Bosch Maxx 6 not completing cycles
Hi, I have a Bosch maxx 6 code "WAB28161GB/01". I moved from the UK to the Dominican Republic and have tried to use the machine since I have moved. I am on 220v so that is not the issue as you can choose both 110 and 220 here. there now seems to be a problem with the machine finishing cycles. It worked the last time I used it in London before the move so maybe in transit it got knocked about and something became dis-attached? It washes fine, gets to the right temperature etc. The problem seems to be that is does not want to spin and drain properly at the end of the cycles. It has done a 90 degree white wash and I saw the drain pump work halfway through that cycle but then at the end it gets stuck on washing and hangs on 1 min remaining for a long long time. I have opened the filter and it is not blocked. The impeller spins fine. So at the moment I need to take out the clothes wet and rinse myself in the sink and then empty the filter drain to release the water. Very tiresome! But weird as I have seen the pump work with the 90 degree wash when it was at 40 mins remaining? Any help please would be appreciated! As I now live in the middle of nowhere and getting spares will be tricky, so if there is a way to reset the machine or something I can physically do to get it working would be great!
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Bosch Maxx 6 WAB28161GB/01 hangs at 1 minute and does not complete drain/spin
- The problem
- The Bosch Maxx 6 WAB28161GB/01 washed and heated normally but would not complete cycles after a move. It often hung on 1 minute remaining, leaving clothes wet and water still in the drum. The filter was checked and reported clear, and the pump impeller was said to spin freely. The drain pump was observed working partway through a 90°C wash and would run on a separate spin/drain cycle once the water had first been emptied via the filter.
- Likely cause
- The accepted diagnosis was a possible open-circuit heating element, as hanging on 1 minute was described as a common symptom. This was not confirmed by test results in the discussion.
- What fixed it
- Recommended action was to check the heater wiring and test the heating element for continuity with a meter. No completed repair or confirmed fix was reported in the thread.
- Checks to try
- Drain filter checked and not blocked
- Pump impeller checked and spins freely
- Drain pump observed working partway through a 90°C wash
- Separate spin/drain cycle would run after water was manually emptied
- Recommended to check heater wires
- Recommended to test heating element with a continuity meter
- Parts or tools mentioned
- Continuity test meter
- Heating element
Safety: Further diagnosis should be carried out by a suitably qualified appliance engineer.
2 Answers
Hanging on 1 minute is very common on washing machines with an open circuit heating element. Try checking the wires to the heater and see if you can test it with a continuity test meter.
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Thanks, I will test them, I am sure the heater is quite easy to find inside, I will consult online to see where it is. The other thing is that during the cycles it goes from wash to rinse without pumping out the wash water. So the pump does start to work when there is no backup off water when I just start a spin and drain cycle by itself after taking out the water directly from the filter. But it doesn’t like to start if there is already a backup of water, weird. I will check the continuity of the water heater today and let’s see what it says. Thanks.
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