Method for draining wash fluid from a top load washing machine appliance

A method for draining wash fluid from a washing machine appliance defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the washing machine appliance including a wash tub positioned within a cabinet, a wash basket rotatably mounted within the wash tub and defining a wash chamber configured for receiving a load of clothes, a drain pump fluidly coupled to the wash tub for selectively draining wash fluid from the wash tub, and a drain hose fluidly coupled to the drain pump for draining the wash fluid from the wash tub, the method comprising:

• operating, with a controller, the drain pump until the wash fluid is drained to a target wash fluid level;
• after operating the drain pump, determining, with the controller, that a predetermined amount of time has passed since stopping the operation of the drain pump;
• determining, with the controller, when a wash fluid level within the wash tub exceeds an excess wash fluid level after the predetermined amount of time has passed;
• and
• when determined that the wash fluid level exceeds the excess wash fluid level, operating, with the controller, the drain pump for an excess fluid drain time after the predetermined amount of time has passed to drain the excess amount of the wash fluid from the wash tub.