Just had the same problem. Manual said there was a power interruption that caused it. Pressing the buttons allowed the unit to reset itself and it is working fine now. Thank you for the advise. Even though I have the protection plan, it kept me from having to wait a week for a technician to come press the buttons.

dozer1234 thank you so much, your advice worked!!

Hi Dozer,

First I want to thank you for the help in solving the flashing green light problem on my Kenmore Elite, that process does work and I am able to use my machine as I normally do, but there is a question I have, would you happen to know why it is something that happens every few days? Even thought following these steps helps resolve the issue is it something I should have to be doing often? Additional info, my husband did change the heating element, and I asked if there was water under it and he said there wasn't. If you have any advice for me I would greatly appreciate it, I appreciate your advice thus far! :-) If you have additional help for this matter, great... if not thank you anyway. I will continue to keep doing this process until it dies on me completely lol

This [pressing the heated wash then heated dry one after the other about 5 times] did the trick for my Whirlpool Gold. Thanks

Add one more step for Kenmore Model 587-1526900A. After pressing Heavy Wash and Heat Dry back and forth 5 times the lights were still blinking so I pressed the Start/Stop button and the blinking stopped. The washer now runs great!

Thanks!!