I can sympathize with Bachman. I have a Whirlpool that doesn’t fill properly. Just barely enough to moisten things, even on the ‘deep fill’ setting. But I discovered if you raise the lid & then close again, more water comes out. So I wait until it’s “filled” & then raise & close the lid another 15 times. Then I push all the laundry down to make sure it’s thoroughly wet. I hope politicians spend the afterlife trying to wash & clean clothes with the nonsense they’ve foisted on us!
You could always pour water from a bucket into the washer.
Whirlpool are the absolute WORST appliances. Bought the 4 piece for my kitchen 5 years ago. The refrigerator ice maker stopped working 18 months in. Appliance repair guy wanted $450 to replace the main harness that Whirlpool admitted was poorly designed. The cost was in the labor. The grommet between the ice maker that is in the frig and the freezer kept falling off leading to ice particles building up that have to be cleaned periodically. The dishwasher was worse. Wheels and brackets were falling off of the dish holders from day 1 almost. We made medium size pile out of them. The dishwasher doesn’t even come close to drying the dishes, never did. NEVER BUY WHIRLPOOL.