Hotpoint washer pausing by itself mid program?

Hi Andy, thank you for the reply. Today it paused with 38 minutes to go on its program. The display looked no different & was still illuminated with a 38 & did not show any error codes or anything. The start/pause button was flashing, as if pause button manually pressed, & nothing else was working, such as water pumping or drum turning. When I press the start/pause button, the washing machine carries on & completes the program like normal?

This has happened twice now. I will see if I can see what it is doing both immediately before & after if it pauses again.

I did read somewhere online that the most common cause is a door lock/sensor issue, or water problems with either filling, or draining.

Prior to posting here, I phoned Hotpoint who said they think it a circuit board fault, & recommended a costly engineer callout, or costly extended warranty deal.

Thanks again,

Hi. yes, I would like to know if it sticks just after it's drained the water, and exactly what it does when it resumes after pressing the start button.