Indesit Iwc6165 Won't Start - Lights Flashing

This thread was marked as solved. Here's a summary of the problem and the fix, generated from the discussion below.

Indesit IWC 6165 will not start and door lock light flashes

The problem

Indesit IWC 6165 washing machine would not start on any programme. On power-up all lights illuminated, then the start light flashed slowly. After pressing start, the selected wash light came on and about five seconds later the door locked light flashed, but the door did not actually lock and could still be opened.

Likely cause

The accepted reply says the flashing lights may indicate an error code if they flash in a countable pattern with a pause. If there is no repeating flash count, the fault is not clearly identified from the discussion. A possible cause mentioned was an open circuit motor, but this was not confirmed.

What fixed it

Count any repeating flashes before a pause to determine whether the machine is reporting an error code. If the flashing is constant rather than a countable sequence, the accepted advice was that the cause could not be identified from the symptoms alone and the machine should be inspected by an engineer. No completed repair was confirmed in the thread.

Checks to try

• Observed that all lights illuminate on power-up
• Start light flashes slowly
• After pressing start, the selected programme light comes on
• Door locked light begins flashing after about 5 seconds
• Door does not lock and can still be opened
• Machine was powered down for about 15 minutes and retried
• Advice given to count flashes before a pause to see if an error code is being shown