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Indesit

Reset moon machine I think

Just keep pressing the on/off button until the lights turn blue.. Kept trying everything and that seems to do it

GIGillo gooner•about 8 years ago
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White Westinghouse washer won't spin and drain water

Hi, My 14 yrs old washer is giving me a headache..... Yerstoday my gf washed some clothes and it stopped at the last spin cycle. There's no sound coming from the washer when we...

MAMartinR•about 8 years ago
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Zanussi

Zanussi ZWH7149P

Wonder if you could help please I have looked through troubleshooting but cannot find an answer which matches my problem. The lights and individual LED's on the display flash fr...

STStevet•about 8 years ago
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Hotpoint

Hotpoint Aqualtis non responsive

Yesterday our Hotpoint Aqualtis washing machine (model #AQ113D697E) stopped before the end of the cycle. For some time now it has occasionally remained on 1 minute remaining. We...

JEjeffo•about 8 years ago
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Classixx6 VarioPerfect program fault

My Bosch Classixx6 washing machine has been perfect for many years but is now not working properly, when it has been rinsing for awhile the "wash" light starts to flash and keep...

JEJeffref•about 8 years ago

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Zanussi

Zanussi ZWF12070W1 won’t complete cycle

Hi. I have a Zanussi ZWF12070W1 which has been in the property since since before I moved in a couple of years ago. Recently my washing machine fails to complete a cycle, the st...

HAHazz3004•about 8 years ago
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tripping intermittantly

bought a brand new washing machine and it trips all the electrics in my house. but not always. Have tested it in different circuits /sockets and sometimes it just did it by plug...

SHsheila marshall•about 8 years ago
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Strange notches in washing machine motor

Hi folks I have a hoover washing machine which recently stopped spinning. I took the motor out and found the brushes were worn down so I've ordered a new pair. However on closer...

WIWizardsNipple•about 8 years ago
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Bosch

Bosch Classixx 6 - F21 Fault

Hi Folks. OK - As the title suggests, I'm getting an F21 fault on my Bosch Classixx 6 washing machine. I've replaced the brushes (which were completely worn), and cleaned the ro...

JOJohnnyU•about 8 years ago
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Washer drum failing to turn AND water not heating

I have a Beko front loading machine and for the past week when the machine has been spinning, it has been making a noise as if there is a piece of plastic tapping on the drum as...

JOJoshuaH•about 8 years ago

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Can't connect hose from mains to washing machine

I'm fitting a new washing machine: the connector hose on the machine is a standard one, but the hose from the mains (it's from under the kitchen sink) has no thread on it (see p...

AUaureliano•about 8 years ago
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Help understanding this part, and a malfunction

Hello, I would like to understand what this plastic pipe at the bottom, and the attached shelf around it, are for. As its holder somehow broke and they both fell off. In this ve...

DCDCP•about 8 years ago
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Beko

Beko leaking from a small tube at top of washer

can anyone help, got a Beko washer thats been leaking when draining/spinning. Found the fault is a small black hose at top of machine under lid. It looks like it has perhaps had...

LOLouise•about 8 years ago
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Faint electrical burning smell

I have a 10yr old approx reconditioned Samsung washing machine. I just finished a 2 hr cycle and during it I could smell a faint electrical burning smell from it. It wasn't the...

DADave724•about 8 years ago
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Beko

BEKO WMA510 - weird high pitched noise

Hi there, Our BEKO WMA510W Washing Machine has started making a weird high pitched noise. I've made a brief video demonstrating what I mean - I turn the drum manually to give an...

LYLylio•about 8 years ago

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Replacing the flex in a hardwired mains filter

I've got a Hotpoint WD420P, the mains lead has gone faulty so I've done a temporary replacement with replacement flex and a suitably rated chocolate block onto the last couple o...

SPSpooky_b329•about 8 years ago
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Bosch

Bosch 1400 exxcel - cycles are taking over twice as long

So the cycles on my Bosch WM ( WDO2866GB/07 ) are taking much longer than they should...the rinse programme seems fine. Im trying to work out if its the element / thermostat or...

LAlars•about 8 years ago
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Stopped mid cycle

Your help please .... I have an AEG washer/dryer integrated machine LAVAMAT TURBO. I started my usual wash cycle and later I went to check and noticed that with 11mins remaining...

YAYasmin•about 8 years ago
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Any ideas

I have had 2 of these come out with the washing from my new washer dryer, any ideas what they are ?

MRMr Strow•about 8 years ago
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Clothes dirtier, rental flat, running out of solutions

Hi, I moved into a rental flat about a month ago and found the washing machine full of balls of small debris and smelling quite strongly of mildew. I ran a very hot cycle with v...

MSMsEmmyR•about 8 years ago

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