspoon. For dishwasher cleaning about 1 tbls in an empty dishwasher on a long hot wash.

Thanks Larisa.

Just used a GE top loader with an “agi-peller”. Did a load of towels using the towels cycle, hot water, auto sense water level, 15 min auto soak, and deep rinse. Seems to have done a great job. No bad smells in that machine despite using mostly cold water washes.

I wish I would have gotten one with the agitator. My friend just got one after having one like mine and her clothes are so much fresher and cleaner.

I spent less than a week with an agitator-less top load. I know CR likes to say how hard agitators are on clothes. Bologna! People need to realize the machine doesn't always know best.

I've not lost any clothes due to the washer wearing them out. My current washer is a GE w/ agi.

In fact they don't wear out at all. I'll always have a top loader with agi! I also have enough sense to group clothes accordingly and wash them with the right settings (or the setting I deem right).

I never realized top loaders could smell bad till dadoes said they could. I always leave the lid open when not in use so that must be the answer to a fresh smelling machine. He also advises using powder detergents to help with the washer's life span (and from smelling). My washer and dryer are pretty new (last fall). I've started using Tide powder and Tide powder with bleach for whites. Very happy with everything thing laundry related in my house :)

Monica, what cycles do you use? I was actually impressed with the machine I used. The towels were not very clean and sat for a while before washing. After they were completely fresh. Very surprised after hearing some of the poor results people have had with HE TL machines.