miele 1512
Hello all
I have looked at the normal trouble shooting page but could not find an answer, hence my post.
I have the above machine that has developed faults, it is not spinning properly after the final spin (clothes come out very wet) and sometimes the motor keeps running at the end of a cycle.
The machine takes the fabric softner but the clothes do not smell of anything when they come out and feel hard.
We normally run the machine on the automatic setting but have tried it once on the cotton program without any issues.
I have had an engineer look at the machine and he cleaned/descaled the pressure chamber and said that it was clogged and cleaning it would solve the problems, not the case.
Does anyone have any ideas of what could be causing these problems?
Many thanks
Andrew
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Miele washing machine poor final spin and not ending cycle linked to pressure system
- The problem
- Miele 1512 washing machine was not completing the final spin properly, leaving clothes very wet, and the motor sometimes kept running at the end of a cycle. Fabric softener was taken, but laundry came out hard and without much scent. The issue appeared on the automatic setting, while one cotton programme reportedly ran without issue.
- Likely cause
- Most strongly supported diagnosis is a pressure system fault: the pressure switch remaining on because water was still sensed in the machine, either from actual retained water or a blockage in the pressure chamber holding the switch on. This would prevent fast spin and could affect cycle completion. A previously clogged pressure chamber had already been cleaned/descaled, but that alone was reported not to cure the original poster's machine.
- What fixed it
- Recommended action was to investigate the pressure switch and pressure chamber system, ensuring the switch turns off when the machine is empty. One later reply in the thread confirmed their similar fault was fixed after further work on the pressure switch, but the exact repair steps for the original poster's machine were not confirmed.
- Checks to try
- Pressure chamber cleaned/descaled by an engineer
- Machine tested on automatic setting
- Machine tried on cotton programme
- Further tinkering with the pressure switch reported by another member with the same symptoms
- Parts or tools mentioned
- Pressure switch
- Pressure chamber
- New brushes
Safety: Further diagnosis should be carried out by a suitably qualified appliance engineer.
3 Answers
The pressure switch is what tells the washing machine when it has water inside and when it does not. Before fast spin the pressure switch needs to be off. If the pressure switch is still on because either there is actually water still inside the machine, or it has been pumped away all right but a blockage in the pressure chamber is causing the switch to be held on then the machine won't do a spin. It should do this slow turning back and forth bit but will never kick into a fast spin or may actually just switch off midway through the spin cycle.
These days most washing machine should produce some sort of error code by either flashing lights or lighting up specific option buttons or literally by displaying an actual error code.
To understand how the pressure system works check this article out - faults on pressure system
However, a washing machine not doing a fast spin can have many other causes too which are discussed in this article - washing machine won't do fast spin
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Hello,
Same problem: No final spin, won't turn off at end of wash. I've been deep into the machine thanks to a lot of other advice on this website. Everything de-scaled, clean and clear. New brushes. If the pressure switch was faulty would it effect the final spin and would it effect other parts of the wash as well? Really appreciate any help.
Also, this website is streets ahead of any other advice site i have found. Good work indeed.
Fixed. A bit more tinkering with the pressure switch and she is up and running again. Thanks so much for the clear and concise guidance. If the original poster wants a detailed run through of steps that I have taken let me know.
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